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| Representatives of the Association for the Support of the Disabled - Orphans and Poor Patients of Binh Phuoc Province (old) together with coordinating units and benefactors presented a fund board to support an unfortunate situation in Binh Long Ward in the Pain Sharing Program. Photo: N.Que |
From July 1, after the merger of Dong Nai and Binh Phuoc provinces, resource mobilization and distribution will not be interrupted, but will continue to be maintained throughout to support the less fortunate.
Help nearly 7 thousand humanitarian addresses
Implementing the Campaign "Each organization, each individual is associated with a humanitarian address", in recent times, the Red Cross (RC) and the Association of Agent Orange/dioxin Victims at all levels in Dong Nai province (new) have maintained the campaign for over 5,000 groups and individuals to receive monthly assistance for nearly 7,000 extremely disadvantaged addresses. Of which, in Dong Nai province (old) there are nearly 4,700 extremely disadvantaged addresses and Binh Phuoc province (old) has over 2,200 addresses receiving monthly humanitarian assistance.
Depending on the mobility and the number of people needing assistance, each Red Cross Society, Association of Agent Orange/dioxin Victims at the commune, ward and province level provides monthly support with different material values for each case. In particular, Association of Agent Orange/dioxin Victims at all levels is providing monthly support to nearly 1,000 cases. The value that each family receives is from 500,000 VND/month or more. In addition, on holidays and Tet, the collectives and individuals receiving monthly assistance also give additional gifts of food and provisions to the people receiving assistance.
Mr. Quang Thai (a victim of Agent Orange living in Tran Bien Ward, new Dong Nai Province) said that over the past years, he has received money and gifts from benefactors every month through the Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin in Dong Nai Province (old). Mr. Thai's mother works as a housekeeper. He is paralyzed in both legs and his arms are very weak, so he cannot find a job. Therefore, the monthly support has greatly helped his life.
According to Chairman of the Association of Agent Orange/Dioxin Victims of Dong Nai Province (formerly) Mai Van Nho, most families with members who are Agent Orange victims live in very difficult living conditions. Therefore, maintaining monthly assistance to these addresses is something that the Association of Agent Orange/Dioxin Victims at all levels in the province focuses on implementing. To do this well, in addition to proactively seeking community resources, reviewing the list of families of Agent Orange victims to ensure that no families in need of assistance are missed will be focused on, especially when communes and wards are merged.
According to statistics from the Dong Nai Provincial Red Cross Society (new), implementing the Campaign "Each organization, each individual is associated with a humanitarian address", the whole province has over 4,000 collectives and individuals, including socio- political organizations, departments, branches, unions, philanthropists inside and outside the province, and overseas Vietnamese, who have received help for nearly 5.7 thousand extremely disadvantaged addresses. Of which, the Dong Nai Provincial Red Cross Society (old) has supported nearly 3.5 thousand extremely disadvantaged addresses and the Binh Phuoc Provincial Red Cross Society (old) has supported over 2.2 thousand humanitarian addresses. The total value mobilized to support these addresses is nearly 10 billion VND/quarter. These humanitarian addresses are also on the priority list every time the Red Cross Society at all levels organizes gift giving on the occasion of holidays, Tet, and Humanitarian Month every year.
Chairman of the Dong Nai Charity Association (formerly) Nguyen Phu Cuong said that the association provides monthly care for 27 cases. Previously, the value of gifts for people in difficult circumstances was only about 200,000 VND. Due to the increase in prices, the association recently increased the value of gifts to 300,000 VND/month. In the coming time, the association will continue to mobilize and connect resources to maintain support for people.
Implementing the Campaign "Each organization, each individual is associated with a humanitarian address", in the first 6 months of 2025, the Red Cross Society of Dong Nai province (old) provided monthly support to nearly 3,500 extremely disadvantaged addresses with a total value of over 12 billion VND; the Red Cross Society of Binh Phuoc province (old) provided support to over 2,200 humanitarian addresses with a total value of over 8.7 billion VND.
Continue humanitarian charity activities
Along with regularly maintaining the Campaign "Each organization, each individual is associated with a humanitarian address", humanitarian aid activities will continue to be carried out by charities and humanitarian organizations.
In particular, the Pain Sharing Program chaired by the Association for the Support of the Disabled - Orphans and Poor Patients of Binh Phuoc Province (formerly) in coordination with other units and benefactors will continue to be maintained.
Chairwoman of the Association for the Support of the Disabled, Orphans and Poor Patients of Binh Phuoc Province (formerly) Nguyen Thi Lien said that this is a program that connects the community to those in difficult circumstances, to help them reduce difficulties, have medical treatment costs, build and repair houses or have more resources to develop the economy...
After the divorce, Ms. Duong Thi Trang (living in Binh Long ward) raised 2 children but did not receive child support from her ex-husband. Having multiple myeloma, Ms. Trang still had to sell fruit every day to earn money to cover family expenses. After 5 chemotherapy sessions, the debt was more than 200 million VND, while the doctor prescribed 9 chemotherapy sessions. To help Ms. Trang have money for treatment, the Pain Sharing Program connected love and gave 230 million VND to the family. From this source of support, the program's Organizing Committee, the family and local authorities agreed to "share" 40 million VND to help 2 difficult circumstances who are being treated in the area.
According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien, over the past time, the program has helped many situations to be "revived", having the conditions to rise up and stabilize their lives. In 2025, we hope that benefactors will continue to accompany the program to help more difficult situations.
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| The Red Cross Society of Dong Nai province (old) awarded scholarships to students of Huynh Van Nghe Secondary and High School (Phu Ly commune). Photo: S. Thao |
According to Mr. Nguyen Phu Cuong, every week, members of the Dong Nai Province Charity Association (formerly) organize a humanitarian activity to support the community at different levels and scales, such as: giving meals to freelance workers and inpatients, giving hundreds of gifts to people in difficult circumstances... The association's wish is to continue to receive the community's support to maintain meaningful activities.
As for the Provincial Red Cross Association, communes and wards have proactively proposed directions for charitable and humanitarian activities in the coming time, especially in the remaining months of 2025. Specifically, all levels of the association in the province continue to implement the Emulation Movement for the Poor - leaving no one behind; mobilize the construction of Red Cross houses for officials, members and poor households facing housing difficulties; continue to mobilize the implementation of the Cow Bank Project to help poor households have the conditions to develop their family economy and escape poverty; promote the implementation of the Movement of Good People, Good Deeds - joining hands to build a compassionate community...
Ms. Thanh Hieu (residing in Phuoc Tan ward) said that in the past, every month, through the Dong Nai Province Red Cross Association (old), she and her friends organized cooking for patients and their relatives who are being treated at medical facilities; bought packaged vegetables and fruits to give to freelance workers... These activities will be maintained by Ms. Thanh Hieu and her friends with the hope of working with the Dong Nai Province Red Cross Association (new) to help people who are still having difficulties in life.
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Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/xa-hoi/202506/duy-tri-xuyen-suot-hoat-dong-tu-thien-nhan-dao-b121a9b/
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