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Fund for Encouragement of Self-Reliance (FESR) has won the award of United Nation

This morning, on March 11, upgraded news from Hue city Bureau of Foreign Affairs showed: Overcoming more than 5,000 non-governmental organizations around the world, Fund for Encouragement of Self – Reliance (FESR) along with four other organizations have been given the awards on benefits in the development of sustainable urban of the United Nations.

Accordingly, on March 7, in Colombo (Sri-Lanka), UN-HABITAT has organized the award ceremony, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has got an important speech at this ceremony via video.

In 2000, volunteers and the American Vietnamese oversea collaborators have been campaigning to establish encourage Fund for Encouragement of Self – Reliance (the latter Center for Encouragement of Self – Reliance). With the form of a micro-credit programs (a small sum loans to help poor households in poverty reduction), during past 7 years (2000-2007), Hue CESR has helped in 32 wards and communes more than 10,000 poor households that have jobs, stable income and child schooling. From these results, Hue CESR has been officially awarded the United Nations.

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A micro-credit organization of Hue city has won the award of United Nation

On March 10, Mr Phan Van Hai, the General Director of CESR showed: Overcoming more than 5,000 non-governmental organizations around the world, Fund for Encouragement of Self – Reliance (FESR) along with four other organizations have been given the awards on benefits in the development of sustainable urban of the United Nations.

With the form of a micro-credit programs (a small sum loans to help poor households in poverty reduction), during past 7 years (2000-2007), Hue CESR has helped in 32 wards and communes more than 10,000 poor households that have jobs, stable income and child schooling.

Bui Ngoc Long

By Thanh Nien news