Chinese people in Uganda donate $16,000 to children of dead police officers for studies

Chinese people living in Uganda donated on March 7 school fees worth USD 16,000 to the needy children of police officers killed or incapacitated while on duty.

The fund was built in 2016 after the Chinese community in Uganda realized that many children of local police officers who died on duty did not have enough school fees to keep them studying, Chairman of the Uganda Chinese Industrial Commercial Association, Jeff Lin opined.

“We support children who are in villages. Some of the police schools we visit are also not in good condition. That is why we started this fund. We shall keep on supporting them,” Lin added, as reported by Xinhua.

The Director of Welfare and Production of the Uganda Police Force, Lemmy Twinomugisha expressed their gratitude to the Chinese community for their help. “I am very happy you have started this initiative of helping the police force. The Chinese and Ugandans are very good friends,” Twinomugisha said. He also called for more cooperation between the Chinese community and the Ugandan police.

The Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Uganda, Chen Huixin also thanked the Chinese association for supporting the local police.

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