Vinh Tan takes good care of the poor and children’s lives

Since early this year, Vinh Tan commune in Tan Uyen district has made efforts in the task of hunger eradication and poverty reduction, including mobilizing organizations and individuals to grant scholarships worth VND14.9mln for 31 pupils, present 453 gifts worth VND42.7mln to other pupils; providing medical check-ups for 450 pupils and eye surgeries for 32 people with a total cost of VND41mln; granting 231 health insurance cards to the poor; teaming up with the local mass organizations to disburse VND260mln in loan for 26 households…

 The commune has also sponsored 3 disadvantaged children with a monthly support of 10kg of rice each; mobilized donors to provide 3 needy people with a monthly allowance of VND650,000 each. With the above efforts, the whole commune has so far had 17 out 42 poor households escaping poverty….

 Reported by Binh Minh-Translated by K.T