Free portraits presented to disadvantaged children

03:12, 09/12/2013

(ĐN)- 578 free photographs were taken of and presented to 500 poor children and orphans at the Help-Portrait Vietnam 2013 charitable event taking place on December 7 in Bien Hoa city.

(ĐN)- 578 free photographs were taken of and presented to 500 poor children and orphans at the Help-Portrait Vietnam 2013 charitable event taking place on December 7 in Bien Hoa city.

The event also took place in the other 10 provinces and cities including Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Thua Thien- Hue, Ha Giang, Khanh Hoa, Can Tho, Lam Dong and Binh Thuan.

On the day, more than 1,100 volunteer photographers, hair stylists and makeup artists worked together to take and present over 9,000 portraits to people living in difficult circumstances and unable to afford a camera to keep a photographic record of their life.

Part of Help-Portrait Worldwide, the activity was jointly run by the Vietnam Youth Federation, Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper, the Canon Marketing Vietnam Company Limited, Intel Vietnam and the Mekong Communications Corporation.

This is the fourth time the event has been organised in Vietnam.

Some pictures at the charitable event:

 

 

Reported by H.D