303 groups and individuals donated 64.8 billion VND for Tet For the Poor Mau Tuat
(Baonghean.vn) - The information was given at the conference summarizing the Tet Program for the Poor 2018 organized by the People's Committee of Nghe An province on the afternoon of April 10.
Comrades: Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and Nguyen Van Huy - Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee co-chaired the conference. Representatives of agencies, units, and business organizations in the province also attended the conference.
In recent years, Nghe An has paid special attention to poverty reduction, considering it the most important task. However, by the end of 2017, the whole province still had 65,435 poor households and 85,555 near-poor households.
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| Comrade Vuong Quang Minh - Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province reported on the implementation results of the Tet for the Poor Program 2018. Photo: Thanh Chung |
To practically help the poor, Nghe An organized the program "Tet for the poor - Mau Tuat 2018". Accordingly, the Provincial Party Secretary sent a letter calling on organizations, individuals, and businesses to support Tet for the poor, the Provincial People's Committee has a plan to implement.
The Organizing Committee of the Tet For the Poor program of the province was established and actively mobilized agencies, units, collectives, individuals, businesses, and entrepreneurs inside and outside the province to support the poor.
In general, the Tet for the Poor Program 2018 has been actively responded by the entire political system and businesses. As a result, the Program Organizing Committee has mobilized 303 groups and individuals to support with the amount of money and goods of nearly 64.8 billion VND (the highest in 6 years of implementing the program).
All funds and goods donated by agencies, units, businesses and philanthropists were promptly and thoughtfully received by the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee. For units that directly donated gifts, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee coordinated with localities to guide the receiving and giving of gifts to the right recipients and in an objective manner.
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| Nghe An Newspaper in collaboration with the Vietnamese Business Community presented 120 gifts to the poor in Xieng My commune, Tuong Duong district. Photo: Document |
The total amount of money and gifts of over 63.6 billion VND has been distributed to 100,809 households, including 63,800 poor households (reaching 98%) and 37,009 near-poor households, policy families, and social protection beneficiaries (reaching 43%)... The amount of money remaining in the fund as of March 30, 2018 was nearly 1.2 billion VND (the reason for the remaining fund is that units and businesses transferred donations slowly and could not distribute them in time for Tet).
In addition to the achievements, the Tet For The Poor 2018 program still has difficulties and limitations such as the coordination to distribute Tet gifts and coordinate businesses and benefactors to directly give gifts to localities, which sometimes lacks unity, is unreasonable or confusing, so there are still 1,635 poor households and 48,546 near-poor households that have not received Tet gifts. Some localities have many businesses giving gifts, and some poor households have received gifts many times during Tet.
At the conference, delegates focused on analyzing and drawing lessons from the Tet For The Poor Program 2018 to make the Tet For The Poor Program 2019 more effective.
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| Comrade Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee commended the collectives and individuals who actively participated in supporting the Tet For The Poor Program. Photo: Thanh Chung |
Speaking at the conclusion of the conference, comrade Le Minh Thong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of the Tet for the Poor program of the province commended the charitable groups and individuals who actively participated in mobilizing and supporting the poor.
In order for the Tet For the Poor 2019 program to be better implemented, comrade Le Minh Thong requested: Relevant levels and sectors need to soon develop a plan to mobilize support; Localities need to soon make a list of poor households so that the province can proactively regulate gifts; During the process of mobilizing support, assigned units and individuals need to closely follow and directly meet businesses and philanthropists to mobilize.
Comrade Le Minh Thong agreed with the proposal of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee on the policy of allocating the remaining fund to support the livelihoods of the poor and especially disadvantaged people in areas that have not received gifts during the 2018 Lunar New Year in accordance with the Fund's regulations, such as buying seedlings and supporting poor students to go to school./.