Practical methods need to be replicated

On November 18, talking to reporters about this story, Mr. Dinh Phu Cuong - Principal of Nguyen Van Luong Secondary School (District 6, Ho Chi Minh City) said that after 2 days of calling, the school received support of up to 200 health insurance cards for students.

According to Mr. Cuong, every year the school coordinates with District 6 Social Insurance to implement health insurance policies for parents and students. In previous years, the situation was not so difficult, but this year when the school implemented health insurance collection for students according to regulations, it found out that many students had very difficult circumstances, some had unemployed parents, some were orphans...

Giving health insurance cards to students in difficult circumstances in Ho Chi Minh City.

According to Mr. Cuong, every year the school receives many flowers and cakes to congratulate on the occasion of November 20. Flowers and cakes are beautiful and delicious, but they must be thrown away after one day. Therefore, the School Council met and agreed to convert these gifts into health insurance cards for students, because this is really necessary for the students. “Fortunately, the parents of the school and the sponsors were very supportive, so after 2 days of launching, the number of health insurance cards initially requested was 89 cards for 89 students. But parents have already supported 200 health insurance cards, so the school has announced to stop the campaign. With these remaining cards, we will ask for opinions to save them and take care of the students during the upcoming Lunar New Year,” Mr. Cuong shared.

Previously, Mr. Dinh Phu Cuong wrote an open letter with simple words but "created waves" in the community, when he proposed that agencies, businesses, parents, and philanthropists on Vietnam Teachers' Day, November 20 - instead of giving flower baskets and cakes, "please change to the form of giving health insurance cards" for the school to give to disadvantaged students. The open letter, right on the occasion of Vietnam Teachers' Day (November 20), quickly attracted widespread attention and attracted the community's sympathy.

About 350km from Ho Chi Minh City, in the sunny and windy Central Highlands, with the open letter requesting to "convert" flowers and gifts into health insurance cards to take care of poor students on the occasion of Vietnamese Teachers' Day by Ms. Doan Thi Tuyet Yen - Principal of To Hieu Primary School (Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province) has made many parents and students feel touched and warm.

In the letter, Ms. Tuyet Yen said that To Hieu Primary School still has 55 students due to difficult circumstances and do not have money to buy health insurance cards. Through this open letter, the school respectfully requests that instead of giving flowers to the school, agencies, businesses, and parents of students, please exchange it for giving health insurance cards to students so that the school can give them to students in especially difficult circumstances, each card worth 631,800 VND. After only 2 days of calling, To Hieu Primary School initially mobilized 15 health insurance cards to give to students in difficult circumstances...

Sharing with reporters, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh - Head of Communications Department (HCMC Social Insurance) said that the propaganda and mobilization methods of Nguyen Van Luong Secondary School are very practical, effective and humane. If this method is widely replicated on holidays and anniversaries of schools, it will certainly bring about a good effect, contributing to supporting students in difficult circumstances to have health insurance cards for self-protection.

“The Board of Directors of the City Social Insurance is very interested in following and acknowledging this positive and innovative way of working of the school. According to the plan, on the morning of November 20, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance Tran Dung Ha will join the working delegation to visit and congratulate on the occasion of Vietnamese Teachers' Day; at the same time, award a Certificate of Merit to Nguyen Van Luong Secondary School as well as Principal Dinh Phu Cuong personally to recognize their joint efforts for the cause of social security. In addition, on this occasion, Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance will allocate funds from the Fund for the Poor (contributed by the unit's staff) to award scholarships to poor students here" - Ms. Hong Hanh informed.

Regarding the open letter of To Hieu Primary School in Buon Ma Thuot City, Mr. Ta Duc Hau - Deputy Director of Dak Lak Social Insurance shared: "This is truly a very meaningful and humane act of teachers. This shows concern for students with difficult family circumstances who cannot buy health insurance. At the same time, it also has the power to spread to everyone, all classes in society to join hands to take care of and ensure health care for the young generation".

According to Mr. Hau, not only within To Hieu Primary School, but in recent days, the open letter as well as the message of wishing to "convert" flowers and gifts into health insurance cards for poor students have also been widely shared by many teachers in many other schools in Dak Lak province. This shows a very clear effect and will certainly continue to spread, creating a humane message to help many students in the area have health insurance cards.

“After the Provincial Social Insurance Board of Directors quickly reached an agreement, on November 20, representatives of Dak Lak Provincial Social Insurance will visit, encourage and award Certificates of Merit to the collective of To Hieu Primary School and Principal Doan Thi Tuyet Yen. In addition, the Provincial Social Insurance will support 2 million VND from the contributions of staff and employees for the school to buy health insurance cards for disadvantaged students,” Mr. Ta Duc Hau happily shared.

Meanwhile, according to Mr. Hoang Thanh Nam - Deputy Director of Communications (Lan Toa Company Limited, Ho Chi Minh City), on special days such as November 20 or school founding day... many businesses, partners, parents often give schools a lot of flower baskets, which is very formal and wasteful. Meanwhile, health insurance cards are very necessary for students, as well as creating peace of mind for parents. "Students with difficult circumstances when supported with health insurance cards will reduce part of the burden for parents. Therefore, the school's proposal to "convert" health insurance cards instead of flowers is a very practical action and should be replicated in many schools and on many other occasions" - Mr. Nam shared.

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/quy-doi-hoa-qua-thanh-the-bhyt-tang-hoc-sinh-cach-lam-thiet-thuc-can-nhan-rong-post277533.html