Understanding the difficulties and damages that the people in the Central region are suffering because of floods and storms, The PAN Group organized the CSR program “Towards the Central region” to support local people. The program happened from October 30 to November 1 with the participation of the whole group, its member companies, SSI Securities JSC and Co Son volunteer group. The program is part of a big plan to support people in the Central region to overcome difficulties and overcome consequences of natural disasters.

The three provinces receiving support include Quang Tri, Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue, in which many places were considered "hot spots" during the last flood such as: 8 villages of Dai Lanh commune, Da Loc district - deep flood point of Quang Nam province, Phong Hoa commune, Phong Dien district, Thua Thien Hue - the flood site for nearly 2 weeks. Phong Dien is where the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant located and has many tragedies happened in October.

The program "Towards the Central" is divided into two phases with phase 1 providing emergency assistance to areas suffered severely damaged by floods. Phase 2 will deploy relief and recovery activities to support localities in rebuilding schools, hospitals, damaged roads and reinforcing houses which will help them to settle down quickly after the floods. The program has a total budget of more than 2.5 billion VND. During 3 days from 30th Oct to 1st Nov, The PAN Group along with all member companies including Vinaseed, VFC, Fimex VN, Bibica, PAN CG, Lafooco, 584 Nha Trang, Huro Probiotics, SHIN Ca coffee, its partners SSI Securities and Co Son volunteer group gave 2,500 gifts to people in the provinces. Each gift set includes basic necessities such as rice, fish sauce, cooking oil, cake, blanket, sterilization equipments  to clean the living environment to prevent epidemics after floods.

Mr. Le Tan Hanh, 55 years old (Dai Lanh commune, Dai Loc district, Quang Nam province) said Dai Lanh is in the “high risk” flood area. It had to suffer from more than 5 floods in the last month, causing damage to local people’s properties. Every flood season, the area is flooded with water up to 1-2 meters, causing many difficulties for people to settle down after that. I and people in the communue are very grateful to your supports, we will try to overcome difficulties, to get better.

Meanwhile, Ms. Le Thi Trang (Dai Lanh commune, Dai Loc district, Quang Nam province), who received support from the program, confided: "For nearly a month, my family has not made any money, There were 4-5 floods, animals and vegetables, the family's biggest property, all were damaged. The gifts whether big or small, is meaningful to my family, empowered my family and other affected households to overcome the difficulties and settle down quickly… "

Not only providing material support, the program "Towards the Central" was quickly planned and implemented by The PAN Group during the toughest days with the participation of its staffs from North to South. In particular, the Group's member companies with branches in the affected provinces play an important role in connecting with local authorities and people, ensuring relief goods are delivered to people in need. With the consensus of nearly 10,000 staffs across the country, the PAN Group is determined to work together with the people in the Central region to overcome consequences of natural disasters, restore livelihoods, and reconstruct the environment not only in the short term but also in the long term.

Trucks carrying basic necessities of The PAN Group on the journey toward the central region - where heavy losses are caused by floods and storms

2,500 gifts including basic necessities such as rice, fish sauce, cooking oil, cakes ... are delivered to the people in need

The delegation gives gifts to local people in flooded areas in the framework of the program "Towards the Central"