Humanitarian

Save the Children and HSBC awarded 240 rainwater harvesting systems to poor families in 12 communes of Dong Thap Provinces last weekend.

The devices, worth US$26,000 aim to support the locals in the flood-prone areas to generate and store safe water for their household activities, especially during and after the flood seasons.

The award is part of a US$556,672 project in Mekong delta funded by HSBC from 2013 to 2015.

Save the Children supported two schools in Quang Nam Province to organise a book exchange day  to educate the children to practise thrift and protect the environment last weekend.

The event titled 'Economising, Reusing and Recycling to Adapt to Climate Change' attracted nearly 200 children from Le Quy Don secondary school and Duy Tan primary school and community members in the neighborhoods to attend and donate books.

More than 1600 Wutip typhoon affected families in Quang Binh Province will be provided with support on livelihoods and house repairs by Save the Children and Plan through an Euro- 700,000 project funded by European Commission.

More than 12,000 children in 24 primary schools in Dong Thap and Tien Giang were provided with trainings and life saving equipments to better prepare for disasters thank to a project by the Prudence Foundation and Save the Children from February 2013 to April 2014.

The Prudence Foundation and Save the Chilren in cooperation with Dong Thap Department of Education and Training presents the 590 million VNDs’ worth of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)  equipment package (equivalent to $US 26,800) to communities and schools of 2 beneficiary districts: Hong Ngu and Tan Hong. The package includes: 2 inflatable swimming pools, 55 hand-held and lecture loudspeakers, 35 first aid kits, 500 floating school bags, 180 water wings for school children and 150 life vest for community and school beneficiaries.