The government of Japan has provided $83,289 as grants to Khan Bahadur Foundation through grant assistance for grassroots human security projects (GGHSP).
The grant contract was signed between Japanese ambassador in Dhaka Masato Watanabe and Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury of Khan Bahadur Foundation at the Japan embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Khan Bahadur Foundation was awarded the grant for its project to construct a vocational training centre, 'Banshkhali Polytechnical Institute (BPI)', in Banshkhali upazila, Chittagong.
Bangladesh has a large number of unskilled workers of whom only 4 per cent avails themselves of opportunities to receive vocational training. So, the need for quality vocational training facility is very much in demand, said a Japanese embassy media release.
In line with this demand, the government of Japan has come forward to support the Khan Bahadur Foundation.
Poor and unskilled youths of the region are expected to be directly benefited from this project by receiving free modern vocational training.
The BPI will cover trades relating to shipbuilding industry enabling the trainees to get job offer since there is a scarcity of trained human resources in this sector.
It is expected that at least 400 participants will receive quality training a year on Welding & Fabrication and Electrical & Navigation trades from this facility.
Japan has supported 187 NGO projects through the GGHSP since 1989 with a view to enhancing economic and social human security at the grassroots level.
The total amount of these GGHSP grants extended to NGOs in Bangladesh to date stands at about US$ 14.53 million.