Article: Summer camp for AIDS orphans opens in Beijing after encounteringaccommodation difficulty

Summer camp for AIDS orphans opens in Beijing after encountering accommodation difficulty

BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- An opening ceremony of the summer camp for AIDS orphans was held on Tuesday in the Great Hall of the People.

The summer camp was sponsored by China Youth Concern Committee (CYCC), UNICEF and Chinese Foundation for the Prevention of STD and AIDS (CFPSA).

Gu Xiulian, vice-chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) said at the opening ceremony that AIDS orphans, children who lost their parents at a young age to AIDS, belong to the world's most vulnerable social group and need more care and help from society.

"The summer camp aims to ...

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