10-Year Summation of the “Day for the Poor” Campaign

The meeting was attended by Head of the Southern Fatherland Front Committee Work Vo Van Thien, Member of Dong Nai Party Committee and Vice chairwoman of Dong Nai People’s Committee Huynh Thi Nga, and the representatives for nearly 100 collectives and individuals obtaining notable achievements in the "Day for the Poor" campaign.

Vice chairwoman of Dong Nai People’s Committee Huynh Thi Nga awards certificates of merit to individuals

After 10 years of implementation, the campaign has had far reach across the province.

The campaign has been well known among the people, levels of the Fatherland Front Committee, unions, member organizations, departments, committees, sectors, organizations, socio-economic and job organizations, generous sponsors inside and outside the province.

Up to now, 100 percent of hamlets and quarters have held many campaigns to call for the building of compassion houses, the setting-up of a poverty reduction fund and the establishment of a hunger elimination and poverty reduction self-management team.

The results show that the Fatherland Front Committee and levels of unions have raised VND309 billion (US$15.85 million) via the "Day for the Poor" campaign.

Particularly, nearly VND124 billion (US$6.36 million) goes to the “For the Poor” Foundation from levels of authorities and nearly VND186 billion (US$9.54) is raised from the community under the directions and supervision of the Standing Committee at the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, of unions and levels of member organizations.

Meeting

Addressing the meeting, Head of the Southern Fatherland Front Committee Work Vo Van Thien commended the Fatherland Front Committee and levels of unions for the achievements they have obtained.

In the forthcoming time, all the organizational work needs continuous innovations and avoids imitation and especially more creative programs must be made, Thien stressed.

Thanks to the “Day for the Poor” Foundation, many underprevelidged people have obtained help, many spacious houses have been built for the poor and many children with heart diseases and cleft palate have received medical care materialistically and spiritually, Vice chairwoman of Dong Nai People’s Committee Huynh Thi Nga said.

To make the campaign a social program with humanities as well as a great contribution to Dong Nai’s hunger elimination and poverty reduction programme, Fatherland Front Committee, levels of unions, people from all walks of life and businesses are required to maintain an effective implementation of the “Support the Poor” campaign.

On this occasion, Dong Nai People’s Committee awarded certificates of merit to 47 collectives and individuals.

Dong Nai’s Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee also awarded certificates of merit to 48 collectives and individuals obtaining notable achievements in the "Day for the Poor" campaign in the 2000-2010 period.

Reported by Thu Dung, Translated by Duy Minh