photo by foodforthepoor.org

Unknown to a lot of nations and people, Japan does donate a lot of money (often granted by the Japanese Government) to groups of other nations who are in need or less fortunate than themselves. Earlier this month, the Japanese Government extended this generosity to some of Jamaica’s poor.

In some rural parts of Jamaica, sub-standard “pit latrines are used instead of flush toilets and children do not have basins to wash their hands”.  According to Food for the Poor, the donation from the Japanese Government will ensure that modern day restrooms are constructed on several school grounds, which will benefit more than 1,600 school children and staff from 10 different schools.

The grant of almost $100,000 marks the “first time Japan’s Embassy has partnered with Food for the Poor and their mission to help the poorest of the poor”.  Visit the Food for the Poor website for more details.

We hope that this is only the beginning to this relationship of working together for an excellent cause and hard working charity group.