Oxfam, foreign embassies offer hand to pandemic-hit migrant workers
VOV.VN - Oxfam in Vietnam, a non-governmental organisation, along with the Embassies of New Zealand and Switzerland, announced on October 5 a humanitarian aid package worth approximately US$57,000 to help migrant workers in Ho Chi Minh City get over difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the final quarter of the year, more than 700 disadvantaged and vulnerable workers, especially women in some of the worst-hit districts of the southern hub, will each receive VND1.5 million in cash to help them to purchase necessities such as food and medicine.
Oxfam’s partners, including the Disability Research and Capacity Development (DRD) and the Centre for Social Work – Community Development Research and Consultancy (SDRC), will closely join hands with organisations and local authorities as they hand over aid to various beneficiaries.
The aid package was built based on an evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers in Ho Chi Minh City and compiled by Oxfam along with its two partners in August.
Joseph Mayhew, Chargé d'Affaires of the New Zealand Embassy, affirmed that the aid package serves as proof of the close-knit partnership that exists between New Zealand and the nation.
Most notably, over 3,000 women across the country impacted by COVID-19 received support via the New Zealand Head of Mission Fund over the past year, he added.
Vanessa Di Giorgi from the Swiss Embassy affirmed Switzerland’s readiness to stand alongside Vietnam as it pushes the pandemic back.
This comes after Switzerland had previously provided medical supplies valued at US$5.5 million in support of the nation’s COVID-19 fight.