1 billion VND in charity to support the poor in Do Luong

Art performance opening the charity music night. Photo: Dao Tuan

Continuing the success of charity activities, on the evening of May 14, in Trung Son commune (Do Luong district), the group "Do Luong - Sharing love" coordinated with Trung Son commune Youth Union to organize a charity music night.

The music night was attended by representatives of the District Party Committee, People's Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and socio-political organizations of Do Luong district and a large number of local people.

Delegates attending the charity music night. Photo: Dao Tuan

The first charity music night Sharing Love was held in May 2017. After one year of establishment, the Do Luong - Sharing Love group has coordinated with commune-level youth organizations to organize 8 charity music nights.

Through the program, 515 million VND was raised to directly support 30 households in especially difficult circumstances. 171 poor and especially difficult households were supported with a total amount of money and goods of more than 928 million VND.

A skit at the charity night. Photo by Dao Tuan

Many people came to watch and donate to the charity music night. Photo: Dao Tuan

In Trung Son commune, the music night raised more than 80 million VND. This amount was divided equally among 5 households in particularly difficult circumstances in the commune, including: Ms. Nguyen Thi Oanh's family, hamlet 8, who was injured in a work accident and is bedridden with no income; Nguyen Doan Nam Anh, who has cerebral atrophy, his parents work far away, and he lives with his grandparents in poor conditions; Ms. Le Thi Linh, hamlet 6, who has been bedridden with polyarthritis since 2007, whose husband is elderly and often sick; Ms. Tran Thi Quy, who was born deaf and mute, lives alone and is currently worshipping her father, a martyr; Mr. Nguyen Thai Nam's family, hamlet 6, a family of 5, 3 of whom are disabled and unable to work.

The organizers presented the money raised during the music night to 5 extremely disadvantaged households. Photo: Dao Tuan

What is special is that not only businesses and philanthropists participated in supporting but also many people joined hands to contribute to this charity music night; showing the spread of the program when organized in the community.