“The Community Action Award gives us more confidence on the path we have chosen”

One year after being honored at the Human Act Prize 2023, FAS Angel is still committed and dedicated in her journey to contribute to the community.

One year after being honored at the Human Act Prize 2023, FAS Angel is still committed and dedicated in her journey to contribute to the community.

NDO – The 2nd Human Act Prize will officially be relaunched this afternoon, September 23, to continue to honor outstanding projects, ideas, and pioneering marks on a challenging yet meaningful journey towards the community.

We invite readers to join Nhan Dan Newspaper to review the unforgettable impressions of Human Act Prize 2023; as well as listen to the expectations of representatives of the projects that won the award in the first season.

LOOKING BACK AT THE OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAT WERE HONORED

Launched in August 2023, the Human Act Prize is an award to honor and promote community projects, and to recognize organizations, businesses, and individuals who are making efforts to contribute to society. The award is organized by Nhan Dan Newspaper, with the participation of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Ministry of Science and Technology , and the coordination of VCCorp Joint Stock Company.

There were 129 entries submitted to the competition, covering many areas of life, from macro to micro. In addition to projects from individuals and domestic businesses, there are also many projects from international organizations. Many projects have been implemented persistently for decades with high commitment and sustainability. In addition, there are also small but extremely creative projects with great influence and impact. From 35 project entries that entered the final round, the Jury selected the best projects to award.

Projects honored at the Human Act Prize 2023.

In 2023, the awards will be given to the following categories: Community Ideas; Timely Projects; Promising Projects; Enduring Projects; Inspirational Projects; Sustainable Projects; The Human Act Prize category is a landmark, honoring actions that bring positive and sustainable contributions to the community. The Human Act Prize award categories are evaluated based on criteria that ensure impact, sustainability, commitment, creativity and community outreach.

In the most important category, 5 projects were honored including: Project to change the nature of Vietnam's dairy industry on the basis of sustainable development, for community health of TH Group Joint Stock Company; Project to overcome the consequences of post-war bombs and mines in Vietnam of Norwegian People's Aid; Project to connect the power of communities to prevent natural disasters of the Community Fund for Natural Disaster Prevention; Project for a better life of L'Oréal Vietnam; Action program Vinamilk Pathways to Dairy Net Zero of Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company.

Mine clearance girls in the Norwegian People's Aid's Mine Action project.

Meanwhile, the Sustainable Project Award honored 5 projects: GreenPlan of Traphaco Joint Stock Company; Circular Plastic Economy of Unilever; Sustainable Development Fund of Six Senses; Safe House of Song Foundation; Smart Rice Cultivation Adapting to Climate Change in the Mekong Delta of Binh Dien Fertilizer Joint Stock Company. The Inspirational Project category honored the projects: Raising Children, Heart for Children, FAS Angel, Salt Cancer Initiative, LOAN Fund.

In addition, 4 projects won the Sustainable Project award including: Vietnam Grow Up Milk Fund (Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company), Connecting Love with Golden Lotus (Vietnam Airlines), Hope Fund (VNexpress Newspaper and FPT Joint Stock Company), Turn Off the Lights, Turn on Ideas (BOO Trading Joint Stock Company).

Human Act Prize 2023 Final Judging Round.

The promising project category honored 4 projects, including: TokyoLife Angel (IntelLife Joint Stock Company); Moc Chau Child Care; Fly to Sky; Momo Piggy Bank. Two projects in the timely project category include: Charitable Social Platform (MBBank Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank) and 0 VND Tet Mini Supermarket (PNJ Phu Nhuan Jewelry Joint Stock Company).

Finally, the Community Ideas Award category honored 3 projects: Medicine cabinet for children (Genestory Joint Stock Company); Support for cancer patients (Community Medicine Organization); Stories of people from the past (Ethnicity Vietnam).

INCREASE CONNECTION VALUE, UNLEASH RESOURCES FROM THE COMMUNITY

In particular, not only to honor and spread, the Community Action Award was born to accompany, guide and connect all individuals and groups who have, are and will carry on their shoulders the responsibility for the community in their journey; so that all community activities in Vietnam are created transparently, scientifically, effectively and humanely.

