STAND TALL VIETNAM MILK FUND: ASPIRING FOR AN ALWAYS-RISING VIETNAM
Over the last 6 years, the Stand Tall Vietnam Milk Fund has journed to many disadvantaged regions all over the country to help provide children with the opportunity to drink milk frequently to develop both physically and intellectually.
THE ENDURING JOURNEY THROUGH 6 YEARS
The Milk Fund has reached more than 307,000 disadvantaged children in Vietnam,
and donated nearly 22 million glasses of milk, or about 83 billion VND
and donated nearly 22 million glasses of milk, or about 83 billion VND
Ms. Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân – Member of Politburo, Deputy Chairman of National Assembly
gave milk to disadvantaged children in Phu Tho Province
Established in 2008 under the chairmanship of the National Fund for Children of Vietnam - Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, and also with the support of Vinamilk, the Stand Tall Vietnam Milk Fund reaches children in difficult circumstances all over the country through a seemingly simple but very practical action: providing out glasses of nutritious milk to assist in their development.
Since its inception, the Milk Fund has reached more than 307,000 children in Vietnam, donated nearly 22 million cups of milk, equivalently 83 billion VND. This significant campaign has been held throughout 63 provinces—even remote highland areas or solitary islands.
During the journey, the Milk Fund visited remote areas to meet and provide milk directly to children who are in difficult circumstances but are still pursuing their education. Many children from poor families do not have enough money to eat breakfast—sometimes they have food, sometimes they don’t—but they still go to school to learn. There are even students who never drink milk because they don’t even have rice, and instead will often eat food fillers or go without food while at school.
Ms. Bùi Thị Hương – Managing Director of Vinamilk hands milk to children in Quang Binh Province
Ms. Bùi Thị Hương – Managing Director of Vinamilk donated the milk to the children
in Quang Binh Province through Children Fund of Quang Binh
This is one of reasons that Vinamilk decided to work with Stand Tall
Vietnam Milk Fund from the program’s inception. Over the last 6 years, Vinamilk
has demonstrated their business’s social responsibility by helping children to
overcome their daily difficulties to go to school, and to improve their
physical condition. Additionally, thisd humane program foster the dream that
"All Vietnamese children will be able to drink milk everyday”. Without any
fancy activities, but wherever Stand Tall Vietnam Milk Fund came to, it brought
exciting spirits to the children.
22 MILLION CUPS OF MILK FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
In 2014, despite volatile and difficult economic times, Vinamilk has continued to support the Milk Fund, providing milk to the value of 8 billion VND , up 33% compared to 2013 and bringing the total value of the Milk Fund to 83 billion VND – equivalent to 22 billion cups of milk. This whole milk will be delivered over the course of 3 months by the National Fund for Children of Vietnam to orphanages and centers for people with disabilities, social protection centers, nurseries and elementary schools in remote areas throughout 64 provinces across the country.
Executive
Committee’s representatives of the Milk Fund
award milk to disadvantaged children at Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang Province
award milk to disadvantaged children at Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang Province
Children
express happiness when receiving milk at Co To Island District, Quang Ninh
Province
"We have recently organized the program of providing milk to children in need at Co To Island District (Quang Ninh), Ba Tri (Ben Tre), and Quang Tri Province on the occasion of Patriotic Martyr Day, July 27th. In the near future, we will continue to work with these programs to assist children in Vietnam to develop both physically and mentally, for an always rising Vietnam. Another equally important mission is that we need to build a national school milk program to create chance for the children to have totaldevelopment, in order to contribute to the bigger vision of development of high quality human resources for our country industrialization and modernization journey" – said Ms.Bui Thi Huong – CEO of Vinamilk.
The program now has the participation of many goodwill artist and celebrity ambassador such as actor Xuan Bac, Miss Vietnam Huong Giang, and comedian Tu Long. These people help to broadly promote the meaning of the program to young people, and to urge others to help hundreds of thousands of children to have the opportunity to drink milk, improving their physical and mental condition.
Source: Thanhnien