JAPANESE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO ALLOCATE $73THND TO $90THND TO ARMENIAN NGOS IN GRANTS

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
March 9 2006

YEREVAN, March 9. /ARKA/. Japanese Government intends to allocate
$73thnd to $90thnd to Armenian NGOs in grants. Armenian Foreign
Ministry’s press service told ARKA News Agency small-scale grants
Grass-Roots Projects will be given to People Health, Goris Youth
Organization NGOs and New Armenia center as part of Japan’s official
assistance aimed at promoting development.

Grants will target schools for children having eyesight and ear
problems in Yerevan and Armenia’s provinces as well as secondary
schools in rural areas. The press release says appropriate agreement
is to be signed on Friday in Yerevan.