These days, Red Cross chapters at all levels in Yen Khanh district are actively mobilizing the community's support and contributions, creating material resources to bring a warm Tet to people in difficult circumstances.
In preparation for the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin, the Red Cross Society of Yen Khanh district strives to mobilize 1,000 gifts; of which, 80% of the total number of gifts (each worth from 600,000 VND or more) will be given to households in difficult circumstances.
To achieve this goal, the District Red Cross Society has assigned and assigned targets to communes, while promoting propaganda and mobilization work for local businesses and children from the homeland working far away...
Ms. Cu Thi Anh Tuyet, Head of the Light Up Faith Club, is one of the philanthropists who has contributed a lot to charity activities in the locality. In preparation for the Lunar New Year, Ms. Tuyet and the members of the Club have actively connected and created resources to support people in difficult circumstances in the commune. Recently, the Light Up Faith Club coordinated with Nghia Nhai Electronics Store and a number of other philanthropists to organize a gift giving program for 42 poor households in Khanh Cong commune on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin, each gift worth 300,000 VND. The amount of money is not large but it is truly a timely encouragement for the poor.
Mrs. Pham Thi Nguyet in Hamlet 7 is one of the poor households that received gifts from benefactors. Mrs. Nguyet's husband died of a serious illness during the year. Her son and his wife divorced, left home and left two children for Mrs. Nguyet to raise. The life of that woman has not had a single happy day. Faced with such difficult circumstances, the Khanh Cong Commune Red Cross and the Khanh Thanh Commune Light Up Faith Club connected with benefactors and gave Mrs. Nguyet 14 million VND to help her overcome the most difficult period.
Receiving the attention and encouragement of the community, Ms. Nguyet was moved: Over the years, people in difficult circumstances like my family have always received attention and practical support through preferential policies of the Party, the State and the province. During the year, the Commune Red Cross and the Light Up Faith Club connected and supported my family with 14 million VND. Especially, on holidays like this, we also receive encouragement from the community with very meaningful gifts. The gifts are essential necessities, small amounts of money... which will help me have more conditions to prepare for the traditional New Year more fully.
Mr. Do Quang An, Chairman of the Yen Khanh District Red Cross Society, said: Since 1999, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society has initiated the movement "Tet for the poor and Agent Orange victims". Up to now, the movement has been renamed "Tet Nhan Ai". Implementing this movement, over the past years, Red Cross societies at all levels in the district have mobilized philanthropists and businesses to support thousands of gifts for the poor, Agent Orange victims, families with meritorious services and vulnerable groups in society to enjoy the Spring Festival, contributing to multiplying the tradition of solidarity, mutual love and mutual assistance of the nation.
Currently, many organizations and individuals have registered to join the Tet Nhan Ai program in Yen Khanh district with a total value of money and gifts of about 500 million VND. Gift giving activities have begun since the beginning of December.
In recent years, humanitarian charity activities in Yen Khanh district have attracted the participation of all classes of people, arousing compassion and the spirit of sharing in the community. In addition, the Red Cross at all levels has created trust among the people, through doing a good job of collecting, managing, and allocating mobilized resources accurately, transparently, democratically, and publicly, absolutely avoiding irresponsibility, wasting, and losing mobilized resources. The selection of support objects is reasonable and reasonable, creating great consensus. Thanks to that, the mobilization work of the Red Cross at all levels in the district has always achieved high results. The contribution to fund building at the branches has achieved many results, creating local resources, meeting the timely relief needs of subjects in especially difficult circumstances.
In 2023 alone, the Red Cross Associations at all levels in the district mobilized over 2.8 billion VND (including money and goods) to promptly support 6,127 people in difficult circumstances, contributing to the good implementation of the task of ensuring social security in the district. Typical in humanitarian and charitable activities are the Red Cross Associations of Khanh Cong, Khanh Trung, Khanh Hong communes, Yen Khanh A High School, Yen Khanh B High School,...
In particular, the campaign " Each organization and individual is associated with a humanitarian address" has attracted many benefactors to participate. The forms of assistance are rich and diverse, such as: supporting scholarships of 200,000 VND - 500,000 VND/address/month, helping with rice from 10-30 kg/month, supporting housing construction... Up to now, the Association at all levels has mobilized 116 humanitarian addresses. From this practical support, most of the humanitarian addresses have overcome adversity and risen in life.
Article and photos: Dao Hang
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