Mid-Autumn Festival share love

Towards the flood area

At the programMid-Autumn Festival The event organized by the Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council for the children of officials, civil servants and workers on the evening of September 12 did not have lion dances or exciting performances like previous years. Instead, the children watched films about the consequences of Typhoon Yagi (Typhoon No. 3) that people in the northern provinces are suffering from, scenes of people and houses, fields, offices and schools buried in flash floods...

The children then wrote their own words of love on small cards and donated their Mid-Autumn gifts to the children and teenagers in the flood-hit areas of the Northern provinces.

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This year's Mid-Autumn Festival program is very meaningful. The above activities have helped children of cadres, civil servants, and employees of the unit learn more about compassion and sharing for the community.

Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong - Deputy Chief of Office, Chairman of the Trade Union of the National Assembly Delegation and Provincial People's Council

According to Ms. Le Thi Nguyet - Head of the Department of Children and Gender Equality (Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs), this year, the plan to organize a full and warm Mid-Autumn Festival for children has been carefully prepared by all levels of sectors, organizations and schools in the province. However, sharing the losses and pain caused bystorm and floodof the people of the northern provinces and cities, the Provincial People's Committee has issued a directive on organizing the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2024 in the province in accordance with the situation where the whole country is joining hands with the people of the northern provinces to overcome the damage caused by storm No. 3.

Accordingly, the organization of Mid-Autumn Festival activities in 2024 must ensure safety, economy, substance, and no ostentation. The Mid-Autumn Festival program and festival will be brief, without organizing artistic activities, singing and dancing, lion-dragon dances, with the main contents: Reading the President's letter to children on the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival 2024; giving Mid-Autumn gifts to children in special circumstances, children from poor households, near-poor households, children in ethnic minority areas, remote areas, orphans and children affected by natural disasters, storms and floods. Provincial and district-level agencies will not send delegations to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival at the grassroots level, except for agencies and organizations that come to give gifts to support children in special circumstances at local facilities.

Following the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, in recent days, most agencies, units, schools, residential areas, etc. have shortened Mid-Autumn Festival programs or switched to gift giving or not organized at all, and the organization's budget has been transferred to support people in areas affected by storms and floods. Many schools have also organized for students to donate to support their peers who are facing difficulties and losses due to storms and floods.

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This year, the school and the parents’ association agreed not to organize the Mid-Autumn Festival in the classrooms to save money to support flood victims. During recent class hours, my colleagues and I spent time talking to students about the losses and pain caused by storm No. 3 to the people of the northern provinces and cities, sharing stories about the spirit of “the rich help the poor”, etc., so that students could share the spirit of solidarity and sense of responsibility to the community.

Teacher Nguyen Thi Thuy Dieu - homeroom teacher of class 7A16, Ha Huy Tap Secondary School (Vinh city)

In residential areas, instead of jubilantly preparing gifts and giving out prizes like in previous Mid-Autumn Festivals, many places have agreed to allocate this funding to support people in the North to overcome the consequences of natural disasters.

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The inter-family groups agreed to organize a small Mid-Autumn Festival for the children, and the remaining money would be donated to support people in the northern provinces. Not only the parents but also the children were happy and agreed with this decision.

Mr. Tran Ngoc Do - Party Cell Secretary, concurrently Head of the Front Working Committee of Block 7, Nghi Tan Ward (Cua Lo Town)

Warm love

In the context of the whole country turning to the people in the flood-hit areas of the North, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival may not be sparkling, brilliant with lanterns, or full of excitement and bustle, but for disadvantaged children in the whole province, the full moon season is still meaningful because they have received the care and love of the whole community.

Recently, the Nghe An Provincial Children's Support Fund organized the program "Mid-Autumn Festival of Love 2024", giving gifts to 153 disadvantaged children.autism spectrum disorder, disabled and orphaned children at the Nghe An Provincial Children's Support Fund, Niem Tin Early Intervention Center for Special Children, students at the Provincial Center for Education and Vocational Training for the Disabled and SOS Children's Village Vinh.

According to Mr. Phan Sy Hien - Deputy Director of the Provincial Children's Fund, on the occasion of this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the Provincial Children's Fund coordinated with agencies, units and philanthropists to present more than 400 gifts worth more than 190 million VND to children in especially difficult circumstances across the province to give their families more faith in the good things in society and in life; contributing to spreading the message "Sharing love, multiplying happiness".

Districts, cities and towns also have many activities to bring a warm Mid-Autumn Festival to children in difficult circumstances. In Hung Nguyen district - where there are more than 27,800 children, including more than 490 children in special circumstances and nearly 1,790 children at risk of falling into special circumstances, the Party Committee, government and departments, branches and organizations of the district organized to present 70 gifts to children in difficult circumstances in the commune of Hung Yen Bac and Lam Bich Shelter. Communes and towns of the district also have meaningful activities to visit and give gifts, such as the Women's Union of Xuan Lam commune connecting with a business and a volunteer group to present gifts, including moon cakes, rice and school supplies to 15 children in difficult circumstances in the river area; Hung Tan commune Youth Union presented 8 gifts to children in difficult circumstances in the commune...

In Quynh Luu district, the district People's Committee organized a gift-giving program for children in especially difficult circumstances in An Hoa commune, presenting 150 gifts to children in especially difficult circumstances in some localities in the district with a total cost of 125 million VND. Quynh Luu district Youth Union also coordinated with the District Association for the Protection of Children's Rights and the Support of the Disabled and the District Association for the Blind to present 66 Mid-Autumn gifts to children with disabilities and children in especially difficult circumstances in the area with a total cost of 25 million VND.

In Vinh city, the City Youth Union visited and presented 115 Mid-Autumn gifts to children being treated at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, including 20 cash gifts to children in especially difficult circumstances, to encourage their spirit and give them more strength to quickly overcome their illness and recover their health.

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Currently, the whole province has more than 926,000 children, including 13,330 children in special circumstances; nearly 131,844 children at risk of falling into special circumstances and children in other circumstances, including 10,763 children with disabilities of all kinds. Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the occasions when the whole society shows solidarity and care for children in difficult circumstances. It can be seen that, no matter where, how to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, bustling or quiet, new or traditional, the value of Children's Day, Reunion Day will never change when each person understands, knows how to appreciate love, care, and sharing in the community.

Mr. Nguyen Van Nam - Deputy Director of Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs.