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US Embassy grants US $55,000 to communities

    ABIDJAN

    US Ambassador Howard Jeter signed grant agreements amounting to US $5,000 each with 11 community-based development associations, ‘ThisDay’ newspaper reported.

    Jeter, at a signing ceremony in the capital Abuja on Thursday, said that the Special Self-Help Programme under which the projects were funded aimed to alleviate poverty in mainly rural communities. Projects funded include the refurbishment of a palm oil mill, new equipment for a health laboratory, new school equipment and buildings, as well as construction and the drilling of a community bore hole, the daily reported.

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