Second Signing Ceremony for the Grant Assistance for Human Security Projects of the Kusanone Programme in Ukraine of 2016

　 On March 15, 2016 the second signing ceremony of the grant contracts under the Grant Assistance for Human Security Projects of the Kusanone Programme of 2016 took place at the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine. The following five assistance projects were signed:

1. “Project for Improvement of Medical Equipment at Rohatyn Central Hospital” (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast);
2. “Project for Improvement of Medical Equipment at Children’s Hospital in Lviv Oblast” (Lviv Oblast);
3. “Project for Improvement of Sanitary Conditions in Nursery Schools of Uzhhorod City” (Zakarpattia Oblast);
4. “Project for Improvement of Medical Equipment at Zhashkiv District Central Hospital” (Cherkassy Oblast);
5. “Project for Improvement of Medical Equipment at Katerynopil District Central Hospital” (Cherkassy Oblast).

　 About 335,000 USD was granted for the implementation of these projects in order to improve the educational and health care environment in Ukraine. The funds will be used for supply of kitchen appliances at the nursery schools and supply of medical equipment at the hospitals.
　 This year, along with the six projects signed in February, the total aid for the implementation of the eleven projects under the Grant Assistance for Human Security Projects of the Kusanone Programme amounts to approximately 800,000 USD.