The government of Japan on Tuesday signed an agreement granting a total of $173,365 (approximately 607

million cedis) to three organisations for the construction of two school blocks and a clinic in three regions of the country.

Sixty two thousand nine hundred and ninety one dollars (220.5 Million Cedis) was for the construction of a school block with an exhibition room for Saint Clare Vocational School in Tumu in the Upper West region.

A classroom block for the Integrated Community Centre for Employable Skills (ICCES) at Agomeda in the Greater Accra region will receive 67,708 dollars (237 million cedis) while 42,666 dollars (149.4 million cedis) will be for a community clinic at Suma Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo region.

The three projects are under the 'Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GGP). The GGP seeks to promote economic and social development in rural communities through a non-refundable financial scheme to assist organisations or communities in the implementation of self-help projects at the grassroots level.

Mr Shosuke Ito, the Japanese Ambassador, signed on behalf of the Japanese government while Reverend Sister Bridget Kyere signed on behalf of St. Clare Vocational Institute with Mr Loveridge Tetteh Nagai, ICCES manager at Agomeda signed for the ICCES.