Late August 26, provincial Children’s Support Fund in collaboration with Binh Duong Radio-Television Station and provincial Cultural House for Children held the 2014 mid-autumn festival for poor children. This year’s mid-autumn festival early came to the local poor children, creating a joyful atmosphere for them on the threshold of the 2014 and 2015 new academic year.
Mid-autumn festival early coming to poor children
The program took place very animatedly and joyfully with many significant activities, including puzzles helping children know more about Vietnam’s sea and islands, Binh Duong homeland; art performances…
Provincial Party Committee Vice-Secretary Nguyen Huu Tu presenting mid-autumn gifts to poor children
Nguyen Thi Le Trinh, Director of provincial Children’s Support Fund said: “Children with difficult circumstance are at a disadvantage compared with those with the same age. The atmosphere of this year’s mid-autumn festival is approaching, they are very eager to receive moon-cakes and beautiful lanterns from adults. And we helped them reach this dream via the program…”.
Helping children go to school
The program also gave 19 gifts, 362 scholarships, 45 bicycles and 7 computers for poor children with a total expense of more than VND1.385bln.
It is known that more than 40 units supported over VND2.7bln for the program, contributing to taking care of poor children across the province. Over the past time, many units, namely 3/2 Investment and Construction Joint Stock Co., Phuoc Hoa Rubber Joint Stock Co., Friesland Campina Vietnam Co.Ltd., Binh Duong Forestry Products Import-Export Joint Stock Co., offered more help to poor children.
According to Le Thi Thanh, Head of Prudential Life Insurance Co.’s Binh Duong branch, taking care of poor children is a responsibility of the whole society. Hence, the company over time donated hundreds of gifts to poor-but-excellent pupils across the province on each new academic year. The company also supported VND25mln for the program, contributing to taking care of poor children on the occasion of the 2014 mid-autumn festival.
Meanwhile, Tang Phuong, Deputy Director of Binh Duong Lottery One-Member Co.Ltd. said that the company has actively got involved in many social charity activities, including taking care of poor-but-excellent pupils. At the festival, the company also supported VND72mln for 6 pupils.
Thanks to provincial Children’s Support Fund, many children with difficult circumstances had a chance to further pursue their learning and became good pupils over the past time.
The province’s 2014 mid-autumn festival for poor children closed with many beautiful images. Leaders of the province and sectors in the province directly presented mid-autumn gifts worth VND500,000 for participating children.
Vo Van Minh, Vice-Chairman of provincial People’s Committee said that over the 17 past years, provincial Children’s Support Fund mobilized more than VND50bln from organizations & individuals and presented 4,797 scholarships, 59 laptops, 956 bicycles, 187 wheelchairs, 40,000 gifts…to children with extremely difficult circumstances on Tet and great holidays; funded heart, eye, harelip-cleft palate surgery for more than 327 children. Also thanks to provincial Children’s Support Fund, many needy cases overcame difficulties and rose up in daily life over the past time…
Reported by H.Thai-Translated by K.T
