Campaign: Love agricultural trips

For almost a month Recently, Caritas Dalat carried out the campaign "loving agricultural products trips" towards Saigon with a full heart of charity. Total quantity of goods sent until Currently, it is approximately 100 tons of all kinds of vegetables and fruits.

Who joined hands?

Program received companionship and encouragement from our fathers, monks, volunteers and many others people regardless of age or religion. Everywhere in the diocese, especially in fruit and vegetable production areas such as Don Duong, Duc Trong, Lam Ha, Bao Lam, many parish priests, parishioners and the entire Thien Loc Cistercian order joined hands to respond. These In remote areas such as Da Tong, Dung K'no, Loc Tan, people also go to the forest to harvest picking vegetables, bamboo shoots and contributing what they have in the garden to deliver to Caritas Sai Gon. In Dalat, when learning that the vegetable gardens were being given away for free, the Caritas office calledCalled volunteers including Sisters of Divine Providence and Franciscan Missionaries Our Lady, Our Lady of Mission, Holy Mother of God of Dalat, Caritas Mai Anh parish, Tao parish Tac, a relative of the street group CMT8 and many other young people do not share the same religion go together to harvest, pack and transport. Parish priest Thanh Mau and Mai Anh also agree Actively support and operate in garden introduction, harvesting and logistics stages. It is expected that every week Caritas diocese will continue to send 2-3 shipments with a total volume of around 50 tons.

Also, a lot parishes such as Thanh Mau, Tung Lam, Don Bosco, Tao Tac, Nam Ban... and many other places is still actively collecting and transporting agricultural products to places in need in the Dong Nai, Saigon, Phu Cuong…

In In this meaningful campaign, everyone has agreed up and down as one, many generations, Many different levels of life inside and outside the Church have joined hands to contribute. Don't know the evil virus No matter how loud, but thank God for this is an opportunity to connect with people in the highlands plain people, urban people versus rural people, young people versus old people, teachers This parish with that parish, Priests - monks - monks with parishioners and Catholics and not Catholic. They all act out of love for their fellow human beings! At In the villages, some have bananas, some have bamboo shoots, Bep vegetables, chayote buds, squash, ginger, lemongrass, lemons, chili,... yet there are places that collect 5 tons of all kinds of specialties. The same baby Parents went to cut rubber buds, grandparents brought handfuls of rice to the church to worship forwarded to brothers in Saigon.

Who are the Gifts sent to?

These This shipment of agricultural products was delivered to Caritas Saigon, Caritas Phu Cuong and one several communities in Bien Hoa to distribute to those in need. In addition, these Small orders are also delivered to kitchens of hospitals, religious houses, and charity groups Volunteer to serve the poor, disabled, homeless, and immigrant workers quarantine areas, blockades, quarantine checkpoints, kitchens serving doctors at the hospital Field hospital, supermarket chain 0 VND.

The road is still long…

Stage The road is still long because we don't know when the epidemic situation will stabilize. Caritas Dalat continues this campaign and we appreciate your help garden, fathers, monks, brothers and sisters, and friends of different religions. Mother Teresa of Calcutta said: “One One of the greatest diseases is living without helping anyone", we believe that the activities we are doing are one of the cures for these consequences of the pandemic. May God bless your efforts and contributions each person, each member. These contributions are like small drops of water into a vast ocean of God's love and human love.