Winter and spring volunteering programme launched in Hoa Binh

11/13/2019 - 9:19:49 AM

(HBO) - The youth federation of Hoa Binh province held a ceremony to launch the volunteering programme Winter 2019 and Spring 2020 and the journey “I love my Fatherland 2019” in Dong Chum commune, Da Bac district, on November 9.

Officials of the HCYU - Hoa Binh chapter and organisations present gifts to disadvantaged students.

The ceremony was joined by officials of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) - Hoa Binh chapter, youth federations of the province and Da Bac district, along with more than 300 members of the HCYU in the province.

Within the framework of the volunteering programme Winter 2019 and Spring 2020 and the journey "I love my Fatherland 2019”, a series of practical activities are being organised by the provincial youth federation. Particularly, the "Warm Winter for Children”, "Support for Farmers”, "Actions for Public Health” and spring volunteering programme, among others, have helped disadvantaged youths and children as well as the poor in the locality.

They are among practical programmes arranged by all levels of the provincial youth federation to welcome the success of the sixth provincial youth federation’s congress for the 2019-2024 tenure.

At the launch event, the provincial youth federation and sponsors handed over 35 sets of warm clothes and blankets, and joined hands with the young doctor club to provide free medical checkups and medicine for 200 old people and children living in difficulties.

They also held counselling sessions and helped 202 people receive their ID cards and teamed up with Honda HEAD’s dealer Anh Ky to popularise traffic and safe rules for local residents, along with arranging cleaning up activities, and so on./.

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