1.
On March 30, 2005 (Wednesday), the Government of
Japan and the United Nations (UN) decided to extend
an assistance of total of 1,017,000 dollars (approximately
107 million yen) through the Trust Fund for Human
Security for the project “Food for work
enhancing social capital building” to
be implemented in India by the United Nations World
Food Programme (WFP).
2.
In India, every third child is said to be born
underweight and around half of the pre-school children
suffer from under nutrition. Also, women often
encounter greater discrimination to obtain access
to education and health services, and suffer from
lack of employment opportunities. This project
will assist women in the villages of Koraput, Banwara
and Surguja, in setting up Women Self Help Groups
(WSHGs). WSHGs will help village women participate
in the following activities:
(1) Extending support to Integrated Child Development Service
(ICDS)
(2) Extending support to Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM)
(3) Extending support to Health Sub-Centre
(4) Establishing Grain Banks
3.
The project is expected to facilitate women’s participation
in community activities as well as to empower the
targeted communities.
(Note)
The Trust Fund for Human Security was established in the United
Nations Secretariat in March 1999 by the initiative of the
Government of Japan, with total contributions of 29 billion
yen (approximately US$ 256 million) up to the present. The
Trust Fund has assisted many projects of UN agencies funds
and programmes that address various threats to human life,
livelihood and dignity, from the perspective of human security.
