Yuan Nansheng, China's ambassador to Zimbabwe, has delivered USD12,000 donated by Chinese diplomats and overseas Chinese in Zimbabwe to Harare's Dawn HIV/AIDS Care Center.
A representative from the center stated that the people of Zimbabwe people have major problems, especially HIV/AIDS patients and orphans, whose live are endangered.
The Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe launched an HIV/AIDS initiative in August this year. A part of the program is to encourage Chinese enterprises and overseas Chinese in Zimbabwe to donate funds to support HIV/AIDS orphans in the Dawn HIV/AIDS Care Center. Yuan said that the initiative is also part of the fulfillment of the spirit of Sino-Africa Beijing Summit and the social responsibilities of Chinese enterprises in foreign countries.
It has been learned that seven Chinese companies have supplied food and clothes to a dozen charity programs in Zimbabwe, and Chinese living in Zimbabwe have also adopted more than 200 orphans at the Dawn HIV/AIDS Care Center.
