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Sen Vang foundation supports flood victims in Quang Tri province. (Photo: VNA)
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Speaking at the event, Ms. Duong Thi Bich Ngoc, Chairwoman of Sen Vang, reviewed the operation of the foundation over the past 10 years, thanked and appreciated the benefactors, businesses and individuals who have companied with the foundation.
The initiative that each member contributes 10 EUR monthly in support of the poor has been formed, stressing the foundation has raised nearly 600,000 EUR over the past 10 years, of which over 210,000 EUR was mobilised within three years when the COVID-19 pandemic was raging, Ms. Ngoc shared with the correspondent of the Vietnam News Agency.
Over the past ten years, the foundation has built 20 houses, 16 rural bridges, three schools, one canteen, and one playground, presented thousands of wheelchairs to individuals in Vietnam, and adopted five orphans in the homeland after the pandemic.
In Germany, amid the pandemic outbreak, it called for efforts in making masks and gloves, and cooking meals for frontline doctors and nurses, as well as supported flood victims
At the event, Mr. Chu Tuan Duc, Minister Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany, highlighted the specific and practical activities of the foundation over the past ten years.
On this occasion, he presented certificates of merit from the Vietnamese Embassy to the foundation and five individuals for their outstanding contributions to its operation./.