Third Secretary of the Embassy of Japan Atsushi Kobayashi (center) awards the grant to the representatives of Naujan community in Oriental Mindoro
The facility is expected to help this indigenous people to overcome poverty and will give them the opportunity to be involved in different development activities for livelihood improvement, as well as environmental protection and preservation. It also aims to promote women’s empowerment since more than 60 percent of the target beneficiaries of the project are women.