Chinese company donates classroom building to Angolan orphanage

China Harbor Engineering Company, a key player of the reconstruction of harbors in the once war-torn African country, has donated 300,000 U.S dollars to build a two-storey classroom building for the Benguela Orphanage.

The donation agreement was signed on Tuesday in Benguela by Director of the orphanage Maria da Conceicao da Cruz and Zhuang Huaqiang, project manager for the Lobito harbor which was reconstructed by China Harbor Engineering Company.

The new facility in the orphanage will comprise six classrooms to improve the living conditions of some 100 children there, orphaned by diseases, accidents or abandonment.

The ceremony was attended by Valodia de Castro Sardinha, Director of Children's Welfare for Benguela province, Nelson Conceicao, Director of Education for the province, and Maria Jose Garcia, Assistant Mayor of Bengela.

Maria Jose Garcia said the southern Benguela province is one of the most economically dynamic provinces as well as an important sector of the national education campaigns in Angola. The official thanks China Harbor Engineering company for its donations to the Benguela Orphanage, one of the largest orphanages in the African country.

The ceremony was also addressed by Song Linfu on behalf of the China Harbor Engineering Company, which has established a long- term cooperation with the orphanage to make charity contributions to local kids. Song said the donation of the classroom building reflected the willingness of his company to shoulder its social responsibilities and pay back to local societies while taking part in the economic development of Angola.

China Harbor Engineering Company has built 16 harbors in Angola since 2006 when it first entered the African country to take part in its postwar reconstruction process. Endi