That is seed money to create out-of-school child care places.
Still, his life there was difficult as a sudden upswing in the value of the yen just before his departure had cut his limited seed money in half.
What is needed is not vast sums of money, but seed money, supportive money, for those small local groups.
This fund would be used to underwrite community investment projects, food security programmes, land certification (which involves plot surveys, registration and titling) and seed money for rural credit cooperatives.
These funds were the seed money the college needed to make the construction of the center possible.
Foundations could also provide seed money, especially if matched by employer contributions.
They obtained seed money from the territorial and federal governments, and by the end of 2001 had preliminary design and financing concepts.
While the seed money was provided from government sources, the school was to be established as a self-supporting private, nonprofit institution.