Taiwanese organisation supports poor children in central region
The Zhi Shan Foundation of Taiwan (China) has pledged an aid package worth over 16.4 billion VND (721,600 USD) to support poor and disadvantaged children in the central region in 2018.
Quang Tri (VNA) - The Zhi Shan Foundation ofTaiwan (China) has pledged an aid package worth over 16.4 billion VND (721,600USD) to support poor and disadvantaged children in the central region in 2018.
The foundation will also provide scholarships, freeorthopaedic surgeries, and nutrition for needy children in Quang Tri provincein the year, worth a total of over 5.1 billion VND (224,400 USD).
The documents to this effect were signed between the organisationand the provinces of Thua Thien – Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Binh, Ha Tinh, Nghe An,and Quang Ngai in Quang Tri’s Dong Ha city on January 8.
The signing ceremony was held in coincidence with thefoundation’s celebration of its 20 years of implementing charity projects inVietnam.
Addressing the signing ceremony, Vice Chairman of the QuangTri provincial People’s Committee Mai Thuc, hailed the contribution theorganisation has made to the province’s community activities, particularly itsassistance for local poor students.
He expressed his hope that it will continue its support forbuilding nursery schools for difficulty-ridden communes, improving nutritionfor needy children in Dakrong district, and offering scholarships to poorstudents in Huong Hoa district.
Present in Vietnam since 1995, Zhi Shan Foundation has fundednumerous long-term health and education projects to help disadvantagedchildren.
In 2017, the foundation gave scholarships to 3,234 poorstudents, and funded the building of semi-boarding nursery schools, benefiting6,500 children.
As many as 2,716 children with disabilities have receivedfree orthopaedic surgeries funded by the organisation since 2001.
The foundation has thus far allocated around 70 billion VND(over 3 million USD) to help 2,600 needy students in Quang Tri alone over thepast 20 years.-VNA
Underprivileged children in the central province of Quang Tri have benefited from a number of projects by a Taiwanese non-governmental organisation over the past 16 years, heard a meeting on June 25.
Five foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have committed more than 6.1 million USD in support of the central province of Quang Tri for the 2014-2017 period.
The Zhi Shan Foundation from Taiwan (China) has recently provided an aid package worth 2.6 billion VND (120,000 USD) to the central province of Quang Binh to support poor and disadvantaged children in the province.
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