The provincial National Assembly delegation presented gifts to support orphans due to the Covid-19 epidemic

Comrade Thai Thi An Chung - Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation sympathizes with the family's loss and difficulties. Photo: Phan Hau

The delegation presented gifts to two children: Bui Minh Quan (born 2012) and Bui Lan Anh (2016), siblings whose mother, Tran Thi Huong, previously worked in Binh Duong province and died due to the Covid-19 epidemic. Two gifts, each worth 3,000,000 VND in cash, warm clothes, and children's toys.

Delegates presented gifts to support two children. Photo: Phan Hau

On behalf of the working delegation, comrade Thai Thi An Chung visited, encouraged, and shared the family's losses, and hoped that the family would try to overcome difficulties, stabilize their lives soon, especially care for and look after the two children. She also requested local authorities at all levels to pay attention, share and create all conditions to help the family of the two children in the coming time, including policies to support Mr. Bui Van Toan - father of Quan and Lan Anh to find stable jobs in their hometown.

Family representatives thank the Provincial National Assembly Delegation for their attention.

Representatives of the families of Bui Minh Quan and Bui Lan Anh thanked the Provincial National Assembly Delegation for their concern. Photo: Phan Hau

According to statistics from the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Nghe An province, from May 24 to November 25, 2021, the whole province had hundreds of children infected with Covid-19, 6,556 children had to be quarantined according to the decision of competent State agencies (F1); 15 children were children of pregnant women infected with Covid-19; 9 children were orphaned by either parent due to the Covid-19 epidemic and thousands of children were in difficult circumstances due to being affected by the epidemic.

In recent times, in addition to implementing the direction of the National Assembly and the Government on policies and regimes for those affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, the Nghe An Provincial Children's Support Fund has called on organizations and businesses to organize 3 support programs for 2,611 children affected by the Covid-19 epidemic with a total amount of more than 1.4 billion VND.

Along with that, the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province, through meetings and meetings with voters in localities, has attached practical activities to support vulnerable groups in society to stabilize their lives, especially aiming at support programs for students to have living and studying conditions in the complicated developments of the Covid-19 pandemic.