Scholarships awarded to 45 underprivileged students with disabilities.

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of November 12th, the Vietnam Association for the Promotion of Learning, in coordination with the Standing Committee of the Association for the Protection of Disabled People and Orphans, and the Provincial Association for the Promotion of Learning, organized a ceremony to present gifts and scholarships to disabled students who have excelled in their studies in Nghe An.

The program "Giving gifts and scholarships to disabled students who excel in their studies," organized by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Association for the Promotion of Learning, aims to encourage and help disadvantaged children integrate into the community, and to further motivate them to become useful citizens.

Children with disabilities who overcame difficulties to excel in their studies received scholarships and gifts from the program.

On this occasion, 45 disabled students from 15 districts and towns in the province who have overcome difficulties and excelled in their studies received gifts including a warm jacket and a scholarship worth 1 million VND.

Nghe An is the first province selected by the Central Association for the Promotion of Learning to implement this program. It is expected that 500 disabled students nationwide will receive scholarships from the program during the 2017 Tet holiday.

Dinh Nguyet