The decision was made during a fact-finding trip by formerPresident Truong Tan Sang and a working delegation of the Ho Chi Minh City SponsoringAssociation for Poor Patients and philanthropists on April 23.
The model will be piloted at Le Quy Don elementary school inTam Hiep commune and Ngo Quyen elementary school in Tam Nghia commune. Ifeffective, it will be spread to other schools to improve health of pupils andteachers.
At current, pupils and teachers at the two schools mostlyuse well water and bottled drinking water.
Per academic year, each pupil drinks nearly nine large bottleswith a capacity of 20 litres each, costing 90,000 VND.
According to the Nui Thanh district Office of Education andTraining, there are around 25,000 pupils in 64 schools, from kindergarten tosecondary level, in the locality. The number of schools with standard waterpurification systems accounts for nearly 10 percent.
On the occasion, the association and philanthropists donated800 million VND (35,500 USD) to the construction of Vang Anh kindergarten inTam Hiep commune, Nui Thanh district.-VNA
