To reduce the burden and consolidate the strength of People in the context of the complicated COVID-19 pandemic, Hanoi city has requested the active participation of departments, divisions, mass organizations, political and social organizations. In particular, the city’s Red Cross Society has organized programs and activities to promptly support medical forces, frontline forces in the fight against the pandemic, people in difficulty, people affected by the pandemic, etc. From August 5 to August 13, 2021, the city’s Red Cross Society had raised more than VND 3.5 billion for collaborating with the authorities, departments, and branches in supporting and helping people in need.
Hanoi Red Cross Society donates 300 bags of gifts to Son Tay town
Photo by: Phan Thanh
These days, the city’s Red Cross Society has actively been implementing the Campaign “Connecting the community – Overcoming challenges” (launched by the Vietnam Red Cross Society from August to November 2021) to support people in difficult circumstances affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the frontline forces in the fight against the pandemic. The Campaign includes the following activities: Donating bags of gifts “Connecting the community – Overcoming challenges” including food, necessities, and anti-pandemic stuff (masks, soaps, sanitizers, etc.), worth VND 200,000 each; Providing meals for patients in difficult circumstances who are being treated in hospitals in Hanoi (including outpatients who temporarily live around the hospitals); Giving cash to workers coming from other provinces and currently residing in Hanoi who have lost their jobs and are in difficult circumstances.
In addition to VND 700 million allocated by the Vietnam Red Cross Society, the city’s Red Cross Society has actively raised other funds to promote and increase the effectiveness of the Campaign at the grassroots level. With the motto “No one is left behind during the pandemic”, the Campaign will support people with disabilities, the elderly living alone, patients with serious illnesses, families with difficult circumstances, workers having lost their jobs, families undergoing medical quarantine, etc. Accordingly, in each district and town, 300 bags of gifts will be given to the people affected by the pandemic by the Organizing Committee, together with gifts from other donors. The total number of gift bags in the city is 10,000 bags.
Giving 300 bags of gifts to Thanh Xuan district
Photo by: Thao Vi
The Hanoi Red Cross Society has recently handed over gift bags to the Red Cross Societies of Hoang Mai district, Thanh Xuan district, Thanh Tri district, Ung Hoa district, My Duc district, Son Tay town, etc. From now until the end of September 2021, the gift bags will be given to the beneficiaries.
The giving gifts in the Campaign “Connecting the community – Overcoming challenges” shows a profound humanistic significance, demonstrating the good moral of our nation “Mutual love and affection”, encouraging families to overcome the pandemic, and promoting the spirit of “Red Cross for everyone in everywhere”, joining hands with the Capital and the whole country to soon repel the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cong Minh