China News Service, December 6th. According to Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao, the Singapore Chinese Society Self-Help Council (China Aid Association) will use its reserves to help more low-income families affected by the epidemic and to restore the elderly. More physical activities.
On December 5, local time, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Transport, Senior Minister of State for Transport and Director of China Aid Association Xu Fangda, and Minister of Health and Chairman of the Board of Directors of China Aid Association Wang Yikang under the “Ready to go to school!” plan at the Singapore Sports City Library After distributing family gift packages and school gift packages to low-income families, they shared China Aid’s plan for 2022.
Among them, the China Aid Association expects to allocate 36.4 million yuan (Singapore dollars, the same below) in 2022 to further help low-income families, which is about 8.5% higher than the 33.6 million yuan allocated in 2021.
The CDAC will also gradually resume hosting activities focusing on physical and mental health for the elderly.
Therefore, the CDAC will have to use 2 million yuan from its reserves to fund activities in 2022.
This is the first time the CDAC has used its reserves since 2014.
Xu Fangda said: "Our expenditure during the epidemic has increased because we want to help more families and children. The China Aid Association has increased our assistance program. In 2022, we will continue to provide different assistance programs and increase at the same time. Activities, to allow seniors to participate in different activities under safe conditions to maintain good health and a happy mood."
He explained that the donations received by the China Aid Association have remained stable in the past few years. This time it was purely because the reserves were used to help more families during the epidemic, rather than a long-term arrangement.
Once the situation stabilizes and the number of families in need of assistance decreases, the China Aid Association will continue to contribute to the reserve fund.
It is understood that the "Ready to go to school!" activity held since 2004 has helped low-income families to prepare for the new school year.
In 2021, a total of 17,600 students from 8,800 low-income families will benefit from it, which is 100 families and 200 more students than in 2020.
The total value of the family package in 2021 is 200 yuan, including supermarket and transportation vouchers.
The school gift package contains a gift certificate of school supplies worth 80 yuan.
In order to comply with the safety distance measures, the event will be held at Nanyang Junior College and Singapore Sports City respectively from December 4 to 6, 2021. CDAC only allows one family representative of the beneficiary family to receive the family and attend school at the designated place and time Gift package.
(Wang Kangwei)