The Jakarta Post, February 22, 2002
Japan helps displaced Indonesians
JAKARTA: Japan has agreed to provide US$ 2.4 million under its Trust Fund for
Human Security program to support the relocation of internally displaced people in
Maluku, North Maluku and Aceh.
The funds, which are part of a $10 million sum pledged by Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi to President Megawati Soekarnoputri recently, will be used to
finance economic revival schemes and education programs in the three provinces.
More than half, or $1.43 million, of the funds will be spent on reviving economic
activities administered by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Tobelo
and Galela districts in Maluku. The rest will be used by the United Nations Children's
Fund (Unicef) to develop education for children in Maluku, North Maluku and Aceh.
Unicef is targeting 500,000 school children in the three provinces.
Japan established the Trust Fund for Human Security in the United Nations in March
1999 to help finance humanitarian projects under UN organizations. -- JP
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