Oct 17, 2015 marks China’s second poverty alleviation day. The China Population Welfare Foundation held a donation ceremony in Beijing on Oct 19 under the guidance of the National Health and Family Planning Commission. Wang Pei’an, vice minister of the commission and other officials attended the ceremony, and He Jinguo, ombudsman of the commission’s finance department, delivered a speech.
In 2013, NHFPC commissioned the foundation to carry out charity work in the Lvliang Mountain area, offering assistance, medical subsidies and pension service for needy families. It also offered free treatment for children with congenital heart disease. Community-level doctor training was carried out, medical equipment was sent, and funds received more social support thanks to the program. More than 90 million yuan was put in over the past two years. The program assisted 896 people with critical diseases and gave medical subsidies to an additional 1,375. A total of 1,285 clinicians were sent to support seven medical institutes in poor counties, bringing benefits to roughly 24,174 people.
Officials from NHFPC and medical bodies in Shanxi, Jilin, Henan, Sichuan and Shaanxi also attended.
The World Family Organization was founded in Europe in 1947 and headquartered in Paris.
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