On the morning of March 16, 2024, at Gia Canh commune, Dinh Quan district, the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and People's Committee of Dinh Quan district held a Ceremony to hand over 02 friendship houses to ethnic minority households in difficult circumstances, sponsored by Les Enfant Du Dragon (LEDD-France), with an amount of 140,000,000 dongs. Attending the Handover Ceremony were Mr. Tho Ut - Deputy Head of Dong Nai province Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, Mr. Richard Jean-Jacques - Representative of LEDD.

 

Delegates attending the Handover Ceremony of the houses of friendship in Gia Canh commune, Dinh Quan district

It is known that these two friendship houses are one of 43 houses that LEDD has coordinated with Dong Nai province Union of Friendship Organizations to deploy in recent times. In addition, LEDD also carries out many humanitarian and social aid programs and projects in Dong Nai province such as: building 04 wells, 03 water purification plants, donating 20 water tanks, repairing medical stations …. More than 50 new bicycles, hundreds of scholarships and new clothes have been donated to poor and difficult students in the province. The total value of aid over the past 10 years is estimated at more than 10 billion dongs.

Speaking at the Handover Ceremony, Deputy Head of Dong Nai province Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs - Mr. Tho Ut expressed his thanks to LEDD for continuing to support the construction of 02 houses for ethnic minorities in Gia Canh commune. The support of LEDD has contributed to improving the living standard of people, helping them have a warm home and a stable, settled life.

 

Delegates posing for a group photo with beneficiaries

On behalf of the LEDD, Mr. Richard Jean-Jacques shared that he was very happy to contribute his effort to support local people in difficult circumstances. At the same time, he would like to thank local authorities at all levels, especially Dong Nai province Union of Friendship Organizations for their companion, interest and fully support for the success of these projects. He expected to have more exchange and voluntary activities during the coming projects this year.

On this occasion, Mr. Richard Jean-Jacques - Representative of LEDD came to survey 10 ethnic minority households with difficult circumstances in Dinh Quan and Tan Phu districts to prepare for implementing the project "Supporting 10 disadvantaged ethnic minority households in the period 2024 - 2026", with a total funding of 700,000,000 dongs.