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In collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training, Save the Children organized a workshop in Lao Cai Province for 150 teachers and educational officials working in the ethnic minority regions. The objective was to address their challenges and share their views on how to teach ethnic minority children who have a different mother tongue.

By Pham Thu Trang, Communications Assistant - Child Sponsorship

Lao Cai is one of the poorest provinces where the ratio of gender imbalance at birth is increasing steadily. Having children in the workforce and imbalanced maternal nutrition has a huge impact on the development of the younger generation. By the end of 2013, a sponsorship team worked closely with local authorities to implement the Child Sponsorship Program. With the support of local partners, Kim Son commune has been chosen as the first site.