200 locals in Hang Kia commune receive free medicine

12/17/2018 - 3:50:21 PM

(HBO) – The youth union of the police of the north-western province of Hoa Binh worked with the provincial Red Cross Society and the Hanoi Police Hospital to organise a winter voluntary programme in the communes of Hang Kia and Pa Co of Mai Chau district. More than 100 officials and members from chapters of the youth union of provincial police and Mai Chau police participated in the programme.

Volunteers provide medical checkups, consultations and free medicine for locals of Hang Kia commune.

It was part of the activities to respond to the voluntary programme in winter 2018 and spring 2019 of the youths of the provincial police, aiming to bolster solidarity and spirit of young people towards disadvantaged people in the locality, thus creating a friendly image of the force among local residents.

A number of activities took place in the event, including a ceremony to present scholarships to 10 poor students with outstanding academic results in Hang Kia and Po Co communes.

Participants also received information on traffic regulations, drug crime prevention, and surrender of weapons and explosives.

In addition, stationery was handed over to 200 students of Boarding Junior High School B for ethnic students in Mai Chau district. Members of the youth union were encouraged to contribute working days for the family of martyr Sung A Tru.

Furthermore, as many as 200 Mong ethnic people in Hang Kia commune received medical examination, healthcare consultancy, free medicine and gifts totalling more than 50 million VND (about 2,155 USD)./.

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