Signing Of Grant Contracts With King Kauluma Combined School and Donatus Primary School
2021/3/19
On 15 March 2021, H.E. Mr. HARADA Hideaki, Ambassador of Japan to Namibia, signed a Grant Contract with Mr. Edward Akawa, Principal of King Kauluma Combined School, lyaMpingana Constituency, Oshikoto Region, worth around NAD 970,000, at King Kauluma Village for building a new school block with four classrooms and a store.
On 18 March 2021, H.E. Mr. HARADA Hideaki signed a Grant Contract with Ms. Hester Campbell, Principal of Donatus Primary School, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region, worth around NAD 850,000, at the school ground. Following the signing ceremony, H.E. Mr. HARADA participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the school block. The ceremonies were witnessed by Ms. Agatha Mweti, Chief Regional Officer, Otjozondjupa Regional Council, Ms. Josephine Mutenda, Director, representatives of School Board, teachers and staff of Donatus Primary School.
The Grant Contracts in the framework of Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) were signed to help build four new classrooms in King Kauluma Combined School and Donatus Primary School to alleviate problems associated with ever increasing number of learners and insufficient classrooms. In Fiscal Year 2020 which ended 31 March 2021, one resource, two combined, four primary schools were awarded grant assistance worth more than NAD 6.3 million in the framework of the Japanese GGP.