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The 2014 Breastfeeding Week in Vietnam will be kicked off  with the show of more than 100 pictures capturing moments of mothers breastfeeding through the country. The show is co-organised by Alive&Thrive Programme-Save the Children consortium.

The photos were taken by professional and amateur photographers from every walks of life in the mountainous villages, on the streets of big cities, in rural communities and in communal centres.

The pictures will be displayed in six locations in Hanoi from 1st to 8th August.

Save the Children has provided cash for 500 poor households who were severely affected by the Wutip typhoon last September in the central province of Quang Binh, Vietnam.

Leu Thi Hanh and her husband earned their living from a small grocery at the end of Thoi Thuan B Village in Thoi Lai District, Can Tho Province.

Le Thi Thanh Thanh was watching her nine-year-old daughter girl, Nguyen Thi Phuong Anh ready for her first jump into the pool. Around the girl, a dozen of children were cheering her up to abide their turns.

“A couple of years ago, I registered my daughter for a swimming class organized by the local community on the river. Then, I thought it was not safe for her so that I pulled her out”, she said.

Save the Children supported 10 schools to organise a ‘Tree Planting Festival’ in Tien Giang Province to increase the children’s awareness of environmental protection and climate change adaptation.

Nearly 300 children aged from 9 to 15 participated in the festival by the end of May where they were provided with eucalyptus seedlings and trained on how to grow by Save the Children staff and the school teachers.