At the event, organizers presented 70 bicycles, gift packages, and five education packets from AIA Vietnam Life Insurance Co., Ltd (VND20 million each), worth VND225 million in total, to local disadvantaged students.
Photos: Thanh Ngan
Phu Yen is now the ninth beneficiaries of this year's program after Vinh Phuc, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, and Kon Tum.
In the fourth year, “Real life journey” is designed with 12 major events from the North to the South, providing at least 2,397 bicycles and 100 education packets to disadvantaged students nationwide.
Over the past five years, AIA Vietnam Life Insurance Co. Ltd supported about VND20 billion for poor kids across the nation, including over 4,650 floating backpacks, nearly 600 drinking water purifying machines, over 1,100 sets of school stationery, around 6,500 scholarships for poor students in 50 localities, bringing benefit to over 12,000 kids and their families.
Around 200,000 Vietnamese students drop out of school every year, and one of the main reasons is the long distances they have to travel by foot. In remote areas, many students need to walk between five and ten kilometers to the nearest school./.