Germany donates 32m euro for Aceh

Germany donates 32m euro for Aceh

JAKARTA: Germany's Ministry of Finance, KFW Entwicklungsbank
and the German Development Bank have signed three grant
agreements worth 32 million euro to support the reconstruction of
Aceh.

A press statement from the German Embassy in Jakarta announced
on Friday that one program is to help rebuild some 10,000 houses
for victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami.

Another project aims to reconstruct and re-equip vocational
schools (SMK) and senior high schools (SMU) destroyed by the
disaster.

The grants would also be used to help finance the
reconstruction and equipping of the provincial hospital in Banda
Aceh.

The embassy said the German government would announce a second
tranche of grants next year as the total costs for the Aceh
reconstruction programs are estimated at around 90 million Euro.

"These three grant agreements formalize part of the commitment
given by the German government. This financial support is
accompanied by technical assistance through GTZ (German Technical
Cooperation)," it said. --JP