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PM approves project to care for deprived children

The Prime Minister has just approved a project to care for children in especially difficult circumstances during the 2013-2020 period.
The Prime Minister has just approved a project to care for children inespecially difficult circumstances during the 2013-2020 period.

They are orphans, abandoned children, HIV/AIDS carriers, victims oftoxic chemicals, children with severe disabilities and victims ofnatural disasters.

The community-based project aimsto mobilise the participation of the whole of society, especiallyfamilies and local communities, to care for the children.

Under the project, by 2020, 95 percent of disadvantaged children willreceive assistance and access to social services; suitable care modelswill be developed for children, who are severely disabled, victims oftoxic chemicals and HIV/AIDS carriers; and the quality of care forespecially deprived children at welfare centres will be enhanced.

Also as part of the project, policies and legal documents relating to the participation of the community will be devised.-VNA
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