Over 7,000 aid packages presented to COVID-19-hit families
HCM
City (VNA) – 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.
Each package is enough for a four-member family for one month,
which is being sent to poor households in the southern provinces of Dong
Nai, Hau Giang, Tay Ninh, Tien Giang and Tra Vinh, and Ho Chi Minh City.
Executive Director of Saigon Children’s Charity Damien
Roberts said the COVID-19 pandemic has affected job of over 30 million
Vietnamese people. The hardest-hit ones include women, manual workers and those
without labour contracts.
He added that the ultimate goal of the organisation is facilitating
children’s best access to education. Therefore, it used part of donations to present
scholarships 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 growth
dropped by 3.61 percent in the first half of this year, marking the first time the
city failed to post growth.
The Da Nang municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social
Affairs said the city is now home to over 216,300 uncontracted workers. Over
50,000 poor and near-poor households are seriously hit by the pandemic./.