VietNamNet Bridge – Two more SOS children's villages will be built in Quy Nhon and Dien Bien Phu cities, raising the number of the villages of the kind in Viet Nam to 14, said Siddhartha Kaul, Deputy Secretary General of SOS Kinderdorf International Asia, on Wednesday.

Members of the Sunflower family are in SOS Children's Village in Quang Binh Province. Orphaned children are brought up carefully in big families of SOS children's villages.

The two villages will cost VND80 billion (US$5 million) with funding provided by SOS-Kinderdorf International.

Each village will be comprised of 14 family houses and other facilities needed to support the 120-140 children, and an SOS-Kindergarten with six classes to serve 180-200 children.

SOS-Kinderdorf International will also establish youth centres and social centres in the two cities to serve the needs of orphaned children.

"We chose to locate SOS children's villages in Quy Nhon and Dien Bien Phu because of the large number of orphaned and destitute children needing help, and the willing co-operation of local people's committees provinces in allocating land for the projects," said Kaul.

So far, the 12 SOS children's villages in Viet Nam have helped nearly 3,000 children attend school, many of whom have graduated from universities, acceding to Do Tien Dung, the national director of SOS children's villages of Viet Nam.

SOS-Kinderdorf International also planned to open a village in Pleiku City, Dak Lak Province, said Dung.

"More orphaned children like me are luckily taken care of by wonderful mothers thanks to SOS villages," said 13-year-old Le Thi My Nga at the SOS children's village in Nha Trang City.

(Source: Viet Nam News)