Children of disadvantaged migrants in four Ho Chi Minh City districtswith high migrant populations will receive educational and healthassistance under a project run by the HCM City Children WelfareAssociation.
Education and health care were basic rights of allchildren including migrants, and the programme was aimed at ensuringthese basic rights, Luong Thi Thuan, the association's chairwoman, said.
Fundedby the Danish Vietnamese Association, the three-year, 465,000 USDproject - in 12 wards and communes in Districts Tan Phu, 7, 8, and BinhChanh — began this month, she added.
Free classes would beorganised for migrant children who drop out of school, according toNguyen Ngoc Phuc, the project co-ordinator.
All disadvantagedchildren would be provided with scholarships to cover tuition fees andmoney for books and other learning aids, he said.
They would also get vocational training scholarships and health and accident insurance, he said.
Youngmigrants with unintended pregnancies would get reproductive healthcare, while children would be taught living skills and how to preventHIV/AIDS transmission and sexual abuse, he said.
Nguyen ThanhPhung, head of the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs'children protection division, said that the city's economic developmentattracted a large number of people from other provinces and cities, whocame to live and work with their children.
Besides, a large of children came on their own looking for jobs, she said.
All these children had difficulty accessing education and health care, she said, hoping the project would help improve things.
Cityleaders had instructed district authorities to focus on creating a safeenvironment for children, including migrants, and ensure children'srights, she said.
The city had increased the allocation of funds for children's programmes, she added.-VNA
Education and health care were basic rights of allchildren including migrants, and the programme was aimed at ensuringthese basic rights, Luong Thi Thuan, the association's chairwoman, said.
Fundedby the Danish Vietnamese Association, the three-year, 465,000 USDproject - in 12 wards and communes in Districts Tan Phu, 7, 8, and BinhChanh — began this month, she added.
Free classes would beorganised for migrant children who drop out of school, according toNguyen Ngoc Phuc, the project co-ordinator.
All disadvantagedchildren would be provided with scholarships to cover tuition fees andmoney for books and other learning aids, he said.
They would also get vocational training scholarships and health and accident insurance, he said.
Youngmigrants with unintended pregnancies would get reproductive healthcare, while children would be taught living skills and how to preventHIV/AIDS transmission and sexual abuse, he said.
Nguyen ThanhPhung, head of the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs'children protection division, said that the city's economic developmentattracted a large number of people from other provinces and cities, whocame to live and work with their children.
Besides, a large of children came on their own looking for jobs, she said.
All these children had difficulty accessing education and health care, she said, hoping the project would help improve things.
Cityleaders had instructed district authorities to focus on creating a safeenvironment for children, including migrants, and ensure children'srights, she said.
The city had increased the allocation of funds for children's programmes, she added.-VNA
