US organization assists disadvantaged people in central province
VGP - The US non-profit organization TCF has provided a non-refundable aid of VND808 million (nearly 37,000 USD) for a project to assist disadvantaged people in Thua Thien-Hue Province.
The one-year project aims to improve living, healthcare and educational conditions of disadvantaged people, including children in the locality, Mr. Hoang Ngoc Khanh, Chief of the provincial People’s Committee Office, said on March 11.
Under the project, 7 mobile medical checkups and treatment sessions will be organized in the districts of Phu Vang, Nam Dong, Phu Loc and the towns of Huong Thuy and Huong Tra; and funds will be provided for surgery of 10 patients and the purchase of books for 10 libraries at nursery and primary schools.
Earlier, on March 5, the US’s Clear Path International offered a non-refundable aid of VND210 million to award 140 scholarships to children of families whose members are victims of unexploded ordnances in Phong Dien District./.
By Ngoc Van