Winter volunteer program launched
(VOV) - The Vietnam Youth Federation’s Central Committee, in coordination with the Ha Giang administration, launched the 2012 Winter Volunteer Program in Yen Minh district, Ha Giang province on November 17.
The initiative, themed “Youth for Social Welfare”, aims to provide free health check-ups and treatment to 50,000 disadvantaged people and residents living in disaster-prone areas. It will involve mobilising members of the Youth Federation for blood donations and building “affectionate houses” for the poor.
The Vietnam Youth Federation’s Central Committee used the launching ceremony to announce 30 scholarships worth VND1 million each recently granted to poor pupils and the beginning of construction on 2 affectionate houses worth VND30 million each for the families of war martyrs.
The Central Committee also said health check-ups and treatment had been provided to 500 people in Yen Minh district, highlighting the 210 elderly patients who received eye surgery.
Organisers presented additional gifts to 10 families of war invalids and martyrs’and pupils two day-boarding schools in the province.