PHNOM PENH: The Government of Japan will provide US$76,333 for a recipient organisation under the framework, of the Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects “KUSANONE”. The Grant Contract was signed today between H.E. UENO Atsushi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Kingdom of Cambodia, and H.R.H. Princess Sisowath Kanthireth, President of Cambodia Wheelchair Basketball Federation (CWBF) respectively, to carry out the following project.
This grant will be used to construct a roofing for the current wheelchair basketball court located at the Physical Rehabilitation Center in Battambang. As the court has no roofing, athletes of wheelchair basketball have limited time to practice during the morning or evening when the sun is not too high, or even may not practice at all when it is raining. Through this project, it is expected to enable athletes to practice anytime regardless of day or night and weather, and lead the wheelchair basketball team to achieve better results in an international competition in the future. Furthermore, with great anticipation, more people would be interested in playing sports, and through that engagement, people could live a healthier society in the future.
Japan’s “KUSANONE” Cultural Grassroots Projects directly contributes to the promotion of cultural, sports, and higher educational activities and preservation of cultural heritage conducted by non-profit organizations that are active at the grassroots level in developing countries.
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