China Helps Indonesian Children Return to School 2005-10-18 21:49:48 CRIENGLISH.com
Chinese government made another donation to tsunami-affected Indonesia on Tuesday. This time, the donation was made to the Indonesian government through the United Nations Children's Fund and the benificiaries will be children in Aceh province and Nias Island who have found themselves without schools. By the middle of next month, 500,000 children in these areas will have received school kits, including exercise books, pencils, rulers and rubbers, which will help these children to return to their studies. Yi Xiaozhun, China's vice minister of Commerce, says China feels a responsibility to help those children to realize their dreams. "We think we have a responsibility to help those disaster stricken children to return to school. They are our Asian neighbors. To them, education is equally as important as to Chinese children. Without education, they will lose their hope." This donation, worth a total of 5.5 million US dollars, so far is the largest Chinese donation made through a UN organization to the tsunami-affected country. China pledged to provide 20 million US dollars to the countries affected by the tsunami, which struck the Indian Ocean area at the end of last year, killing hundreds of thousands of people. http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2238/2005-10-18/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
