On Thursday, Da Nang People’s Council Vice Chairman Nguyen Nho Trung visited, presented gifts and extended his greetings to children being cared for at the city’s SOS Children’s Village in recognition of International Children’s Day (1 June).

Da Nang People’s Council Vice Chairman Nguyen Nho Trung (2nd right) presenting gifts to children being cared for at the city’s SOS Children’s Village (Photo: danangtv.vn)

Over the past 25 years, the village has been home to a total of 426 orphaned, abandoned, and very poor children from the city and other localities in the central region and Central Highlands.

To date, 208 children have grown up and left the village for finding their suitable jobs, 30 have graduated from universities, 40 are junior college graduates, 96 have gained pro-intermediate certificates, and 88 have completed their vocational training courses.

Vice Chairman Trung expressed his delight at the fact that, during the period, children at this care venue have not committed law violations, and they have become good citizens in society.

The city leaders underlined a must-do for the village’s staff to help children enhance their necessary life skills so that they can find it easer to integrate into the community.

On the same day, municipal Fatherland Front Committee Chairwoman Dang Thi Kim Lien visited and presented gifts to disadvantaged children who are being cared for at the municipal Charity Centre.

Chairman Lien highly praised the centre’s staff members for wholeheartedly educating and caring for the children here over recent years.

Municipal Fatherland Front Committee Chairwoman Dang Thi Kim Lien (3rd left) and disadvantaged children who are being cared for at the municipal Charity Centre.(Photo: danangtv.vn)

She vowed that the city authorities would create the most favourable conditions for the centre to organise even more useful activities for disadvantaged children.

Founded in 2008, the centre is now offering care to 28 orphans and 39 students in very difficult circumstances.

Also on Thursday, a launch ceremony for the Ngu Hanh Son District-level action month for children 2018 took place in the locality.

The launch of the event was active response to the municipal-level Action Month for Children 2018 entitled ‘For a Safe and Healthy Life for Children in the Digital Technology World’, which will take place across the country between 1 and 30 June.

To mark the occasion, the city’s People’s Committee presented gifts, valued at 2 million VND each, to 15 poor studious pupils from across the district.

In a similar vein, gifts from the district authorities, worth 500,000 VND each, went to 100 needy children.