Nearly 200 million VND to take care of the poor in Tan My ward (HCMC)

On the morning of November 7, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Tan My ward held a launching ceremony to respond to the peak month "For the poor" in 2025.

Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Pham Thi Thuy Ha Ward said that in response to the movement "The whole country joins hands for the poor - No one is left behind", the Fund "For the Poor" of the ward has always received the attention and direction of the Party Committee, the government and the companionship of agencies, businesses, philanthropists and people inside and outside the area.

Comrade Pham Thi Thuy Ha spoke at the ceremony

In the last 6 months of 2025, the ward mobilized more than 500 million VND for the "For the Poor" Fund. This fund was used to build and repair solidarity houses, support livelihoods, award Nguyen Huu Tho scholarships, health insurance cards, care for orphans and give Tet gifts to poor households and workers in difficult circumstances.

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Ward Party Committee Nguyen Dung Hung and Chairwoman of the Ward People's Committee Nguyen Thi Be Ngoan presented funds for house repairs.

At the ceremony, the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the ward presented funds for house repairs, means of livelihood, health insurance cards, bicycles and school supplies... to near-poor households, households in difficult circumstances, and students in special circumstances, with a total support fund of nearly 200 million VND.

Tan My ward leaders give livelihoods to people in difficult circumstances

Among the households receiving livelihoods, Mrs. Pham Thi Kim Lan (born in 1967) was moved when receiving a sugarcane juice cart. Her husband is a war invalid and in poor health; she herself is also in poor health, having worked for many years as an onion peeler to support her two grandchildren. Mrs. Lan shared: “I am very happy, I have a stable means of making a living, I will try to take care of my husband and grandchildren.”

Giving gifts to students and households in difficult circumstances

On this occasion, Tan My ward announced the establishment of 5 social monitoring and criticism teams in neighborhoods, monitoring environmental sanitation, education , security and order, and grassroots democracy.

Launching the Peak Month "For the Poor" in 2025, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Tan My ward aims to mobilize maximum social resources so that no one is left behind, well preparing for the work of taking care of the Lunar New Year Binh Ngo 2026.

THU HOAI

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/gan-200-trieu-dong-cham-lo-nguoi-ngheo-tai-phuong-tan-my-tphcm-post822226.html