VRC officers allocate rice to flood-affected people. (Photo: baocongthuong.com.vn)
Additionally, the VRC is working with the national humanitarian portal to carry out a message program. Accordingly, by texting TET to the number 1409 from December 27th, 2017 to February 24th, 2018 each message will contribute VND20,000 to assist the poor.
Initiated since 1999, the movement “Tet for the poor and AO victims” has provided millions of presents to poor families, beneficiaries and vulnerable people during Tet. Over the past five years, the VRC has given nearly 10 million Tet presents worth over VND3.464 trillion.
Other humanitarian programs have been actively carried out by the VRC, including the provision of free medical check-ups and medicine to 1-1.4 million poor people each year; participation in calamity prevention and mitigation assisting over 1.8 million peoples; and mobilization of over 1 million units of blood each year.
Besides, nearly 600,000 humanitarian efforts have been assisted with over VND941 billion during the implementation of a movement, launched since 2008, encouraging organizations and individuals to help people in need; and since 2010, nearly 22,000 cows worth some VND313 have been allocated to families across 51 poor districts and 184 border communes./.