Japan donates to support rural development

Japan has extended a group of Moroccan organizations active in socio-economic development of rural areas a donation of 3.35 million DH (US$ 314,878).

The donation will finance health, drinking water supply, women promotion, handicraft and agriculture projects in rural areas.

It will serve to extend a training center for women in rural regions and purchase sewing, knitting and embroidery machines, buy eye-disease diagnosis devices, finance the refurbishment of classes and school canteens, build water storage and pumping facilities and an electricity generator.

Recipients are a pottery cooperative, a development association, a drinking water association, a blindness-prevention association, and other small rural associations.

The Japanese embassy in Morocco said non-reimbursable assistance extended by Japan has helped carry out 207 projects since 1989.