The charity bus of Da Nang youth rolls out to support flooded areas

12/09/2024 | 20:01

TPO – Volunteer vehicles from Da Nang 's youth, carrying goods, necessities, and medicine, are rolling out to support people in flood-affected areas in the North.

On the afternoon of September 12th, the Da Nang City Youth Union, the Da Nang Young Entrepreneurs Association, and the Da Nang Pickup Truck Club organized the "Journey of Compassion" program to transport goods, necessities, medicine, etc., to support people in the northern provinces affected by floods. Photo: Giang Thanh

In recent times, responding to the call to join hands to help flood victims, organizations, businesses, and individuals in Da Nang have donated goods and cash to support people in the northern provinces in recovering after the historic floods.

From early morning, pickup trucks loaded with goods and essential supplies arrived at the Da Nang City Youth Union headquarters from various collection points to be unloaded and arranged onto container trucks for transport to the North.

Student volunteers and youth union members assisted in receiving, loading, and transporting the goods. The quantity of goods was so large that the volunteers had to work tirelessly to ensure the convoy departed on time.

Upon learning about the program, many individuals, organizations, and units also transported goods and essential supplies to send to the flood-affected people.

In just under two days of campaigning and appeals, the Da Nang Pickup Truck Club received over 300 million VND in cash and a container of goods and essential supplies to support flood victims. According to Mr. Doan Vu Hoang, the club's chairman, members have been working day and night since yesterday packing and arranging goods to ensure timely delivery to the North.

On this charitable trip, approximately 30 volunteers from the club, along with 15 pickup trucks and one container truck, will directly transport the heartfelt donations from Da Nang to the flood-affected people in Lao Cai and Yen Bai .

“The club members all have experience in flood relief in the central provinces, so this time, we hope to contribute our efforts to support the government and people of the disaster-stricken provinces in overcoming the consequences and stabilizing their lives as soon as possible. This is also the wish of all the people of Da Nang to send to our compatriots in the North,” said Mr. Hoang.

In this first outreach effort, the Da Nang Young Entrepreneurs Association focused on providing essential supplies, ready-made food, medicine, clean water, etc., with a total value of 250 million VND. For the second outreach effort, scheduled for next week, the Association will continue to call for community support and will provide appropriate assistance depending on the specific situation in each locality.

According to Mr. Le Cong Hung, Deputy Secretary in charge of the Da Nang City Youth Union, after surveying the actual needs of people in the northern provinces, this charitable convoy is carrying essential goods, medicine, drinking water, clothing, ready-made food, etc., to provide immediate emergency support, with a total support budget of over 1 billion VND.

“The City Youth Union will continue to call for and mobilize resources, businesses, and people to organize further support campaigns, helping those affected by floods and storms to stabilize their lives as soon as possible. In particular, we will focus on supporting students, teenagers, and children, because their clothes, books, and school supplies have all been damaged or swept away by the floods,” Mr. Hung said.

Giang Thanh