World Vision International assists 1.8 million USD for the poor
Quang Tri (VNA) – The World Vision International (WVI), an organisation dedicated to supporting
children and vulnerable populations worldwide, will provide 1.8 million USD to support development
in Quang Tri central province.
According to the
Quang Tri provincial People’s Committee, the programme will be implemented for
two years in four districts – Dak Rong, Hai Lang, Trieu Phong and Vinh Linh.
The Quang Tri Department
of External Affairs, which is the coordinator of the programme, said that the
main goal of the programme is to enhance the living standards of ethnic
minority people, especially the poor, via economic and community-assisting
activities.
The WVI provided over 14
million USD in humanitarian aid for the central province of Quang Tri during
2001-2015.
Projects funded by the
organisation helped reduce the rate of impoverished households in Vinh Linh
district to 5.64 percent in 2014 and that in Trieu Phong district to 8.9
percent in 2015.-VNA