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Ca Mau province strives for more NGO financial aid

Southernmost Ca Mau province is calling for more financial aid from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) between 2015 and 2017 to support its socio-economic development goals.
Southernmost Ca Mau province is calling for more financial aid fromnon-governmental organisations (NGOs) between 2015 and 2017 to supportits socio-economic development goals.

Ca Mau isseeking to boost cooperation with NGOs in several priority areas,including agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development; healthcare; education and vocational training; social issues; disasterprevention and emergency rescue; and climate change adaption.

The province has been working with the Vietnam Union of FriendshipOrganisations (VUFO) to search for NGOs capable of supportingimprovements in priority areas while providing its staff with foreignlanguage lessons and courses on external affairs.

Since 2013, it has successfully raised over 64 billion VND (2.93million USD) from NGO financial sources for 31 local projects which havebeen strictly managed and kept on schedule by provincial authorities.

The projects have helped the locality improvehealthcare services and education, build bridges and resettlementhouses, supply clean water, support street children, provide freemedical check-ups for the poor and prevent human trafficking.-VNA
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