Vinamilk donates 10 billion and 1 million glasses of milk to disadvantaged children affected by Covid-19

Representatives of Vinamilk and VTV Digital jointly presented a symbolic plaque of 10 billion VND to the representative of the Vietnam Children's Fund.

Protecting and caring for children from the impact of the pandemic

PandemicCovid-19The recent outbreaks have affected all groups in society, including children. Currently, according to incomplete statistics from provinces and cities, the whole country has nearly 2,500 children who are unfortunately orphaned due to Covid-19. Tens of thousands of children have fallen into difficult circumstances due to the direct impacts of the pandemic. In addition, the pandemic has left many long-term impacts on children such as psychological effects, educational conditions, and interruptions in care, etc.

The first milk boxes were presented by representatives of Vinamilk and the Vietnam Children's Fund to children at Social Protection Center No. 3, Tay Mo, Nam Tu Liem, Hanoi.

With the spirit of not leaving any child behind, through the community campaign "Healthy You, Healthy Vietnam",Vinamilkdonated 10 billion VND to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) to coordinate support for 2 purposes: Supporting funds to buy Covid-19 vaccines for children and Supporting children in special circumstances, affected by the pandemic.

In addition, Vinamilk also donated 1 million glasses of milk to nearly 10,000 disadvantaged children in difficult circumstances through the Vietnam Grow Up Milk Fund, a program that Vinamilk has accompanied with the Vietnam Children's Fund for the past 14 years. This is also Vinamilk's commitment when VTV Digital implemented the "Green Area of ​​Hope" project in phase 2 of the "Healthy You, Healthy Vietnam" campaign with the active response of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

Contribute “green zone of hope” for a healthy Vietnam

Launched during the 4th wave of Covid-19 outbreak, the campaign "Healthy You, Healthy Vietnam"has received a response and spread with meaningful messages and many practical community activities, aiming at caring for and protecting children such as vaccines for children, supporting orphans due to the pandemic, nutritional care for children in difficult circumstances...

“In addition to the efforts to provide vaccines - a necessary shield for everyone, including children, against the epidemic - timely support and care for children at the present time is very necessary. Vinamilk hopes that, in addition to the company's contribution, the spread of love and the community's cooperation in caring for children is the meaningful result that the campaign "Healthy You, Healthy Vietnam" has achieved." -Ms. Bui Thi Huong, Executive Director, representing Vinamilk added.

Many programs have been implemented by Vinamilk to care for and protect children, especially during the 2-year outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The campaign brought the message "healthy people, healthy Vietnam" to nearly 23 million users, recorded nearly 9 million interactions and especially attracted nearly 170,000 participations from the online community.Beyond the framework of a media campaign, “Healthy You, Healthy Vietnam” has become a bridge bringing love and “green areas of hope” from the community to children in special and difficult circumstances due to the pandemic.

Mr. Le Quang Minh, Director of VTV Digital shared about the meaning of the project:“The Green Zone of Hope project was initiated with the desire to encourage the spiritual strength and belief in defeating the epidemic in the community. When each of us is a green spot, there will be more green areas for Vietnam. And thanks to our actions, there will be more “green zones of hope” for children during the pandemic. This is also a very meaningful contribution from the project.”

“During the Covid-19 pandemic, children are the ones who need special attention and action programs to ensure their safety and health. To do this, the cooperation of the whole society is essential. Therefore, we highly appreciate the timely and practical attention from organizations and businesses to care for and protect children. Not only spreading positive messages, healthy and optimistic living, Vinamilk's campaign is also a bridge, bringing the love and care of the community to children in difficult circumstances due to the impact of the pandemic..” –Ms. Nguyen Thi Ha, Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairssaid.

Vinamilk is an enterprise that actively implements programs aimed at children. During the 2 years of the pandemic outbreak, Vinamilk has promoted child care activities such as the Vietnam Grow Up Milk Fund (with 3.4 million glasses of milk equivalent to 25 billion VND in 2020 and 2021); supporting hundreds of thousands of milk boxes for children in concentrated quarantine areas; supporting funding for many cases of heart and eye surgery for children in difficult circumstances... With many activities aimed at the community, Vinamilk has contributed nearly 100 billion VND including cash, nutritional products, medical equipment and many other supports to join hands in fighting the pandemic, for a healthy Vietnam.