Explaining this, Ms. Mai Anh, a member of the Human Act Prize 2023 Jury Board, said: The Human Act Prize aims at many goals, first of all, to help people who are doing good deeds have the opportunity to "tell their stories" and thereby inspire the community.

“Then, through the Human Act Prize, individuals, organizations, and businesses for the community will find common ground, connect, and learn from each other, without any stratification or boundaries. This connection will create community strength, thereby helping to spread kindness even more strongly,” Ms. Mai Anh analyzed.

In fact, it was not necessary to wait until the Gala Awards night for the “connection expectations” to be realized. On the day of the Final Judging for 35 ideas and projects, singer My Tam, a member of the Jury, directly supported 500 million VND for 2 projects, including the Community Fund for Natural Disaster Prevention and FAS Angel.

Singer My Tam has done a lot of charity work as well as community activities, but when she heard about the projects, she felt extremely moved and admired. The singer affirmed: "The Human Act Prize is a very meaningful award, because it promotes humanitarian projects and the progressive development of society."

Meanwhile, Mr. Rama Martín, former chief economist of the World Bank in Vietnam, another member of the Jury, affirmed: The Community Action Award is not only a driving force but also creates long-term development resources for participating projects.

“The Community Action Awards and similar events are a reminder of the importance of people caring for people, people caring for culture and the environment,” said Martín.

Affirming that FAS Angel has been "known and cared for more by the community" after the Human Act Prize 2023, Mr. Pham Quoc Viet - Captain of the FAS Angel First Aid Support Team especially sent his thanks to the Organizing Committee and singer My Tam personally.

“The singer’s 200 million VND sponsorship has helped FAS Angel buy a 04 car named Team Kindness. This car has helped us in the past months to help hundreds of victims and effectively approach the scene of the incidents.”

“The 200 million VND sponsored by the female singer has contributed to helping FAS Angel buy a car 04 named Team Kindness. This car has helped us in the past months to help hundreds of victims, approach the scene of the incidents effectively, more suitable for supporting rescue on narrow roads, saving dozens of lives when the victims were in danger. Once again, we would like to express our gratitude to the program organizers for trusting and spreading the positive values of the team,” said Mr. Viet.

HUMAN ACT PRIZE HELPS US BE MORE CONFIDENT ON THE PATH WE HAVE CHOSEN

Upon learning that the project “Supporting Cancer Patients” was awarded the Community Idea Award at the Human Act Prize 2023, Dr. Pham Nguyen Quy (Kyoto Miniren Central Hospital, Japan), a founding member of Community Medicine, could not hide his joy and emotion. Because the tireless efforts of medical experts - project collaborators, cancer patients and their relatives have been duly recognized.

The Cancer Patient Support Project implemented by Community Medicine was launched with the goal of improving public awareness about cancer, helping patients live the longest with the best quality of life during their treatment journey.

Community Ideas Category (Human Act Prize 2023)

Not only supporting cancer patients across the country, the project has also built community groups to provide accurate medical information, basic knowledge about cancer, and therapeutic exercises to support the health care and recovery process for patients.

“Being recognized with the Human Act Prize is a great encouragement for the collaborators, patients and relatives who have made continuous efforts and worked diligently over the past time to join hands to build and maintain this network,” said Dr. Pham Nguyen Quy.

The doctor also shared that after receiving the Human Act Prize, the project members all felt their responsibility to the community would be greater. Next year, Community Medicine will continue to maintain and expand the Cancer Wisdom courses. The project also hopes to cooperate with interested businesses to open classes to disseminate knowledge and skills to respond to cancer for workers.

Sharing the same view, Mr. Nguyen Duc Long, General Director of GeneStory - the unit receiving the award for the Idea category affirmed: "The Human Act Prize is a motivation to help us be more confident on the path we have chosen."

