Government of Japan

USP receives funding support from Japan

A contract signing between the USP, Japan Embassy Samoa, Samoa’s Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture was held at the USP Samoa Campus yesterday.

The Japanese Ambassador to Samoa, Senta Keisuke signed over the grant to the recipient’s representatives of the USP - Samoa Campus.  

Samoa’s Minister of Education, Sports and Culture, Seuula Ioane Tuaau was among the attendees.

The funding is from the Grant Assistance for Japan’s Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGP).

Samoa’s Falefa Primary School receives renovated facilities

The Government of Japan in a ceremony this week officially presented the school with their renovated school building to kick start their third term of the year.

Japan assists with reconstruction of Samoa’s Taelefaga Primary School

Maugaoleatuolo Shinya Aoki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Samoa handed over the project to the school at a recent ceremony.

The total fund of 224, 163.52 SAT was provided to the school committee under Japan’s Grand Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) last year in December.

The current school building had experienced constant leakage of water from the Southern side that rendered 4 classrooms that are believed to be unusable for most of the times throughout the year and had caused deteriorations to its’ toilet facilities.