Phu Giao district’s Red Cross Society in the first half of 2014 has offered help to 33,011 needy cases with a total value of VND5.153bln.
Particularly, the district’s Red Cross Societies at all levels teamed up with relevant organizations to visit and present 57 gifts worth nearly VND20mln to the poor; gave 17 wheelchairs worth more than VND42mln for disabled cases, Agent Orange victims; visited 320 members with illness; supported more than VND270mln for funerals with difficult circumstances. They also maintained the model of “Charity rice jar”; presented Tet gifts to the poor; maintained the model of “Each organization should stick with a humanitarian address”; awarded scholarships to poor-but-excellent pupils…
For public healthcare, the district’s Red Cross Society organized first-aid programs; provided free medical check-ups and medicine for patients with difficult circumstances; provided free eye surgery for the poor…
Reported by Hoai Phuong-Translated by K.T












