Sharing difficulties by "The porridge pot of affection"

Over the past four years, regardless of rain or shine, at about 7pm every day, Ms. Trinh Thi Thu Kim,Lam Loc Nam village, Tinh Ha commune, stops her housework to join the club “The porridge pot of affection” to prepare ingredients such as vegetables, fruits and legumes forcharitable porridge which will be served early next morning. For many women here, this is a meaningful humanitarian action of Tinh Ha commune Women’s Union towards the community. Each portion of porridge is imbrued with affection of the people joining hands to make it.

Ms. Trinh Thi Thu Kim said: "I am really happy to participate in this club. I think it is very meaningful to display our affection to people in sickness, thus we are very eager for the day of cooking charitable porridge. We happily gather and work so that the porridge could be distributed to each patient in the following morning."

Every 8^th and 18^th of the month in the lunar calendar, the club members transport pots of hot porridge to the Traditional Medicine Hospital, Tuberculosis and Lung Hospital, Mental Hospital, General Hospital of Son Tinh district and distribute porridge to patients there. The bowls of porridge not o­nly is a financial support for poor patients but also warms up their hearts when they feel the affection from the society.

Mr. Nguyen Di in Tinh Tho commune, Son Tinh district, 82 years old, who has high blood pressure and should have regular treatment at the General Hospital of Son Tinh district expressed his emotion: "In difficulties, especially when being sick, I feel very happy and warm receiving these full-of-affection porridge bowls."

Since its establishment in 2010, the club "The porridge pot of affection" of Tinh Ha commune has had 30 woman members and volunteers. They have contributed not o­nly their labor and time but also their money. Especially, in order to involve more people in contributing to charitable works, the commune Women's Union put charity boxes at rice milling stations so that people who come can drop some rice or money in the boxes.. From 2015 to date, over VDN 150 million and nearly 400 kilograms of rice have been raised and spent for over 4,500 turns of patients in the province.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoang Dieu - Chairwoman of the Club shared: "A small bowl of porridge is the sharing of thousands of hearts towards patients at hospital. We are very pleased and happy to do something useful and encouraging for the community. "