Japan donates to schools and healthcare centers

Japan donates to schools and healthcare centers

BELGRADE -- The Japanese government will donate equipment to three schools and two healthcare centers in Serbia to the total value of over EUR 300,000.

The contracts on the donation were signed by Japanese Ambassador Masafumi Kuroki and directors of these institutions on Friday.

The signing of the contract in the Serbian government was attended by Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development Srdjan Verbic and Healthcare Minister Zlatibor Loncar.

The funds from the donation to the Radoje Domanovic primary school in Paracin, central Serbia, will make room for the reconstruction of the heating system to the total value of EUR 54.480, while the donation to the Borivoje Z. Mitrovic school from Krupanj in western Serbia would be used for reconstruction of the hot water system and replacement of windows and doors to the total value of EUR 66,000.

The donation will make room for the reconstruction of the school gym in high school Mladost in Petrovac na Mlavi, eastern Serbia, to the total value of EUR 46,111.

Also, the Krupanj healthcare centre will receive a fully equipped ambulance vehicle and X-ray device to the total value of EUR 78,000, while the Ub healthcare centre in central Serbia will get an X-ray with accompanying devices to the total value of EUR 61,950.

After the signing of the agreement, Ambassador Kuroki said that the total value of the five projects adds up to EUR 306,941 and that the grants constitute the continuation of assistance for the areas hit by floods last spring.

He said that the government of Japan last year ensured grants for two pre-school institutions, two gerontology centres and one more healthcare center.
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