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Over 7,000 aid packages presented to COVID-19-hit families

The Saigon Children’s Charity organisation (Saigonchildren) said on September 3 that it has raised over 10 billion VND (434,000 USD) from domestic and foreign entities and individuals, equivalent to over 7,000 aid packages since April.
Over 7,000 aid packages presented to COVID-19-hit families ảnh 1Illustrative image (Photo: Saigon Children’s Charity)


HCMCity (VNA) – The Saigon Children’s Charity organisation (Saigonchildren) said onSeptember 3 that it has raised over 10 billion VND (434,000 USD) from domestic andforeign entities and individuals, equivalent to over 7,000 aid packages sinceApril.

Each package is enough for a four-member family for one month,which is being sent to poor households in the southern provinces of DongNai, Hau Giang, Tay Ninh, Tien Giang and Tra Vinh, and Ho Chi Minh City.

Executive Director of Saigon Children’s Charity DamienRoberts said the COVID-19 pandemic has affected job of over 30 millionVietnamese people. The hardest-hit ones include women, manual workers and thosewithout labour contracts.

He added that the ultimate goal of the organisation is facilitatingchildren’s best access to education. Therefore, it used part of donations to presentscholarships to children of families economically hit by COVID-19 pandemic.

The organising continues raising fund to assist pademic-hit areas like Da Nang and Quang Nam and help children in need to go to school.

According to the organisation, Da Nang's economic growthdropped by 3.61 percent in the first half of this year, marking the first time thecity failed to post growth.

The Da Nang municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs said the city is now home to over 216,300 uncontracted workers. Over50,000 poor and near-poor households are seriously hit by the pandemic./.

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