Quang Binh aided to address war’s consequences
Five NGOs
pledged 4 million USD for Quang Binh to help it address lingering dangers and issues
caused by war to promote socio-economic development.
Five non-governmental organisations
pledged financial assistance worth 4 million USD for the central
province of Quang Binh to help it address lingering dangers and issues
caused by war to promote socio-economic development.
The pledge was made at a conference to mobilise aid for Quang Binh for
its efforts to spur socio-economic development and address remaining
war damage, held in Hanoi on July 7.
The organisations included Plan, the East Meet West Foundation, Clear
Path International (CPI), the Landmine Survivors Network in Vietnam
(LSNV) and the Centre of Small Enterprise Development Assistance (SEDA).
Quang Binh province has reported that its per - capita income currently stands at just at 650 USD a year--much lower than the national average. As of the end of 2008, 20 percent of its households were living below the poverty line, particularly in Minh Hoa district, which reported that poor households account for 51 percent of its population.
Also at this conference, the participants reviewed the efficiency of non-governmental aid in the province.
It was reported that nearly 28 million USD in non-governmental aid has been poured in Quang Binh in the 1998-2008 period, helping the locality address issues arising from its disadvantaged and calamity-hit areas.
Apart from granting aid, non-governmental organisations have also provided wheel-chairs and artificial limbs to war victims, in addition to organising vocational training courses and talks on landmine safety for students and children, as well as the community at large.
The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) of the UK has cleared Quang Binh of 61,000 mines and explosive materials since 2003.
The participants also discussed issues regarding assistance to war victims, in particular, and people with disabilities in general.
Speaking at the event, Ireland ’s Ambassador to Vietnam , Maeve Collins, said her country has committed to assisting Vietnam to build a national bomb and landmine clearance strategy and iron out new standards and priorities for the work.
Early this year, a mine clearance team from Ireland arrived in Vietnam to define issues relating to unexploded ordinance, the ambassador said.
The conference was co-organised by the Quang Binh provincial People’s Committee, the Working Committee for Non-governmental Organisations and the Landmine Survivors Network./.
Quang Binh province has reported that its per - capita income currently stands at just at 650 USD a year--much lower than the national average. As of the end of 2008, 20 percent of its households were living below the poverty line, particularly in Minh Hoa district, which reported that poor households account for 51 percent of its population.
Also at this conference, the participants reviewed the efficiency of non-governmental aid in the province.
It was reported that nearly 28 million USD in non-governmental aid has been poured in Quang Binh in the 1998-2008 period, helping the locality address issues arising from its disadvantaged and calamity-hit areas.
Apart from granting aid, non-governmental organisations have also provided wheel-chairs and artificial limbs to war victims, in addition to organising vocational training courses and talks on landmine safety for students and children, as well as the community at large.
The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) of the UK has cleared Quang Binh of 61,000 mines and explosive materials since 2003.
The participants also discussed issues regarding assistance to war victims, in particular, and people with disabilities in general.
Speaking at the event, Ireland ’s Ambassador to Vietnam , Maeve Collins, said her country has committed to assisting Vietnam to build a national bomb and landmine clearance strategy and iron out new standards and priorities for the work.
Early this year, a mine clearance team from Ireland arrived in Vietnam to define issues relating to unexploded ordinance, the ambassador said.
The conference was co-organised by the Quang Binh provincial People’s Committee, the Working Committee for Non-governmental Organisations and the Landmine Survivors Network./.
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