Share difficulties with homeland
They are Vietnamese businessmen, small traders, service workers... members of many associations who have chosen Germany as their second homeland and have kind hearts that beat in unison. Hundreds of people gather in the Berlin Golden Lotus Charity Association (abbreviated as the Association), licensed by the Berlin government and chaired by Ms. Duong Thi Bich Ngoc (62 years old, initiator and founder of the Association). Initially, there were only a few people, but after 10 years, the Association has more than 130 members. They join hands to contribute 10 euros/person/month along with the money raised from benefactors for charitable activities. If in any case the community's contribution is not enough, the Association will use the fund to make up for it. "Regardless of skin color, ethnicity, religion, as long as it is a real person, a real cause facing many difficulties and needing help, the Association is ready!", Ms. Bich Ngoc shared.
During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 - 2022, the Association directly supported people in difficult circumstances and hardships in their hometown: lonely elderly people, orphans, disabled children, terminally ill patients, poor ethnic minority students, and contributed to the construction and renovation of rural roads and bridges in remote areas or degraded bamboo and thatch schools. In particular, the Association also donated money to support the Government's Vaccine Fund, buy medical protective clothing to prevent epidemics; give more than 20 tons of rice, 10 tons of vegetables, food, masks to hospitals in Vietnam...
Golden Lotus Charity House Building Association in Yen Bai
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Knowing about the Association, some places in the Northwest such as Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Yen Bai, did not hesitate to send letters asking for help for difficult cases. Immediately, the Association sent a letter calling on members and benefactors to join hands to contribute to send love to the homeland. It is impossible to count the number of shipments heading to the Central region to give to people in flooded areas or from the plains to the highlands, regardless of the dangerous roads. Besides the hearts of people in Germany, volunteers of the Association in Vietnam are always ready. Thanks to that, unfortunate lives and pitiful circumstances have been promptly helped. Earlier this year, 20 gifts, warm clothes and 2 million VND/person came to the lonely elderly in Thanh An and Pon Lot communes, Dien Bien district, Dien Bien province or Tet gifts worth 40 million VND to 250 poor households in Thuy Xuan, Hue city, of which the Association members contributed 10 million VND. Also at the beginning of the year, the Association gave gifts to poor ethnic minorities in Ta Tong commune, Muong Te district, Lai Chau province and had a letter calling for help for 130 ethnic minority students of An Luong Kindergarten, Mang 1 village, An Luong commune, Van Chan district, Yen Bai with meals with meat... A call for hundreds of people to respond... While everyone is preparing to celebrate the traditional New Year, there are still homeless people, poor people who wish for a simple New Year and the Association has contributed to bringing them warmth and comfort.
On February 24, Ms. Bich Ngoc returned from Germany and went directly to Lam Dong to present a clean water well to Da Kao Primary School, Da Tong Commune, Dam Rong District. In early March 2023, members of the Association transported goods to a school in Bu Cao Village, Suoi Bu Commune, Van Chan District, Yen Bai Province. Nearly 200 banh te and banh gio were presented. Each child also received a gift bag including candy, warm clothes, a box of instant noodles and clothes. In mid-March, the Association organized a gift giving ceremony at the Center for the Support of People with Disabilities in Thua Thien-Hue Province. Or the case of two teachers Dinh Thi Duc and Nguyen Thi Bich, Noong Luong Commune, Dien Bien, both single mothers, seriously ill, hospitalized for a long time. The Association quickly transferred 1,000 euros to help the two teachers have more money to buy medicine. The Association also cooperated with the "Golden Words of Buddha" Charity Group to organize weekly porridge and milk giving to children and poor patients at the Cardiology Department, Hanoi E Hospital and families of patients treated at K 2 Oncology Hospital, Tam Hiep, Thanh Tri, Hanoi. There are many patients in these places, mainly poor people from other provinces coming for treatment. In addition, the Association mobilized members to sponsor 5 children who lost both parents due to the Covid-19 pandemic until adulthood. The sponsorship cost for each child is 1 million VND/month. The Association also donated bicycles and scholarships to poor but studious students in many localities...
On July 27, the Association presented 20 gifts to families of war invalids and martyrs in Nam Dinh; presented 100 gifts to mothers of heroic Vietnamese soldiers and war invalids in 8 provinces and cities including Hanoi, Nam Dinh, Ha Nam, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue. On August 10, 10 gifts were presented to victims of Agent Orange/dioxin in Binh Luc District, Ha Nam; 150 gifts were presented to people living scattered near the border of Hon Quan District, Binh Phuoc... Most recently, after the Association called on members and philanthropists to contribute to sharing with the families of the victims in the mini apartment fire on the night of September 12, 2023 in Hanoi, on the morning of September 19, the Association's representative in Hanoi personally handed over 115 million VND to the leaders of the People's Committee of Khuong Dinh Ward, Thanh Xuan District.
In mid-May 2023, the Association handed over the Golden Lotus Charity House (sponsored 50 million VND) to Mr. Vang A Thanh's family in Pang Cang village, Suoi Giang commune, Van Chan district, Yen Bai. Also in this district, Van Hoa village in Cat Thinh commune is a mountainous area with many streams, the population is mainly ethnic minorities, living on slash-and-burn farming, so life is still difficult... The commune has more than 300 households with more than 1,000 people, many school-age children. Every day, the children have to cross a temporary bridge that is at risk of collapsing. The total cost of materials to build the new bridge is estimated at 95.4 million VND. The locality sent a letter asking for help and the Association quickly responded, calling on members and benefactors to join hands... On September 17, the Golden Lotus People's Bridge was officially inaugurated and handed over to the locality.
Ms. Duong Thi Bich Ngoc presented a symbolic board of masks and gloves to support Covid-19 prevention work to the Berlin, Germany government.
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Ms. Bich Ngoc said that for nearly 10 years (since 2014), including 3 years of epidemics, natural disasters, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict... many people and families have been in difficult circumstances. Not only the people in the country but also the Vietnamese community in Germany and some European countries are in great need of help from charitable organizations. Overcoming all challenges, the Association and philanthropists are still generous and persistent on the journey to get closer to those in difficulty... In Berlin, the Association called on members to sew masks, gloves, and cook meals to express gratitude to the doctors and nurses of the two hospitals Charite Mitte and Charite Wedding Berlin who are working day and night to treat patients during the Covid-19 pandemic; contribute and support people in the two states affected by floods in southern Germany... In particular, the Association has organized many trips to give necessities to Vietnamese people from Ukraine to Germany for refuge, and transferred 200 wheelchairs to Ukraine to help the injured. The Association's representative also donated 4,000 euros to buy food and drinks for people affected by the earthquake in Türkiye; and helped children in poor areas in Africa...
In its persistent charity journey, the Association has raised nearly 19 billion VND from its members and mobilized benefactors. The Association has received many certificates of merit from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany and many localities in the country. At the early spring meeting of 2023, Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh expressed his sincere thanks to the Association, benefactors, and charitable organizations in the Vietnamese community for their practical, humane, and benevolent activities.
Each member of the Association is no different from a flower, spreading fragrance and bringing love to many difficult places and unfortunate lives in need of help.
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