Early May 31, provincial Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and Children’s Fund coordinated with Tan Uyen city’s People's Committee to organize a ceremony to launch the Month of Action for Children, a ceremony to open summer activities and the 8th provincial Children's Festival (June 1) 2024 at the Vinh Loi War Zone Traditional Memorial Relic in Tan Uyen city. The event was attended by Nguyen Loc Ha, Member of provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice-Chairman of provincial People's Committee; leaders of departments, sectors, mass organizations, local leaders and more than 1,100 children in the province.
Funny Children's Festival
With the theme of "Practical action, prioritizing resources for children", the Action Month for Children 2024 will take place from June 1 to 30. Accordingly, all-level authorities, sectors and localities in the province will implement many meaningful and effective activities to mobilize maximum resources from the community to ensure the implementation of child rights and solve child abuse problems, contributing to helping children develop comprehensively.
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Provincial leaders and sponsors give gifts for children with difficult circumstances at the launching ceremony of the provincial Action Month for Children, summer opening ceremony and 8th Children's Festival 2024
At the ceremony, the organization board and sponsors gave 1,329 gifts for the local disadvantaged children. Each gift included VND 300,000 in cash, confectionary worth VND 500,000, an English learning voucher worth VND 1 million; a medical examination voucher worth VND 1,055 million; a voucher supporting eyeglasses cutting worth VND 330,000 and a voucher for lunch buffet party worth VND150,000. The total cost of the program was nearly VND 4.1 billion.
Sharing the joy of participating in the program, Trinh Thu Thao, a student of grade 5.1 at Dinh Thanh Primary School in Dau Tieng district said that because she was an orphan, she went to live with her uncle. Therefore, coming to the festival, Thu Thao was really happy, especially being delighted with the exciting and meaningful art items performed by students in Tan Uyen city.
For Chau Bich Ngoc, a student of class 6A7 at Chanh Phu Hoa Secondary School in Ben Cat city, today is a happy day because it has been a long time since I have been able to play, eat and drink freely like that. Bich Ngoc confided that her parents divorced when she was young. Her family was very difficult and now her second sister had to quit school to work with her mother at the restaurant. "Besides the gifts, my friends and I also enjoyed many delicious dishes at the buffet stalls, visited the relic site and felt very proud of the nation's patriotic traditions. I will try to study harder to become a useful person for the society", Bich Ngoc added.
After the launching ceremony, Tan Uyen city’s People's Committee organized an educational communication and social mobilization campaign to raise awareness, knowledge and skills on protecting children and minimizing child labor through parades on the roads of communes and wards in the area.
Taking action to protect children
During this year's Action Month for Children, the province plans to spend VND 500 million on giving gifts for about 2,500 children with special circumstances in the community; open free swimming classes for about 1,100 children with extremely difficult circumstances and children of workers with difficult circumstances... The province has also mobilized the society to implement the movement of "All people care, educate and protect children”; supported each commune, ward and town to have a project built or upgraded for children. Every Youth Union member, member of socio-political organizations, social organization is also mobilized to make a practical action for children...
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A propaganda parade aims at raising public awareness of child protection, care and education
For child care and protection activities to further have strong pervasiveness, attracting the attention of many individuals, organizations and units, provincial Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has further promoted propaganda and mobilization of social resources to join hands to care for children, especially those with difficult circumstances. Typically, in the first 6 months of the year, provincial Children’s Fund and localities organized the following programs: the provincial 17th "Spring with Difficult Children"; the provincial project on "Education development for students with difficult circumstances in the period of 2023-2028"; the long-term sponsorship programs named "Every compassionate heart makes a dream come true”, “Nurturing aspirations”… with a total cost of about VND 7 billion.
Nguyen Ngoc Hang, Deputy Director of provincial Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs said that with the drastic participation of all-level authorities and sectors, the work of protecting and caring for children in Binh Duong has recently achieved many positive results. The work of protecting and building a safe and healthy living environment for children is emphasized. Children’s cultural and spiritual life, entertainment and their rights are increasingly guaranteed, creating the best conditions for them to develop comprehensively. “In the coming time, the Department will further advise provincial People's Committee on promulgating and directing localities to implement programs on child protection and care program; give priority to allocating resources to ensure support and intervention for children when experiencing violence and abuse...in order to build up a safe, friendly, healthy living environment. In addition, the Department strengthens communication work to contribute to raising awareness and responsibility of families, schools and the whole society in the work of protecting children", Mrs. Hang added.
Reported by Minh Hieu-Tue Nhi-Translated by Kim Tin
