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Activities to care for the poor draw public attention

Individuals and businesses have donated to charity drives for the poor, contributing to the implementation of the national target programme on sustainable poverty reduction.
Activities to care for the poor draw public attention ảnh 1Cows presented to poor households (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Individuals and businesses have donated to charitydrives for the poor, contributing to the implementation of the national targetprogramme on sustainable poverty reduction.

The statement wasmade by President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee TranThanh Man on August 21 when co-chairing a working session, together  with Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue, onthe outcomes of “For the poor” fund raising activities and preparations for alive programme themed “Joining hands for the poor”.

Man noted that thepoverty rate in remote, border and island areas remains high, stressing theneed to continue implementing the “Joining hands for the poor” programmeannually to raise public awareness and mobilise more resources for povertyreduction.

Deputy PM Hue,head of the Central Steering Committee for National Target Programmes, spokehighly of the outcomes of the “Joining hands for the poor” programme 2017, andasked ministries and sectors to work with the VFF to organise the 2018programme slated for October 17.

Along withintensifying communications, it is necessary to honour individuals who standout in poverty reduction work and launch a text-message campaign to raise fundsfor the poor, he added.

According to VicePresident of the VFF Central Committee Truong Thi Ngoc Anh, during the “Joininghands for the poor” programme in 2017, 104 enterprises, units and individualsregistered to donate nearly 280 billion VND (12.3 million USD) to the “For thepoor” fund and social welfare programmes.

In the first halfof this year, the “For the poor” fund also received 529 billion VND (23.3million USD), while agencies and businesses donated more than 1.6 trillion VND(70.5 million USD) to social welfare programmes in localities nationwide.

In the period,from the “For the poor” fund, the VFF spent 13 billion VND building houses forpoor households, providing scholarships for poor students and presenting giftsto the poor on the occasion of the lunar New Year festival.

Localities alsohelped build or repair nearly 18,000 houses, provided support for more than114,000 poor households and offered free medical check-ups and treatment fornearly 2 million poor people.-VNA
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