US-Funded Initiative to Combat Child Drowning in Hanoi

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Recently, the Hanoi People's Committee issued Decision No. 736/QD-UBND approving the content of the document and accepting the project "Supporting the implementation of effective and sustainable interventions to prevent and combat child drowning" sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (USA) for the Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

Accordingly, the project is implemented in 4 districts: Quoc Oai, Dong Anh, My Duc, and Ba Vi, with a duration of 13 months. The project aims to support the prevention of child drowning in Hanoi, through the implementation of effective and sustainable intervention programs, contributing to reducing deaths due to drowning in children.

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids provides safe swimming classes for 2,400 children aged 6-15 in Hanoi (Illustration photo).

Managers, officers, and safe swimming teachers of project implementing units are professionally trained in their capacity to manage, implement programs, evaluate, and communicate about child drowning prevention.

The project aims to provide at least 2,400 children aged 6-15 in the area with safe swimming lessons according to current regulations and guidelines of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs.

The city and district levels regularly monitor swimming teaching activities for children at the commune level. The project's total value is 96,485 USD (more than 2.3 billion VND), provided by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids as a non-refundable aid.

The People's Committees of the four districts: Quoc Oai, Dong Anh, My Duc, and Ba Vi are responsible for coordinating and implementing project activities for the right subjects, according to legal regulations, and not affecting political security and social order and safety in the area during the process.

This is an opportunity for 4 districts in Hanoi to implement better the work of popularizing swimming and preventing drowning accidents for children.

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