Japan has provided $397,335 in grants to two Bangladeshi organisations to expand healthcare services and improve access to education for underserved communities through grassroots human security projects.
Japan has extended grants worth $397,335 or about BDT 48.2 million, to two Bangladeshi organisations for projects focused on healthcare and education, according to an announcement made on March 16, 2026.
The funding was awarded to The Garo Baptist Convention Christian Health Project and Asian University for Women under Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects, or GGHSP.
Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Saida Shinichi signed the grant contracts with the two organisations at the Embassy of Japan.
Of the total amount, The Garo Baptist Convention Christian Health Project received $83,827 for the expansion of medical facilities and provision of equipment in Joyramkura village in Mymensingh district.
The organisation works to provide quality health services to patients, particularly women and children living in the north-east border areas of the country.
The project involves a 50-bed hospital registered with the government health ministry and capable of facilitating 100 inpatients. With support from the GGHSP fund, the organisation will install a central oxygen system and construct a post-operative ward to improve the management and care of surgery patients in a better-equipped environment.
Asian University for Women received $313,508 for the construction of an elementary education programme building in Chattogram district.
The university seeks to provide higher education opportunities to talented female students in South Asia and Southeast Asia who lack access to education, with the aim of fostering leaders for local communities and societies.
With the Japanese grant, Asian University for Women will build an elementary education programme building at its campus. The project is expected to strengthen the educational environment and provide basic primary education to girls in grades one through five from low-income families who lack educational opportunities.
Japan has supported 225 NGO projects through the GGHSP since 1989 to enhance economic and social human security at the grass-roots level. The total value of those grants stands at about $18 million.
