HCM CITY - The Netherlands-based Akzo Nobels Community Programme has helped build clean water systems in 22 rural primary schools that enrol
a total of 5,000 students in six central provinces.
The new systems, built in the provinces of Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Phu Yen, and Binh Binh, are valued at over US$28,000.
Akzo Nobel also conducted training sessions for school staff on how to use the UV - and ozone-treated water systems. The funding of clean water systems is part of Akzo Nobels goals to improve primary and secondary education in Viet Nam.
In 2007 the company gave $35,000 to Que Chau Kindergarten in Quang Nam Province for a water supply system as part of the early childhood care and education programme of the East Meets West Foundation.
"We are proud to continue our partnership with East Meets West to build clean and encouragingJearning environments for VitetNams most disadvantaged students, with the hope that they will be able to improve their lives and the countrys future,"
said Nguyen Thi Lac Huyen, senior technical advisor for Akzo Nobel Coatings Viet Nam - VNS
