Ambassador Sumi attended the screening ceremony of videos about businesses run by IDPs
24/11/2017
On November 24 Ambassador Sumi attended the screening ceremony of videos about businesses run by IDPs. The films are devoted to those who had to relocate from Donetsk and Luhansk regions due to the conflict and succeeded in launching their businesses in new places thanks to the support of UNDP projects funded by Japan.
Ambassador Sumi delivering a speech
Ambassador Sumi delivering a speech
In his opening speech, Ambassador Sumi said that having visited the eastern regions three years ago, he realized that, in addition to humanitarian assistance for reconstruction, entrepreneurship and job creation are very important for internally displaced people to be able to start a new life. That is why Japan provides assistance to eastern regions of Ukraine in various areas, including infrastructure reconstruction, micro-finance, humanitarian assistance, etc.