AIA “Life Journey” returns to poor children in Nghe An
(Baonghean.vn) - Over the past 6 years, nearly 1,000 bicycles and 20 free insurance contracts have been awarded by AIA Vietnam through the "Life Journey" program, helping thousands of poor children in Nghe An go to school.
Meaningful gifts to help childrenn school
Today is a special day for Nguyen Trong Thong (Grade 8A, Nguyen Quoc Tri Secondary School, Da Son, Do Luong), because he is one of the poor students in Nghe An who received a practical gift, a bicycle, from the program "Journey of Life" organized by AIA Vietnam Life Insurance Company (AIA Vietnam) and the Vietnam Children's Support Fund (QBTTEVN) in coordination with the Traffic Police Department, Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Nghe An on the morning of April 10, 2019, in Vinh City.
“With the new bicycles given to me by the program, my mother no longer has to worry or save up to buy bicycles for my two brothers. Going to school is less difficult and I have more motivation to study better,” Thong emotionally shared.
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| Mr. Wayne Besant - General Director of AIA Vietnam presented a bicycle to Nguyen Trong Thong. Photo: Lam Tung |
Thong is a poor student who has overcome difficulties and studied well for many years. His family is poor, his father passed away early, his mother raised two brothers alone. The house is far from school, so every day, Thong and his brother have to wake up early, ride each other on an old bicycle. Many times the bicycle broke down, the two brothers had to push it on foot, very hard...
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| AIA Vietnam and QBTTEVN presented 233 bicycles and gifts, 5 life insurance contracts, worth 550 million VND to poor children in Nghe An. Photo: Lam Tung |
On this occasion, through the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Nghe An, AIA Vietnam and QBTTEVN presented 233 bicycles and gifts, 5 free life insurance contracts (each contract worth 20 million VND) to 238 disadvantaged students in Nghe An; with a total value of about 550 million VND.
These meaningful gifts contribute to sharing and practically helping children in rural, remote and poor areas; giving them more motivation to go to school with the hope of a brighter future.
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| Awarding 5 free life insurance contracts (each contract worth 20 million VND) to poor students. Photo: Lam Tung |
Meaningful journey for poor children
“Journey of Life” is a series of fundraising cycling events launched by AIA Vietnam in collaboration with QBTTEVN, local authorities and Children's Funds of provinces and cities since 2014.
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| “Journey of Life” is a series of fundraising cycling events held since 2014. Photo: Lam Tung |
To date, the Program has donated more than 9,000 bicycles to poor children in more than 50 provinces and cities nationwide.
After 6 consecutive years of "Life Journey" being held in Nghe An, nearly 1,000 bicycles and 20 free insurance contracts have been given by AIA Vietnam to disadvantaged children there.
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| Awarding a Certificate of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee to a representative of AIA Vietnam, recognizing their positive contributions to helping poor children in the province. Photo: Lam Tung |
In 2019, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of AIA Group and 19 years of AIA's official operation in Vietnam, "Life Journey" will be organized in 19
Mr. Wayne Besant, General Director of AIA Vietnam,said: “Carrying out community-oriented activities is an inseparable commitment in our business development strategy. More and more partners, customers, agents and AIA Vietnam employees nationwide are participating in donating bicycles to the program.“Life Journey”This is a very valuable work and demonstrates the strong influence of the program over the past 6 years."
The main event from North to South with more than 3,000 bicycles and 100 free life insurance contracts will be given to disadvantaged children across the country.In addition to the "Life Journey" program series, AIA also organizes many other meaningful social charity activities for children.
To date, more than 9,000 bicycles, more than 300 life insurance contracts, more than 7,000 scholarships, more than 5,000 pairs of life jackets and many other practical gifts have been given by AIA Vietnam to disadvantaged children across the country.
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| Awarding certificates of recognition for the bicycle contributions of sponsors to the "Journey of Life" program. Photo: Lam Tung |
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| On this occasion, AIA Vietnam presented gifts to mothers at SOS Children's Village Vinh. Photo: Lam Tung |
AIA VietnamOkayEstablished in 2000 to provide financial, health and life protection to the Vietnamese people..AIA Vietnam is currently one of the leading life insurance companies in the market.and is a brandtrusted by customers and the public.
AIA Vietnam's goal is to create positive changes by helping Vietnamese people live longer, healthier and happier lives.
The company is currently serving and ensuring financial security for1 millioncustomers in Vietnam and has paid insurance benefits to more than400.000 cases;with total amountnearly 4,000billion dong
