(VNF) - The northern province of Hai Duong has been received 250 wheelchairs worth a total of VND 750 million (USD 33,000) to local people with disabilities from the Giving it Back to Kids (GIBTK), an U.S.-based non-profit organisation.

GIBTK staff assemble a wheelchair for a man with disabilities in Vietnam in April 2018. (Photo by GIBTK)

The Friendship Cooperation Center under Provincial Union of Friendship Organisations will coordinate with the Provincial Red Cross Society, the Minh Tan District People's Committee (Kinh Mon), and the Provincial Traditional Liaison Board of War Veterans of Tri Thien Military Region to choose and list the wheelchair receivers.

GIBTK partnered with Free Wheelchair Mission has distributed about 150,000 wheelchairs in Vietnam.

GIBTK is a non-profit corporation dedicated to helping kids achieve their maximum potential through medical care, education, nutrition and love. The organisation have been licensed to work in Vietnam for 17 years and their administrative office has been operating in Da Nang since 2007./.

Translated by Chau Pham