Support and help the poor celebrate the Lunar New Year 2016

(Baonghean.vn) - On December 4, 2015, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Ho Duc Phoc sent a letter calling for "Support and help for the poor to celebrate the Lunar New Year 2016" to Party committees, authorities, organizations, enterprises, businessmen, cadres and party members.

The letter reads as follows:

In recent years, with the special attention of the Party and State, the efforts of the Party Committee and people of the province, the active support of businesses, organizations and individuals, the poverty reduction work of our province has achieved many positive results, the poverty rate in 2015 decreased from 10.28% to 7.5%.

However, currently, our province still has 58,200 poor households, including many cases of homeless elderly people, lonely poor people, poor patients, and families in especially difficult circumstances who are in dire need of attention and help from Party committees, authorities, the Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, and kind-hearted people.

Agencies and businesses hand over registrations to support Tet for the poor in 2015 (Photo courtesy).

In recent times, organizations and individuals have promoted the nation's cultural traditions, the spirit of humanity, solidarity, sharing difficulties, and helping the poor in Nghe An province. Such acts demonstrate the morality, responsibility, and golden hearts of organizations and individuals. The Party Committee and people of the province are grateful for these noble acts.

To make Tet Binh Than 2016 truly a Tet for the poor, so that everyone and every family can have Tet, in addition to the State's support and attention; to have more resources to help the poor enjoy the spring and celebrate Tet, and overcome difficulties in life, I earnestly propose:

- Cadres, party members, soldiers, armed forces of the province, each person has a noble act to help the poor, towards poor hamlets, poor communes. Each person chooses a specific address to visit, encourage, give gifts, share difficulties with poor households, poor people, people in difficult circumstances, families of war invalids and martyrs.

- Agencies, units, businesses, and philanthropists inside and outside the province should save on spending and support (through the Fatherland Front at all levels or directly organize visits, give gifts, and send gifts), helping the poor have a joyful and happy Tet and welcome spring; especially organizations and units that are receiving help from poor communes should proactively visit, share, and give gifts to the poor before December 10, 2015 (lunar calendar), and complete the program and plan to support poor communes at the beginning of the year.

- The Provincial Fatherland Front coordinated with the Provincial Radio and Television Station to organize a live television program "Tet for the Poor" to receive support and assistance from organizations, businesses and individuals for poor households in the province.

We sincerely thank and look forward to receiving positive and practical responses from organizations, individuals, comrades and compatriots.

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee

Ho Duc Phuc