Dutch-funded project launched to help flood-affected residents in Quang Nam
A project named “Humanitarian Aid and Post-Flood Recovery in Central Vietnam”, funded by the Dutch Relief Alliance under the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands, was launched in the central province of Quang Nam on December 29.
Transporting relief goods for flood-affected people (Source: VNA)
Quang Nam (VNA) – A project named “Humanitarian Aid and Post-FloodRecovery in Central Vietnam”, funded by the Dutch Relief Alliance under the ForeignMinistry of the Netherlands, was launched in the centralprovince of Quang Nam on December 29.
Through Oxfam Vietnam, the project will provide emergency assistance andhelp restore livelihoods for 5,000 households severely affected by naturaldisasters in Tra Bui, Tra Duong, Tra Dong, Tra Son and Tra Giang communes ofBac Tra My with a total value of over 5.5 billion VND (238,000 USD).
Le Tan Minh, President of the Quang Nam Red Cross,pledged to manage, use and allocate the aid on right persons.
The project will provide 916 gift packages worth 1.2 million VNDeach, plastic buckets, and hygienic tools for households while promotingcommunications on COVID-19 prevention and control as well as hygiene and cleanwater in communes. It will also include assessments of livelihoods and market, andtraining on planting and breeding for residents in the project.
Beneficiaries are households with damaged houses, those in thevulnerable group like poor and near-poor households, or households of peoplewith disabilities, and ethnic people.
The project will finish in May next year.
Also on the day, the Quang Nam Red Cross Society launched a World Vision-fundedhousing project for 400 households affected by natural disasters in 2020 inNong Son, Phuoc Son and Nam Tra My districts. The project worth nearly 4 billion VND will support materials for theconstruction./.
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Transporting relief goods for flood-affected people (Source: VNA) 
