Creating all conditions for children to develop comprehensively

"Children are like buds on a branch/Knowing to eat and sleep, knowing how to study is good" are two verses containing Uncle Ho's love for children. Immersed in his teachings, over the past years, all-level Party committees and authorities in the province have focused on directing and mobilizing the whole political system and community to participate in child protection, care and education activities, creating all conditions for children’s comprehensive development.

Nurturing aspiration

Along with the delegation to implement the program "Nurturing aspiration" organized by provincial Children's Support Fund in collaboration with some units, we visited and gave gifts for the family of Nguyen Minh Khang (born in 2022), living in Thuan An city’s Binh Chuan ward. Minh Khang was born with a congenital heart disease, had the first heart surgery at 1 month old. At present, the baby's condition is getting worse. He is often tired and the doctor appoints a second surgery, due to the narrowness of the arterial outlet. All expenses for living and medical treatment of Khang depend on his father's income. Currently, his family is facing many difficulties, due to the high cost of Khang's surgery and treatment.

Many children with difficult circumstances have been supported by the program "Nurturing aspiration"

After visiting and encouraging, provincial Children's Support Fund gave Nguyen Minh Khang's family an amount of VND 20 million. Sunny Korea Foundation (Korea's non-profit humanitarian aid organization) also supported VND 30 million for him to get the second heart surgery, along with many other gifts given by donors and the locality, with the desire to partially share difficulties with his family.

Nguyen Tan Trieu, Director of provincial Children's Support Fund said that the program was a bridge between kind hearts to share and help children with extremely difficult circumstances in life. Hopefully, this will be a source of encouragement for families to overcome difficulties and stabilize their lives. With the cooperation of all-level authorities, sectors and organizations at home and abroad, many children with difficult circumstances in the province have been cared for and lived in the love and care of the whole society.

Over the past years, along with promoting socio-economic development, all-level authorities and sectors in the province have implemented many practical activities taking care of children, especially those with extremely difficult circumstances, creating favorable conditions in all aspects for children to develop comprehensively…Every year, departments, mass organizations and localities allocate funds in combination with mobilization for socialization to take care of poor children, those with extremely difficult circumstances. The province has mobilized and called on organizations and individuals to support resources for the local Children's Support Funds at all levels to build welfare works for children such as equipping playgrounds; giving gifts and scholarships for poor children, ethnic minority children, children with extremely difficult circumstances; giving heart surgery support...

Efforts to take care

Nguyen Ngoc Hang, Deputy Director of provincial Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (DoLISA) said that the protection and care of children are always concerned by the province. Provincial DoLISA has advised provincial People's Committee on promulgating and directing localities to implement the province's child care and protection programs for the period of 2021-2030 and plans to implementation the annual programs, namely the Program to build communes, wards and townships suitable to children; the Action Program for children; the Program on prevention and control of accidents and injuries among children …

Child care activities are carried out throughout the year, especially during the peak of the Action Month for Children (June 1 and June 30 each year). In 2023, the province will organize specific activities such as the Action Month for Children in 2023 with the theme of "Joining hands to reduce child harms". Provincial DoLISA has advised provincial People's Committee on organizing a ceremony to launch the Action Month for Children, a ceremony to open the 2023 summer activities and the 7th "Children's Festival, June 1" of the province in Dau Tieng district. The province has also strengthened communication work on mass media and social media; organized provincial-level communication campaigns to propagandize guidelines and policies on child protection and care; posted the media messages and slogans of the Action Month for Children.

“In the coming time, in order to build a safe, friendly and healthy living environment and better implement the rights of children, provincial DoLISA will continue directing and deploying programs on child protection and care for the 2021-2030 period among towns and cities while strengthening inter-sectoral coordination in performing the task of protecting and taking care of children; organizing the inspection and examination of the implementation of legal policies for children, prevention of violence and abuse in children at social protection facilities and in the community", added Mrs. Hang.

Investing in children is the investment for development, also the most effective invesment for the sustainable future of the locality and the country. Therefore, the protection, care and education of children are always concerned by localities in the province, creating the best conditions for them to study, cultivate and practice well, becoming good children, good students, deserving to be "Uncle Ho's good children". Effectively protecting, caring, and educating children is also to build up high-quality human resources for the cause of protecting and building the country in the future.

Reported by Hong Phuong-Translated by Kim Tin