Prudential pledges 10 million USD
Thirty-five
percent of the sum will be doled out for building and repairing schools
in poor localities, buying teaching aids and learning kits for teachers
and students, granting scholarships to outstanding poor pupils and
teaching English, as well as training students in insurance knowledge
and poor women in family finance management.
The money will also
be used to sponsor sporting activities, medical check-ups and
treatment, eye surgery, and keeping the environment clean and green.
The
fund will use 30 percent of the money to present gifts to disabled and
orphan children, Agent Orange victims, poor people and beneficiary
families; build gift houses for families in difficulty and help poor
women and students.
The Prudence Vietnam Fund was founded in
2003 with an initial capital of 2.7 million USD. Over the past eight
years, the fund has sponsored English language teaching programmes,
sports training for adolescents and information technology
scholarships./.