UNICEF renders 2 million USD grant to single province

An Giang (VNA)- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has been
> committed to a comprehensive project worth 2.3 million USD for children in > the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.
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> Of the amount, UNICEF will contribute 2 million USD in non-refundable aid
> and the rest will come from the provincial budget.
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> The project will benefit pregnant mothers and seven groups of vulnerable
> children. The child beneficiaries include HIV/AIDS carriers, social evil
> offenders, mal-nutritious children, school drop-outs, children of labour
> and sexual abuse and injured children.
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> The project will help improve local administrations' capacity in child
> care and protection, invest in safe water supply and environmental hygiene
> for primary schools and day-care centres, raise children's awareness
> against violence, improve educational conditions for children at home,
> schools and community, and give pregnant mothers and HIV/AIDS-hit children
> more accesses to healthcare and preventive services.
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> It is expected that 85 percent of the target communities will have access
> to safe water, 80 percent of local authorities and people will be equipped
> with skills to prevent injuries for children and 75 percent of locals will
> be accessible to hygiene works by the end of this year.
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> The project will run until 2010.--