Nearly VND38 bil raised for the poor

10:05, 04/05/2012

(ĐN)- Since the beginning of the year, Dong Nai Fatherland Front Committee raised approximately VND38 billion to help local poor people.

(ĐN)- Since the beginning of the year, Dong Nai Fatherland Front Committee raised approximately VND38 billion to help local poor people.

In particular, the front and organizations built and handed over 134 charity houses worth more than VND3.1 billion for households with difficult circumstances, awarded 818 scholarships to studious poor students, provided preferential loans totaling over VND34 billion to poor members and students.

Also, the front cooperated with hospitals to offer free medical check-ups and medicines to underprivileged patients, presented gifts and wheelchairs to disadvantaged people.

Reported by D.An