The Hanoi Health Department and theStandard Chartered bank on March 23 signed a memorandum ofunderstanding for a project on preventing blindness for Vietnamesechildren with a total funding of 630,000 USD.
The funding will go to the 4th phase of the programme entitled “Lightis Belief”, which has been conducted over the last six years withsupport from the bank.
The money will go to a project on providing optical health care to children in the capital city over the next three years.
According to the Standard Chartered Vietnam’s General Director AshokSud, the vision-caring project will also seek to help the children inHo Chi Minh City, through its partner – the Fred Hollows Foundation.
Standard Chartered has provided 1.5 million USD to support programmesto restore vision over the last six years, helping bring light to over100,000 poor people in Vietnam.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen ThienNhan highlighted the importance of the bank’s project, saying that foreveryone, their eyes are of very special importance, quoting thestatistic that 80 percent of the information people receive is throughthe eyes.
The “Light is Belief” programme has so far provided optical healthcheck-ups for 133,000 people, along with training on eye-care measuresfor around 590,000 others./.
The funding will go to the 4th phase of the programme entitled “Lightis Belief”, which has been conducted over the last six years withsupport from the bank.
The money will go to a project on providing optical health care to children in the capital city over the next three years.
According to the Standard Chartered Vietnam’s General Director AshokSud, the vision-caring project will also seek to help the children inHo Chi Minh City, through its partner – the Fred Hollows Foundation.
Standard Chartered has provided 1.5 million USD to support programmesto restore vision over the last six years, helping bring light to over100,000 poor people in Vietnam.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen ThienNhan highlighted the importance of the bank’s project, saying that foreveryone, their eyes are of very special importance, quoting thestatistic that 80 percent of the information people receive is throughthe eyes.
The “Light is Belief” programme has so far provided optical healthcheck-ups for 133,000 people, along with training on eye-care measuresfor around 590,000 others./.
