Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA)– The northern provinces of Hung Yen and Vinh Phuc are working to improvechildcare in response to a nationwide month-long campaign to protect children.
The Hung YenPeople’s Committee and the provincial Fund for Vietnamese Children presented 60scholarships to impoverished children during a ceremony held on May 23 tolaunch the campaign. The province also raised more than 700 million VND for thechildren’s fund from organisations and enterprises.
The Action forChildren Month this year aims to promote the Child Law and to prevent violenceand sexual abuse against children. It will raise public awareness of the issuesand urge authorities, families and societies to create a safer environment forchildren.
Hung Yen is home toabout 200,000 children. Last year, it recorded twelve child abuse cases, elevenof which were sexual. Four sexual abuse cases were reported in the first fivemonths of 2017.
Meanwhile, the Departmentof Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs teamed up with the People’s Committee ofSong Lo district, Vinh Phuc province, to launch the campaign on the same day.
The province’s Fundfor Vietnamese Children presented 50 scholarships, worth 700,000 VND each, 30bicycles and 35 sets of stationery to poor children in the district. Inaddition, sponsors committed to donating more than 1.7 billion VND to childrenfrom difficult backgrounds.
Song Lo is a remotedistrict of Vinh Phuc, with hundreds of orphans and children with disabilitiesas well as more than 1,800 children from poor families.
The province hasasked local authorities to design child welfare policies to solve problems inthe district’s childcare and education.
It has also urgedfamilies, schools and communities to be responsible for children and promotechild rights.
Last year, theprovincial Fund for Vietnamese Children raised nearly 6 billion VND andprovided about 30,000 local children with free heart checks and medicine. Some32 children with cardiac diseases received free surgeries at Hanoi HeartHospital.-VNA
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