Looking back on the project's journey, Ms. Nguyen Phuong Quyen - Creative Design Team of Ethnicity Vietnam was very moved when the project was honored at the Human Act Prize 2023. For the whole team, the Award will be a great motivation for project members to continue to expand and perfect the set of ethnic patterns in Vietnam.

Meanwhile, Mr. Le Van Phuc, General Director of Fly to Sky Charity Group - the youngest group honored at Human Act Prize 2023, affirmed: The award is the motivation for young people in the group to continue to dare to do, dare to commit to doing good things, contributing to society.

According to the leader of Fly to Sky, the Award is the motivation for young people in the group to continue to dare to do, dare to commit to doing good things, contributing to society.

FAS Angel Team Leader Pham Quoc Viet happily informed: After being honored as an inspirational project, FAS Angel's coverage has been expanded; thereby building a truly prestigious image for FAS Angel.

“When we go to the localities, people can recognize us just by looking at the color of our shirts. And the community can also see that, in addition to the emergency forces, society has a volunteer group ready to help victims for free and effectively. Through honor programs such as the Human Act Prize, we have been able to spread positive information to the community and receive new, more useful information about reputable organizations.”

Mr. Bui Doan Bach, representative of the Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) Project on Action to Overcome the Consequences of Post-War Bombs and Mines in Vietnam, said: NPA is fortunate that through the Human Act Prize, it has been able to reach more Vietnamese people, providing information and knowledge to improve safety.

Along with that, the employees working at the site, when seeing their image and that of the organization being recognized, is a great source of motivation for the employees to continue the journey of bringing safe land from explosives to their homeland.

The ladies clearing bombs and mines in the sand fields of Quang Tri.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR THE 2024 HUMAN ACT PRIZE "SEASON"

Sharing more with Nhan Dan Newspaper reporters before the new "season" of Human Act Prize, Mr. Phuc excitedly said that after 1 year of being honored, Fly to Sky continues its journey of "devoting and choosing to do good things" for the community.

As an environment that gathers more than 14,000 volunteers to participate in volunteer activities for the community, Fly to Sky has donated nearly 70,000 books, built more than 150 bookcases and libraries for schools and classrooms in mountainous areas; supported more than 30,000 children to access books and stories, and develop reading habits. In addition, the group has helped nearly 20,000 children to use clean water when going to school; regularly taught free of charge to more than 50 children at orphanages; more than 60,000 people have benefited from basic medical equipment to support epidemic prevention and control; more than 41,000 gifts and dozens of tons of goods and necessities have been donated to disadvantaged and vulnerable ethnic minority people through the Group's projects and campaigns.

After the boost from Human Act Prize 2023, Fly to Sky has more motivation and confidence to continue its journey of dedication.

Fortunately, after the "Human Act Prize 2023", Fly To Sky has had strong development. If in September 2023, the group only implemented 27 large and small projects with a total budget of 10 billion VND, by September 22, 2024, the total budget had reached over 15 billion VND. The number of volunteers has also increased sharply, currently the group has attracted more than 14,000 volunteers to participate in volunteer activities for the community. Social impact through many projects such as the White Dove Bookcase Project, Exchange books for trees, Tet Passing Hands Community Campaign - Calling for passing on leftover candy after Tet to give to disadvantaged children at the border, ... has also spread more strongly than in previous years.

In particular, the model of "Exchanging books for trees" has spread widely, collecting 10-20 tons of paper and books of all kinds each year, "passing on" more than 500-700 sets of textbooks and more than 5,000-10,000 books along with many bookcases and community libraries donated to schools in mountainous, remote, border, ethnic minority areas, and social protection facilities, helping thousands of children have books when going to school, contributing to supporting equal education. Along with that, each year the program exchanges thousands of trees and environmentally friendly products.

In particular, the model of "Exchanging books for trees" has spread widely, collecting 10-20 tons of paper and books of all kinds each year, "passing by hand" more than 500-700 sets of textbooks and more than 5,000-10,000 books along with many bookcases and community libraries donated to schools in mountainous, remote, border, ethnic minority areas, and social protection facilities, helping thousands of children have books when going to school, contributing to supporting equal education.

