The 4th outbreak of COVID-19 has turned social life upside down in Hanoi as well as in many provinces and cities across the country. Sympathizing and sharing with those difficulties, the Youth Union, Women's Union, Mobile Police Regiment Trade Union and Hanoi City Police Department of Fire Prevention and Rescue cooperated with a number of units such as the Heart Connection Fund. ; AVI Foundation, Integration page - E-journal of Culture and Development... cooperated to give gifts to disadvantaged people in Xuan Dinh ward, Bac Tu Liem.

Specifically, with the support of the Youth Union, the Women's Union, the Red Cross Society of Xuan Dinh ward, more than 100 gifts, each of which includes rice; instant noodle; egg; fresh vegetables, etc., were given to poor workers and university students who were still stuck in Xuan Dinh ward.

Dang Ngoc Thanh, who is one of the students in Xuan Dinh ward, can't go back to her hometown because Hanoi has implemented social distancing to ensure epidemic prevention. She said that there are many students renting accommodation like me who cannot return to their hometown and also do not know what to do to overcome the difficulties in the city during the quarantine days without the help of the community.

Receiving the support of sponsors, Thanh touchedly shared:  “I would like to thank everyone, to the Mobile Police Regiment and the Hanoi City Police Department of Fire Prevention and Rescue. These gifts are small to us, but they mean a lot when students like us are stuck in Hanoi during the recent quarantine period."

Ms. Nguyen Thi Huyen (31 years old, living in Dan Phuong) working as a garbage collector could not hold back her emotions when she received the gift because she had lost her job for more than 20 days, had no income, no relatives around, Life is very difficult and chaotic in the countryside. She thanked the benefactors for timely support to help her feel secure in implementing social distancing.

Notably, in the process of distributing gifts to disadvantaged people, the volunteer group received information that 17 foreign workers who are construction workers had been stuck at Lane 172 Xuan Dinh for many days and despite being Support from unions is still very difficult when they have to live alone in an unfinished construction project and have small children with them. The volunteer group approached immediately and promptly visited, shared and gave encouragement gifts.

Inside the unfinished construction project, which was littered with construction materials and almost no utensils for daily life, Tran Thi Mai (from Thai Nguyen) and 6 other workers from Thanh Hoa were stuck in the village. here from 24/7. She shared with emotion:  “The ward has also supported us with 1 oats of rice, but our life is very difficult right now. Like this, for many days to come, we won't have to worry about essential food, the difficulties will be eased and it will be very heartwarming for temporary residents in the area like us."

In addition, there are many, many other touching stories about humanity in difficult times, about the difficult circumstances of poor workers outside the province, university students stuck in the area. . Small gifts do not carry much material value, but to them there is a deep humanity in them, especially in the context of complicated epidemics everywhere.

In addition to completing the assigned tasks at the checkpoints, "steel roses" such as mobile policewoman Luong Thi Thu, female fire police officer Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan, etc. have contributed to providing gifts and encouragement. The number of people in charge of anti-epidemic tasks at 23 key posts and difficult situations in the capital area.

Previously, hundreds of gifts and food were given to poor workers and vulnerable people in districts such as Ba Dinh, Hoang Mai, and Thach That. At the same time, the units also directly gave gifts to encourage the forces on the front lines to fight the epidemic in Cong Hoa commune (Quoc Oai) and 23 key posts at the gateways to the city.

Source:  Specialized video site – electronic magazine Legal messenger

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