1.7 Million Dollar WB Administered Japanese Grant for Earthquake Affected Areas

From left to right: Seiji Kojima, Japan’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Ismaila B. Ceesay, World Bank Acting Country Director for Pakistan and Shandana Khan, CEO Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN) at the JSDF signing at World Bank Islamabad Office on August 04, 2006

Two grant agreements of US $1.7 million dollars were signed with NGOs on Friday for gearing up reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the earthquake affected areas in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).  The World Bank administered Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) will provide a total of US$ 6.5 million in grant financing to four NGOs, for reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in earthquake affected areas of the AJK and NWFP. The fund is provided by the Government of Japan. The remaining two agreements will be signed shortly. See Press release:

• Comments by Ismaila B. Ceesay, World Bank Acting Country Director for Pakistan