Norway to provide $4m for disabled

Norway to provide $4m for disabled

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Norway will allocate US$4 million in financial aid this fiscal year to help the Indonesian government develop schools for the disabled.

Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia Sjur Helge Torgersen said on Sunday that the assistance deal was reached between the two governments on the sidelines of the recently concluded World Summit for sustainable development in Johannesburg.

Torgersen was on a visit to a school for the disabled in Dasan Griya village, eight kilometers from the West Nusa Tenggara capital of Mataram. He also attended a national workshop on education for the disabled, which was attended by representatives of the country's provinces.

A UNESCO report says that 45 million disabled children need education. -- Antara