After 6 years of organization, it has attracted more than 33,000 participants and converted more than 85 tons of books and paper. In 2024 alone, nearly 10,000 people participated in supporting the "Exchange books for trees" program in 8 provinces and cities, through which the program received 14 tons of books and paper of all kinds, more than 25,000 clothing products, toys and teddy bears, nearly 20,000 old batteries, 32,000 used bottles/cans/milk cartons and many other products and attracted more than 6,000 volunteers at the program's reception points across the country.

Expressing his hopes for a new Human Act Prize season, Mr. Phuc said: “Personally, I and the young people of Fly to Sky hope that the Human Act Prize 2024 will be able to continue to search for, spread, and honor community-based projects that are creative, create communities, and have a clear impact, not only in the pioneering element as the 2023 theme but also in the orientation for a longer journey, creating for sustainable development. So that the Human Act Prize is not only a place to honor projects but also contributes to promoting projects with the motivation to develop and connect, creating a creative community for the future.”

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh - Director of TokyoLife Angel project of IntelLife Joint Stock Company shared: She herself is very excited to wait for Human Act Prize 2024.

Meanwhile, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh - Director of TokyoLife Angel project of IntelLife Joint Stock Company shared: She herself is very excited to look forward to the Human Act Prize 2024.

“I hope that this year’s Human Act Prize will have many organizations and businesses participating. I also especially hope that there will be more initiatives to create jobs for people with disabilities.”

Last year, like many businesses, Tolkyolife faced many difficulties. However, the Angel project was still maintained to help the disadvantaged. Although it has not grown in number, the project has opened some training courses to improve the working spirit of the less fortunate.

TokyoLife calls the disabled people working at the company “angels”, because they are fully capable of creating great values not only in material but also spiritual terms. Training skills for the disabled is a difficult task, TokyoLife is a pioneer in building a recruitment, training and integration process specifically for this special group of personnel.

Mr. Pham Quoc Viet, Captain of the FAS Angel First Aid Support Team, hopes that the Human Act Prize 2024 will have new prize structures. In addition to collective prizes, attention should also be paid to outstanding individuals.

“There are many people who have not been afraid of difficulties and hardships for many years to build a project. Honoring the project alone is not enough. We should have an award structure for truly outstanding individuals who have contributed to the community. That way, there will be more categories and clearer aspects for the community to look at. Personally, I also hope that this year I will be voted into the category as an inspirational character to continue writing stories, taking inspirational actions to spread more positive things to the community,” said Mr. Viet.

Mr. Bui Doan Bach, representative of the Action Project to Overcome the Consequences of Post-War Bombs and Mines in Vietnam of Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), said: NPA and I personally hope that the Human Act Prize 2024 will continue to honor individuals and groups that are working on humanitarian issues that are not yet known to many people. From there, it will emphasize the importance of community activities, spread the efforts, and connect the activities of different organizations through the award.

“On behalf of NPA Vietnam, I would like to send my best wishes to individuals and organizations participating in the Human Act Prize 2024. NPA Vietnam understands that community work faces many difficulties and hardships, and the Human Act Prize is an opportunity for those efforts to be spread and reach closer to the community, especially the beneficiary communities. Along with that, NPA wishes the Human Act Prize Organizing Committee to continue the success of the past year, and continue to honor the projects that have been and are working hard for the Vietnamese people,” said a representative of NPA Vietnam.

The documentary Pioneering Imprint summarizes the Human Act Prize 2023.

The Human Act Prize is an annual award honoring organizations and individuals who have made significant contributions to the community through prestigious, dedicated, and long-term social projects.

The Human Act Prize 2024 seeks to recognize and honor the spirit of dedication and commitment of individuals and organizations across the country. They are people, regardless of age, status or geographical location, who do not hesitate to take on the mission of building a better and more prosperous community.

The Community Spirit encourages and promotes every effort, no matter how small, from anyone who is not afraid of hardship to create positive and lasting changes for society.

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