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Sports campaign spreads kindness among community

After three weeks of implementation, the charity campaign called Trieu Buoc Chan Nhan Ai (Million Steps of Kindness) to raise funds for the Vietnam Red Cross has drawn than 40,000 participants and recorded more than 586,000 km, fulfilling 41% of the fundraising target.
Sports campaign spreads kindness among community ảnh 1Vietnam Red Cross members, volunteers and students respond to the Trieu Buoc Chan Nhan Ai charity campaign (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – After three weeks of implementation,the charity campaign called Trieu Buoc Chan Nhan Ai (Million Steps of Kindness)to raise funds for the Vietnam Red Cross has drawn than 40,000 participants and recordedmore than 586,000 km, fulfilling 41% of the fundraising target.

Taking place in 56 days from February 25 to April 22, thecampaign aims to attract 70,000 runners and walkers who record their sportsactivities through V-Race app.

With their 700,000km recorded, the participants willcontribute 7 billion VND (282,599 USD) to the fund, which will be used to buildseven boarding school kitchens for children in impoverished mountainous areas;support 70 poor families for sustainable livelihoods; organise humanitarianmarkets providing necessities for 700 disadvantaged families; provide consultation and nutrition support for 7,000 poor children; and organise medical examinationsand deliver free medicine for 7,000 people in difficult circumstances in DienBien, Son La, and Thai Nguyen provinces.

The campaign, part of the activities to celebrate the 70thanniversary of the historic Dien Bien Phu Victory, is also a special call towardshistory, showing respect and gratitude for those who sacrificed to protect the country.

"A Million Steps of Kindness" begins ahumanitarian journey - giving and receiving love, extending from the North tothe South, from the plains to the mountains and border, from rural to urbanareas, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Red Cross Bui Thi Hoa said.

This campaign opens up opportunities to build a happy andcompassionate community, while sending out a strong message of solidarity andunity in the society, she added.

Doan Tuan, a member of the Me Linh Runner club, who has run 822kmin 23 days of the campaign to lead the performance rankings on the V-Race app,said that by joining the campaign, his happiness has tripled with joys fromphysical exercise, spreading happiness, and easing difficulties of others. Hehas encouraged 40 other members of his club to join the campaign.

The message that the campaign spreads is similar to thetheme “Happier Together” of this year’s International Day of Happiness, whichunderlines that happy is love and sharing, and kindness brings happiness./.
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