Grant Contract Signing Ceremony for Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Projects in Kosrae State
2016/3/28
On March 21, 2016, a grant contract signing ceremony was held at the Kosrae state government office for two grant assistance projects: the Project for Renovation of Baseball Ground in Kosrae State, and the Project for Procuring a Cesspit Cleaner Truck in Kosrae State. The former provides Kosrae Department of Education with US$90,473 under Grant Assistance for Cultural Grass-roots Projects, while the latter provides Department of Transportation and Infrastructure with US$96,940 under Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects.
Due to large rainfall and high temperature in daytime, it has been a challenge for the Kosraean community to find an enough space for sports and cultural activities. It caused social problems such as exposure to drugs and alcohol in under-age. The objective of baseball ground renovation project is to educate youth and strengthen community bonds by promoting sports and cultural activities.
The existing cesspit cleaner truck has been serving for the community for over 20 years, and has a number of trouble and damage. The latter project will provide Kosrae with a new cesspit cleaner truck, which will go around residential homes and public buildings to vacuum human waste. The objective of this project is to provide sanitary and clean environment for approximately 6,600 people who currently reside in Kosrae.
At the ceremony, Ambassador Masaki Sakai gave a special remark and expressed his strong hope that those two projects will make a large contribution to improve people’s livelihood in Kosrae. He also shared a heart-warming memory of his visit to all of the nine schools in Kosrae to make KIZUNA (strong bonds) presentations in December 2015. When he visited the Walung elementary school, students sang their school song which ends with a Japanese word, GAMBARE (work hard). Based on KIZUNA between people of the FSM and Japan and a spirit of GAMBARE, Ambassador Sakai expressed his hope to work together to make fruitful outcomes from the two projects.
The ceremony was witnessed by Governor Jackson, Lt. Governor Sigrah, Speaker Palik, Vice Speaker Taulung, Director of Education Dr. Waguk, Director of Transportation and Infrastructure Mr. Luckymis, and staffs of the Kosrae State Government.
Due to large rainfall and high temperature in daytime, it has been a challenge for the Kosraean community to find an enough space for sports and cultural activities. It caused social problems such as exposure to drugs and alcohol in under-age. The objective of baseball ground renovation project is to educate youth and strengthen community bonds by promoting sports and cultural activities.
The existing cesspit cleaner truck has been serving for the community for over 20 years, and has a number of trouble and damage. The latter project will provide Kosrae with a new cesspit cleaner truck, which will go around residential homes and public buildings to vacuum human waste. The objective of this project is to provide sanitary and clean environment for approximately 6,600 people who currently reside in Kosrae.
At the ceremony, Ambassador Masaki Sakai gave a special remark and expressed his strong hope that those two projects will make a large contribution to improve people’s livelihood in Kosrae. He also shared a heart-warming memory of his visit to all of the nine schools in Kosrae to make KIZUNA (strong bonds) presentations in December 2015. When he visited the Walung elementary school, students sang their school song which ends with a Japanese word, GAMBARE (work hard). Based on KIZUNA between people of the FSM and Japan and a spirit of GAMBARE, Ambassador Sakai expressed his hope to work together to make fruitful outcomes from the two projects.
The ceremony was witnessed by Governor Jackson, Lt. Governor Sigrah, Speaker Palik, Vice Speaker Taulung, Director of Education Dr. Waguk, Director of Transportation and Infrastructure Mr. Luckymis, and staffs of the Kosrae State Government.