Japan supports Yeghishe Manoukian College, American University of Beirut , and Banin Charity Association through installation of solar panel systems

Japan supports Yeghishe Manoukian College, American University of Beirut , and Banin Charity Association through installation of solar panel systems

NNA - In a press release issued on Tuesday, the Embassy of Japan in Beirut said that Japan will extend a grant to Yeghishe Manoukian College (YMC), to install a solar panel system, through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Program (GGP). On February 27th 2023, Ambassador MAGOSHI Masayuki signed a grant contract with Hovannes Arslanian, General Manager of YMC.

Yeghishe Manoukian College (YMC), located in Dbayeh/Metn, provides basic education services for vulnerable students not only from the town but also other regions. Due to the economic crisis in Lebanon, the school had to reduce the number of students to the half of its normal capacity as well as teaching hours, in order to decrease its operational costs, mainly the cost of fuel as it became very expensive to maintain generators due to shortage of national power supply. Considering the need for affordable power supply and for green energy, Japan decided to provide YMC with a solar panel system, which will allow to increase the number of students and provide the improved learning environment.

At the signing ceremony, Ambassador MAGOSHI expressed Japan’s keenness to support the education sector and to provide green energy solutions amid the current economic and energy crises.