The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has planned a host of practical activities to be launched during June – the month of actions for children under the theme of children’s right protection amid pandemic and disasters.
At a children's forum in Kien Giang in 2020 (Photo: doanthanhnien.vn) The Mekong Delta province of Kien
Giang has planned a host of practical activities to be launched during June –
the month of actions for children under the theme of children’s right protection amid
pandemic and disasters.
Accordingly, the
province focuses on communications activities to raise awareness
among parents, teachers, and people taking care of children on the theme.
The Kien Giang People’s Committee will hold events involving children's engagement like conferences where they can
express their opinions and aspirations; children-run clubs at localities; and
events that offer health and nutrition services for the group, particularly
those at kindergartens and primary schools.
The provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social
Affairs, meanwhile, has been assigned to held a provincial-level ceremony to
launch the month if the COVID-19 situation is kept under control and raise funds to support disadvantaged children. It will also organise free check-up and
medical consultations for children in remote, ethnic-populated, and disadvantaged
areas.
The provincial Department of Education and Training will
issue guidance for the implementation of pandemic control measures at school
and the training of survival skills against violations, accidents, and drowning
for children./.