​On the morning of January 11, 2024, in Bien Hoa city, the Dong Nai province Union of Friendship Organizations (DUFO) held a meeting with relevant agencies to discuss and agree on the contents of the documents of the Child Development Scholarship Program  to be impplemented in Dong Nai province, for the period from 2024 to 2028, which is sponsored by Saigon Children's Charity CIO (SCC/UK), with a total implementation value of more than 14.4 billion dongs. Attending the meeting were Ms. Bui Thi Lieu - Vice President of Dong Nai province Union of Friendship Organizations, Mr. Do Dang Bao Linh - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training, Ms. Nguyen Thi Duy Huong - Head of Programmes of SCC.

At the meeting, Vice President of Dong Nai province Union of Friendship Organizations, Ms. Bui Thi Lieu, expressed her gratitude to SCC for their company with the students in difficult circumstances in the province. As the focal agency for foreign non-governmental affairs, DUFO will accompany and support and create the most favourable conditions for SCC to develop the Child Development Scholarship Program for the period from 2024 to 2028.

Saigon Children Charity CIO working at the Union of Friendship Organizations of Dong Nai province

Mr. Do Dang Bao Linh - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training agreed with the document contents of the Child Development Scholarship Program in Dong Nai province, period 2024 - 2028 sponsored by SCC. The program will contribute to improving and enhancing living conditions, creating educational opportunities for poor children, children at risk of dropping out of school or with no conditions to go to school in Dong Nai province.

Representative of SCC, Ms. Nguyen Thi Duy Huong expressed her thanks to Dong Nai province Union of Friendship Organizations for the careful arrangement to receive the delegation of SCC. After the meeting, SCC will revise the content of the documents discussed at the meeting and applied the program to the Department of Education and Training with the support of Dong Nai province Union of Friendship Organizations. The program is expected to  be approved soon in February of 2024 so that students in difficult circumstances can continue to receive scholarships of the program.