Credit Suisse AG brings educational opportunities to Tra Vinh children The Saigon Times Daily The opening ceremony of Phu Can A Primary School is attended by representatives of saigonchildren, Credit Suisse AG and Tra Vinh Province’s authorities - PHOTO: COURTESY OF SAIGONCHILDREN HCMC - After eight months of preparation and construction as a collaborative project between Credit Suisse AG and saigonchildren, Phu Can A Primary School was opened in Tieu Can District of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on August 25, 2018, offering 117 local children the opportunity to study in a safer environment. Phu Can A Primary School has three 64-square-meter classrooms and a large playground for students from first to fifth grades. In addition, the hallways, roof, and floor were also neatly tiled, replacing the old concrete and metal structures. The school used to be heavily damaged and the lack of safety and space negatively impacted its students’ learning capabilities, … [Read more...] about Credit Suisse AG brings educational opportunities to Tra Vinh children
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More than 80 children receive free cleft lip operations
Eighty-three children with cleft lips and palates from four Central Highlands provinces of Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, Gia Lai and Lâm Đồng will receive operation at the Central Highlands Regional General Hospital with the support of the non-profit medial service organisation Operation Smile Việt Nam.— Photo daidoanket.vn ĐẮK LẮK — Eighty-three children with cleft lips and palates from four Central Highlands provinces of Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, Gia Lai and Lâm Đồng will receive operation from today until Friday at the Central Highlands Regional General Hospital with the support of the non-profit medial service organisation Operation Smile Việt Nam. Operations will be performed by surgeons from HCM City University Medical Centre, the National Hospital of Odonto – Stomatology and the 108 Military Central Hospital. Speaking at the opening … [Read more...] about More than 80 children receive free cleft lip operations
Central Highlands children with cleft lip, palate get free operations
Illustrative image (Source: operationsmile.org.vn) Dak Lak (VNA) – Eighty-three children with cleft lip and palate in the Tay Nguyen Central Highlands will receive free health check-ups and surgeries as part of the Operation Smile Vietnam programme. Operations for the children from Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai and Lam Dong province will be conducted from August 27 to 31 at the Tay Nguyen General Hospital in Dak Lak. Doctors from the Ho Chi Minh Medicine and Pharmacy University Hospital, National Hospital of Odonto – Stomatology, and 108 Military Central Hospital, among other top medical facilities, will perform these surgeries. The programme also subsidizes travel costs of the children. Speaking at a ceremony opening the programme in Dak Lak on August 26, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee H’Yim Kdoh said the programme had provided such operations for 852 children in Dak Lak. He said it demonstrate communal support toward the well-being of … [Read more...] about Central Highlands children with cleft lip, palate get free operations
Children provided with protection in digital world
The Internet and social networks hold risks for vulnerable children, lack judgement and social awareness. It’s vital to help children protect themselves in the digital world by improving their understanding of social networks and teaching them about the potential risks. Social networks provide information and entertainment, expand social relations, and connect friends. Children are prone to abuse because they adopt technology quickly and don’t have sufficient awareness of the potential risks of suffering real consequences from virtual relationships. Nguyen Bich Ngoc, a 9th grade pupil in Hanoi, has used a smart phone since she was in grade 6. All of her classmates have Facebook accounts, so does she. She lied about her age to dodge a ban on under-13s having a Facebook account. She is free to make friends worldwide and happy to have thousands of people on her friends list. She doesn’t know most of them in real life. Ngoc said “When I accepted friend … [Read more...] about Children provided with protection in digital world
Foreign-funded projects support needy children in Thua Thien-Hue
Illustrative Image (Source: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The central province of Thua Thien-Hue on August 25 launched a project to support local orphans and poor children with assistance from an US organisation. The project, worth about 722 million VND (31,046 USD), covers Huong Tra town, and Quang Dien, Phu Vang, A Luoi and Nam Dong districts. The project aims to improve the quality of the living conditions of locals, contributing to developing education and health care services for poor people in benefited localities. Major activities of the project include health care and education support to locals through mobile check-ups, Hepatitis vaccine shots and free orthopedic surgeries to children with disabilities, provision of scholarships for poor children and financial assistance for the organising of existing charity classes. The project will also help locals in production by giving locals breeding cows to residents in communes of A Luoi and Nam Dong districts. Earlier, … [Read more...] about Foreign-funded projects support needy children in Thua Thien-Hue