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$1.3M grants received in November

By Nazario Rodriguez Jr
Horizon news staff

The Palau national government received a total of $1,303,483 financial grants from three agencies from the United States government in the month of November.
Most of these grants went to the Ministry of Education with a total of $1,125,600 to provide funds to support elementary and secondary education program. The source of the grant is the US Department of Education.
The US Department of Health and Human Services gave $29,458 to the Ministry of Administration to provide supplemental fund for immunization and vaccines for children.
The USDHHS also released $24,200 to the MOE to provide fund to prevent sexually transmitted disease.
The other grant amounting to $124,225 came from the US Department of Communications to provide fund for weather observation program.