The Indonesian General Consulate to Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony on February 25 to hand over 100 wheelchairs to the municipal Association of Agent Orange Victims.
Acting General Consul Dalton Sembiring said these wheelchairs were gifts from the Indonesian community in the southern economic hub of Vietnam .
Stella Sutina, whose husband is working in Vietnam , launched a wheelchair donation campaign after witnessing sufferings by Agent Orange victims in Vietnam .
Although the war has ended a long time ago, their nightmare consequences still live on, affecting younger generations of the Vietnamese people, the kind-hearted Indonesian woman said in explanation of her action that was strongly supported by the Indonesian community in HCM City .
She promised that she would make greater efforts to push up the programme back home to alleviate the plight of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims.
An AO-affected child, Vuong Lai Thuan, in district 1, said in tears that “This is a very practical gift for such disabled Agent Orange victims like me”.
Major General Tran Ngoc Pho, President of the municipal Association of Agent Orange Victims, welcomed the donation as further evidence of traditional relations between Vietnam and Indonesia .
It was the second charity movement launched by the Indonesian community in Vietnam in 2010.
On January 24, they waged a blood donation campaign, drawing 50 volunteer donors from their community./.
Acting General Consul Dalton Sembiring said these wheelchairs were gifts from the Indonesian community in the southern economic hub of Vietnam .
Stella Sutina, whose husband is working in Vietnam , launched a wheelchair donation campaign after witnessing sufferings by Agent Orange victims in Vietnam .
Although the war has ended a long time ago, their nightmare consequences still live on, affecting younger generations of the Vietnamese people, the kind-hearted Indonesian woman said in explanation of her action that was strongly supported by the Indonesian community in HCM City .
She promised that she would make greater efforts to push up the programme back home to alleviate the plight of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims.
An AO-affected child, Vuong Lai Thuan, in district 1, said in tears that “This is a very practical gift for such disabled Agent Orange victims like me”.
Major General Tran Ngoc Pho, President of the municipal Association of Agent Orange Victims, welcomed the donation as further evidence of traditional relations between Vietnam and Indonesia .
It was the second charity movement launched by the Indonesian community in Vietnam in 2010.
On January 24, they waged a blood donation campaign, drawing 50 volunteer donors from their community./.
