Spreading love from the Tet Charity movement

Continuing the effectiveness of the "Tet for the poor and Agent Orange victims" movement launched by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society in 1999, the "Tet for Charity" movement implemented since 2023 has created a widespread influence in the community, becoming a beauty of compassion, a spirit of social responsibility, creating material resources to support the poor, policy families, vulnerable groups... to celebrate the traditional Tet warmly and joyfully.

Preparing for the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin, the Nho Quan District Red Cross Society strives to mobilize 1,000 gifts to give to households in difficult circumstances. To achieve this goal, the District Red Cross Society has assigned and assigned targets to communes, while promoting propaganda and mobilization work to local businesses and children from the homeland working far away...

Mr. Tran Van Thuy, Chairman of the Nho Quan District Red Cross Society, said: Although life is not really well-off, Nho Quan people are inherently compassionate and willing to share to support the poor and those in difficult circumstances, especially when Tet comes.

Many groups and individuals have always accompanied and joined hands with the District Red Cross Society in activities to care for the poor, policy families, and people in difficult circumstances during Tet. A typical example is Quang Hung Gold and Silver Enterprise.

Participating in the Tet Charity program of the year of the Dragon 2024, Quang Hung Gold and Silver Enterprise has spent 100 million VND, giving 250 gifts to people in difficult circumstances. Ms. Dam Ngoc Yen, owner of Quang Hung Gold and Silver Enterprise, was moved: The program "Tet for the poor and victims of Agent Orange" and now Tet Charity is a very meaningful activity, organized on the occasion of the traditional Tet holiday.

The gifts given all show affection, the spirit of mutual love and support in the community. At present, in addition to the company's budget, we are also actively connecting and calling on more friends to join hands to prepare meaningful gifts to hand out to the poor and families with preferential policies as the New Year approaches.

For many years now, once a month, Mr. Vu Duc Tho, owner of Ba Nhat restaurant in Ninh An commune (Hoa Lu) has maintained a cooking session of hundreds of meals for patients being treated at the Provincial General Hospital. The dishes cooked for the patients are all calculated by Mr. Tho and his companions to ensure nutrition, food safety and create freshness and deliciousness.

Mr. Tho shared: In order to cook hundreds of meals, I had to ask for support from local people and friends who shared the same desire to do charity work. Gradually, the activity became more organized. Each person has a job to make a living, but on the day of the cooking event, they proactively arrange their work to participate. Many of my friends also appreciate this meaningful activity and are willing to contribute money or food to help me maintain the kitchen. I also bought an electric cabinet to cook rice and a car to transport rice to the hospital. Cooking rice for patients, especially poor patients, will be an activity that I try to maintain for a long time.

Preparing for the upcoming Lunar New Year, Tho and his friends have also made a specific plan to organize this meaningful activity for the poor patients being treated at the Provincial General Hospital. Tho was moved: The lives of the poor are already difficult, they are even more difficult when they or their relatives are sick and have to stay in the hospital for a long time.

To encourage and share the difficulties with the sick, over the years, the charity kitchen organized by the restaurant has always been on fire. This Lunar New Year, the restaurant will cook 500 servings of rice and porridge, worth 15 million VND for the sick in difficult circumstances. This small gift will be a New Year's greeting, hoping that the sick will have more motivation and faith to overcome their illness.

The Charitable Tet program is inherited from the Tet for the Poor and Agent Orange Victims movement launched by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society in 1999. This is a very meaningful program, full of humanity and has widespread influence. After more than 20 years of implementing the movement, the Red Cross Society at all levels has mobilized support for tens of thousands of gifts for the poor, the disabled, orphans, Agent Orange victims, policy families...

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2023 alone, the Red Cross Associations at all levels in the province coordinated with philanthropists to give away over 10,000 Tet gifts with a total value of nearly 6 billion VND.

The "Humanitarian Tet" movement in 2024 will start from January 20 to February 4, 2024, with the peak from January 25 to February 3, 2024. To prepare for the "Humanitarian Tet" movement in the spring of Giap Thin 2024, the Provincial Red Cross Society has directed all levels of the Society and volunteers to promote the movement's activities. At the same time, proactively survey and grasp the situation of disadvantaged households; identify potential sponsors; grasp the thoughts and aspirations of benefactors, direct activities to the grassroots level, through the reception and coordination of the Red Cross Society at all levels.

The Provincial Association has also sent a letter calling for support for the "Humanitarian Tet" movement in 2024 to agencies, unions, organizations and businesses in the province. We will strive to mobilize resources to present 8,000 gifts to people in difficult circumstances, with the minimum gift value from 300,000 VND or more.

Mr. Bui Quang Hoa, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Red Cross Society, said: The Provincial Red Cross Society has also assigned targets to the municipal and district Red Cross Societies. To achieve this goal, the Red Cross Societies at all levels have been proactive, flexible and creative in their forms of mobilization, thereby spreading the spirit of "mutual love" in the community.

Based on the actual conditions in localities, it is possible to mobilize and widely connect the participation and contributions of the community to organize activities such as: organizing "Fairs - Gift Giving - Happy Tet" models to provide material and spiritual support for the poor, people in difficult circumstances, and vulnerable people to enjoy spring and celebrate Tet; giving gifts and New Year greetings; organizing "Humanitarian Tet Market" following the instructions of the Central Association's "Humanitarian Market" model, ensuring the diversity of goods with groups: Necessities, food, cakes, candies... organizing the program "Happy Tet with the sick" with the content of giving Tet meals, lucky money to the sick; supporting painting, cleaning, decorating houses..., contributing to supporting the disadvantaged and disadvantaged to enjoy the spring and New Year.

Right at the launching ceremony of the "Charitable Tet" movement in the spring of Giap Thin 2024, the Vietnamese Running Association in San Jose, USA donated 20 bicycles worth 40 million VND to students in difficult circumstances; the Red Cross Association of districts and cities; philanthropists registered to donate 1,360 Charitable Tet gifts with a total value of over 2 billion VND.

Dao Hang-Minh Quang

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