Journey of 'giving milk and sending joy'

After the summer vacation, in the upcoming new school year 2023-2024, tens of thousands of children at many schools and child protection centers will continue to receive milk from Vinamilk and the Milk Fund, completing the commitment to donate 1.5 million milk boxes this year.

Where milk is a simple joy for children

As a mountainous and midland province located in the coastal region, with more than 80% of the land being hills and mountains, Quang Ninh is home to 22 ethnic groups living together, of which the most numerous are the Dao, Tay, San Diu, San Chay, Hoa, Muong... In Binh Lieu district alone, 95.8% of the population are ethnic minorities.

Most of the households here are in difficult circumstances, and parents are often busy working in the fields. In fact, through direct examination and nutrition counseling for 210 students at Huc Dong Primary School (Huc Dong Commune, Binh Lieu District, Quang Ninh Province), doctors from Vinamilk Nutrition Center found that up to 82.4% of children (174 children) were malnourished or at risk of malnutrition.

For most children in the city, milk is a very familiar food, with almost every child drinking 1-2 boxes every day. But in mountainous districts like Huc Dong, this is the first time that the children's menu at school will have milk regularly every day, continuously for 3 months of this school year.

“We hope that through this program, we will initially help children form the habit of drinking milk.;At the same time, it also helps parents see more clearly the physical improvement of their children., from there trymaintain milk supplementation for children", bevil doctorNguyen Vinh Hoang Oanh - Vinamilk Nutrition Center -said.

For many students at Vo Ngai Kindergarten not far away, this was the first time they had seen so much milk. Every child sat up straight, eagerly waiting to receive the milk.

“I feel very happy and wish all children could have a gift like me today,” said Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, a student who received milk in the first batch.

GiveUhchildren's wishes come true

To make sure all children can drink milk as Thuy wished, this year is the 16th year that Vinamilk and the Vietnam Grow Up Milk Fund continue the journey of giving milk to disadvantaged and less fortunate children across the country.

In addition to Quang Ninh, Vinamilk recently continued to donate more than 141,000 milk boxes to nearly 1,600 children in Nghe An or more than 134,000 Vinamilk ADM milk boxes continued to go to 1,500 children in Quang Ngai on the occasion of International Children's Day. Many other localities such as Lang Son, Hung Yen, Thanh Hoa, Phu Yen, Can Tho... also received milk in the first batch, with a total quantity of nearly 400,000 boxes.

In the second semester of the 2022-2023 school year, the children started drinking milk from April and continued until the end of the school year, before the summer vacation began. 3 months of going to school is also a full 90 days that the children drank milk regularly and on time with the cooperation of teachers.

“In the summer, for the shelters and shelters where the children live and study, the Milk Fund will transfer milk during the summer. As for schools, as soon as the new semester of the 2023-2024 school year begins next September, more simultaneouslyoneMillions of milk boxes will also be delivered to the children by Vinamilk", Ms. Vu Thi Thuy Huyen - Deputy Director of the Vietnam Children's Fund (VCF) - said.

Together“D"So that every child can drink milk every day"

To ensure that the milk boxes reach the children in need and that the milk is consumed in accordance with regulations, Vinamilk and the Vietnam BTTE Fund closely coordinate with local BTTE Funds and the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of the provinces in making lists, monitoring, checking, instructing on preservation, and implementing them effectively.

Right from the product selection stage, the product line chosen this year is Vinamilk ADM milk - a product supplemented with vitamins and minerals necessary for children, suitable for the beneficiaries of the Milk Fund.

Currently, factories have planned production to ensure the amount of milk supplied for the program in the second milk distribution period of the year.Each boxmilk produced evenlyinspected by Vinamilkstrictly control all stages from raw materials, inspectionquality checkproductkItalythink twice before exportingo anddelivered to your doormilk receiving units,includingthoseschools in remote, mountainous areas...Every year the factoryreceive production assignmentsproductserving the Milk Fund. DHello to all staff membersNHa machine, this is also a joy in work, when contributing to meaningful programsthis of the company",Mr. Nguyen Chi Cuong - Director of Vinamilk's Tien Son Factory in Bac Ninh-express

The Vietnam Grow Tall Milk Fund is the largest and longest-term nutrition care program for children, aiming to realize the mission of "Let every child drink milk every day". After 16 years, the Vietnam Grow Tall Milk Fund has donated more than 42 million boxes of nutritional milk and sent love to more than 500,000 children across Vietnam, with a total support value of up to 200 billion VND.