A fund namely “Tro ngheo vung cao” (Poor hill students) sent out an urgent message on January 24 to call for donations of winter clothing, and after 24 hours, it had raised more than 900 million VND and received about 5,000 cold-weather clothes and 4,000 pairs of boots. The donations were dispatched to Hoang Su Phi district in northern Ha Giang province and Bat Xat district of northern Lao Cai province for children in need. The fund plans to expand its campaign and send help to even more hill children. On January 26, a volunteer group approached a mountainous area in central Thanh Hoa province, near the border with Laos, to provide aid to children there. Donations can be sent via Account No.0611001917137, Vietcombank or to Lot 34, Trung Yen 9 Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi. Otofun, one of Vietnam’s largest social forums, has worked around the clock to invite donations in a campaign calling for urgent relief for children affected by the cold spell. As a result, … [Read more...] about Warm clothing urgently sent to hill children in need – Social affair
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Bản in : Warm clothing urgently sent to hill children in need
Hanoi (VNA) – The community, especially netizens, have joined hands in various charity activities to send help up to mountain ethnic minority groups who are struggling in the country’s record cold spell. A fund namely “Tro ngheo vung cao” (Poor hill students) sent out an urgent message on January 24 to call for donations of winter clothing, and after 24 hours, it had raised more than 900 million VND and received about 5,000 cold-weather clothes and 4,000 pairs of boots. The donations were dispatched to Hoang Su Phi district in northern Ha Giang province and Bat Xat district of northern Lao Cai province for children in need. The fund plans to expand its campaign and send help to even more hill children. On January 26, a volunteer group approached a mountainous area in central Thanh Hoa province, near the border with Laos, to provide aid to children there. Donations can be sent via Account No.0611001917137, Vietcombank or to Lot 34, Trung Yen 9 Street, Cau … [Read more...] about Bản in : Warm clothing urgently sent to hill children in need
Gala raises over 100 bln VND in support of children
Hanoi (VNA) – The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) raised more than 100 billion VND from 40 individuals, organisations, businesses and philanthropists at home and abroad at a televised gala in Hanoi on January 14. Speaking at the event, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh said over the past 24 years, the NFVC has successfully fulfilled its task of linking domestic and foreign philanthropists together to rally resources for children in need of help. Tens of thousands of children living with congenital heart disease and disabilities have received free treatment and medicines while hundreds of thousands of poor children accessed scholarships, toys and bicycles. The total donations have amounted to over 5.4 trillion VND (234.7 million USD) and more than 30 million children have benefited from such support. In 2016 alone, upwards 98 billion VND were used in support of 180,000 children. Thinh also called on individuals and organisations at home and abroad to continue … [Read more...] about Gala raises over 100 bln VND in support of children
Vintage vehicles parade to support children in need
Vintage vehicles parade to support children in need (19-10-2009) HCM CITY — More than 1,000 vintage bicycles, motorbikes and cars from HCM City and southern provinces revved up in the first ever parade along city centre streets calling on support for disadvantaged children living in the city yesterday morning. The riders from more than 20 vintage motorbike and scooter clubs in the south, wearing Vietnamese traditional costumes, began the parade at the Sai Gon Zoological and Botanical Gardens and travelled along Le Duan Street to the Nhat Hong Shelter and Thien Phuc and Tam Binh care homes. The event was held to call on businesses and the vintage vehicle collectors to make donations. The money will be used to help children who face serious diseases, and to specifically aid those living in Ly Son Island District, Quang Ngai Province, which was seriously damaged by Storm Ketsana two weeks ago. Prior to the event, participants joined a huge exhibition of classic vehicles at Sai Gon … [Read more...] about Vintage vehicles parade to support children in need
Warm clothing urgently sent to hill children in need
Hanoi (VNA) – The community, especially netizens, have joined hands in various charity activities to send help up to mountain ethnic minority groups who are struggling in the country’s record cold spell. A fund namely “Tro ngheo vung cao” (Poor hill students) sent out an urgent message on January 24 to call for donations of winter clothing, and after 24 hours, it had raised more than 900 million VND and received about 5,000 cold-weather clothes and 4,000 pairs of boots. The donations were dispatched to Hoang Su Phi district in northern Ha Giang province and Bat Xat district of northern Lao Cai province for children in need. The fund plans to expand its campaign and send help to even more hill children. On January 26, a volunteer group approached a mountainous area in central Thanh Hoa province, near the border with Laos, to provide aid to children there. Donations can be sent via Account No.0611001917137, Vietcombank or to Lot 34, Trung Yen 9 Street, Cau … [Read more...] about Warm clothing urgently sent to hill children in need