(HBO) - Since the beginning of the year, the Red Cross of Mai Chau district has cooperated with charitable individuals and organizations to carry out the social security through the activities such as providing money and essential necessities for people with disadvantages and especially difficult circumstances, poor children, lonely and helpless elderly people.

The family of Mr. Bui Van Au (standing in front, the third from the right), from Cun hamlet, Cun Pheo commune (Mai Chau) is getting breeding cow to support the economic development from the program of "The Cow Bank”.

Implementing the movement "Tet for the poor and victims of Agent Orange” in 2019, the Red Cross has supported 3,957 subjects with a total value of money, gifts worth 1,174 million VND. During the year, the Red Cross mobilized the philanthropists to support the construction of houses for 2 poor households in Pieng Phung hamlet, Na Phon commune with a total value of 140 million VND. They visited 15 people with serious diseases, with the total value of gifts worth 15 million VND.

The different levels of the Red Cross have actively propagated and mobilized the organizations and the individuals to support students in difficult circumstances, contributing to the implementation of promoting education in the locality. Implementing the program "Warm Clothes for Winter”, the Red Cross has cooperated with the club maned the Heart for Children to give coats and school supplies to 600 pupils of Hang Kia B High and Secondary School in Hang Kia Commune with a total value of 102 million VND. 

From the support of the Vingroup Fund for Kind Heart, the Red Cross has awarded scholarships to 13 poor and disadvantaged students with a total value of 32.5 million VND and has monthly supported the study costs for 8 poor students with an amount of 500,000 VND each student. It has also collaborated with the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to prepare a document to help 10 students contaminated with Agent Orange, supporting gifts and scholarships for them.

Notably, "The Cow Bank” program was effectively implemented. 84 breeding cows worth 924 million VND have been directly delivered to the poor households, helping them to have more means to earn a living.

In response to the "Humanitarian Month” in 2019, the Red Cross has distributed free medicine to 770 turns of people with a total value of 71 million VND. 8 wheelchairs with a total value of 18 million VND have been awarded to the disabled, the people under the preferential policies and people with extremely difficult circumstances in remote areas.

The humanitarian activities have synchronously implemented, creating the widespread effects, giving the sharing of organizations and individuals with kindness to the poor, disabled and disadvantaged people, helping them to be more confident in life and improving the quality of social security.

 


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