Nghe An Association in Hanoi visited and gave gifts to SOS Children's Village Vinh

Attending the visit and gift-giving program were: Mr. Le Doan Hop - former Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, former Minister of Information and Communications, Chairman of Nghe An Fellow Countrymen Association in Hanoi; Hoang Xuan Luong - former Standing Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, former Deputy Minister - Vice Chairman of the Government's Ethnic Committee, Vice Chairman of Nghe An Fellow Countrymen Association in Hanoi; Trinh Thuc Huynh - former Director of Truth Publishing House; Nguyen Dinh Thang - Deputy General Director of CNC Tech Technology Solutions Joint Stock Company (Main Sponsor) and members of Nghe An Fellow Countrymen Association in Hanoi.

On the side of Nghe An province, there was Mr. Doan Hong Vu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs: officer of SOS Children's Village Vinh.

Nghe An Association in Hanoi and sponsors donated the entire freezer system to SOS Village Vinh to preserve food. Photo: Nguyen Khang

On this occasion, the Nghe An Association in Hanoi and Nguyen Dinh Thang Enterprise donated the entire refrigeration system to SOS Village Vinh to preserve food both in the short term and in the long term to serve life in the days of fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.

Delegates take souvenir photos with staff of SOS Children's Village Vinh. Photo: Nguyen Khang

On this occasion, Mr. Le Doan Hop was moved and shared with all the staff and teachers, mothers, aunts, SOS Children's Village Vinh has cared for, nurtured, trained and instructed children of all ages from orphaned newborns with no one to rely on until adulthood.

This is one of the activities within the volunteer work program in some ethnic minority areas, remote areas and difficult units in the 2022 humanitarian activities of the Nghe An Association in Hanoi.

The working group visited and encouraged the mothers raising children in the Children's Village. Photo: Nguyen Khang

SOS Children's Village Vinh was established in 1989 under Decision No. 1525/QD.UB dated July 20, 1989 of the People's Committee of Nghe Tinh province. The Children's Village is a gift from SOS International, especially the affection of former President of SOS International Hellmut Kutin for Nghe An on the occasion of the 100th birthday of beloved President Ho Chi Minh.

The village was started to be built on May 19, 1990 and officially inaugurated and put into operation on January 9, 1992. Up to now, SOS Children's Village Vinh has gone through 30 years of construction and growth - SOS Children's Village Vinh has carried out the task of surveying, receiving, raising and caring for orphans, abandoned children, children in especially difficult circumstances in the two provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh, creating a warm family home for the children, caring for, protecting and educating them from the time they enter the village until they grow up, have a job, integrate into the community, and become useful citizens for society.