Chennai: Hajime Odagawa, Consul, Consulate-General of Japan in Chennai, recently inaugurated a project for the construction of a care centre for people living with HIV/ AIDS in Kanyakumari.In his speech, he said, ’Under the Japanese Government’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects, the John Paul II Care Centre has successfully constructed a new building with eight bedrooms that can accommodate more than 100 people every year. Now, it is for use’.
As an essential medical infrastructure, this new building will provide quality medical and emotional care to patients as well as their family members, promoting their health and well-being.
Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects has been supporting projects designed for the well-being of grassroots communities for over 30 years. This scheme, however, cannot succeed without local partners dedicated to the service of their communities. In this regard, we are fortunate to have been able to work with the John Paul II Care Centre, a leader in providing medical care in Kanyakumari, he added.
On behalf of the government of Japan, it is my great honour to inaugurate the care centre for people living with HIV and AIDS in Kanyakumari, as a gift from the people of Japan to the people of Tamilnadu, India, he said.