The ceremony took place in a solemn atmosphere with the attendance of Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of External Relations Nguyen Viet Thang; Standing Vice President of Dong Nai Union of Friendship Organizations Bui Thi Lieu; Head of Education and Training Division of Cam My district Bui Thi Vinh; Representative of the sponsors, including Ms. Nguyen Thi Duy Huong - Head Of Programmes,  Saigonchildren in Vietnam, Mr. JunJin Sung - Chief Financial Officer, USV . Company, Ms. Yvonne To - CSR Manager, Lacoste Foundation, along with 30 delegates and journalists, officials, civil servants, employees of 02 signing agencies and the project receiving agency.

Scenery of the Signing Ceremony (Photo: Song Thao)

At the opening speech, Ms. Bui Thi Lieu - Standing Vice President of Dong Nai Union of Friendship Organizations emphasized the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Provincial Union of Friendship Organizations and the Saigonchildren to implement the project “Strengthening educational access opportunities for disadvantaged children in Dong Nai province” for the period from 2023 to 2024 shows the effective cooperation between Saigonchildren and Dong Nai province in the past 22 years and continues to achieve more fruitful development in the coming time. Over the past  years, Saigonchildren has cooperated with Dong Nai province to implement many programs and projects in the field of education with practical significance to help thousands of poor children in remote and isolated areas of Dong Nai province have more opportunities to learn and develop. The funding of Saigonchildren in the past time has helped solve difficulties for students within the framework of the project, and, support ways and improve skills for children and their families to find the best way to reduce poverty and settle down their lives in a sustainable way. The projects that the Saigonchildren and the sponsors implement in Dong Nai province are not only bold in humanity but also show the solidarity and friendship between the people of Dong Nai province, Vietnam and the people of the United Kingdom.

Delegates taking group photos with sponsors at the Signing Ceremony (Photo: Song Thao)

According to the content of the signed Agreement, the two agencies will coordinate to implement the project in Cam My, Trang Bom and Bien Hoa city districts to create conditions for disadvantaged children to learn and develop in a safe, suitable environment. The project will provide 275 scholarship packages for disadvantaged children, construction of new school toilets, and vocational skills training support for 12 deaf children studying at deaf schools. Simultaneously, the project also implements activities to raise awareness, foster knowledge and skills on screening and early detection of children with autism spectrum disorder for 600 teachers, parents and children.