All proceeds from individuals, organizations and donors at the event will go to disadvantaged children, Canadian Ambassador Deborah Chatsis said at a press briefing in Hanoi on November 11.

This year marks 10 years of the Terry Fox Run and the Run for Children, jointly held by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CCC), the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations Hanoi chapter, the Vietnam-Canada Friendship Association and other donors, according to Alexandre Legandere, CCC’s Vice Chairman.

Over the past ten years, close to 43,000 people have supported the initiative and helped to raise more than VND3 billion.

In 2009 alone, the event attracted 5,000 participants and raised nearly VND900 million. The funds had been used to support more than 50 children from poor families who have cancer or heart diseases at the National Hospital of Paediatrics, Hanoi Heart Hospital and Heart Beat Vietnam programmes.

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