The Japanese government has decided to provide emergency assistance through UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to provide psychological care for children and students in the Gaza Strip, where the humanitarian situation is becoming increasingly serious due to Israeli military operations.
On the 14th, the Japanese government decided to provide emergency aid of $100,000, or approximately 15 million yen in Japanese yen, through UNESCO, to support children and students in the Gaza Strip, where the humanitarian situation has worsened due to Israeli military operations. announced that it did.
Specifically, the funds will be used to cover the cost of counseling children and students living as evacuees in Rafah and Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, as well as to provide training for mental health care workers to acquire specialized knowledge. That's what I mean.
As a result, approximately 2,000 children and students in the Gaza Strip will be able to receive support, and approximately 2,000 people who will support them will receive training. The government says it will persistently continue its diplomatic efforts to calm down the situation.
Ambassador Yudai Kano of the Permanent Mission of Japan to UNESCO in Paris, France, told reporters, ``By Japan taking the initiative in providing assistance, we can encourage other countries to provide similar assistance.'' Ta.