On December 21, 2025, speaking with a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, Ms. Hoang Thi Lan - Vice Principal of Mai Son Kindergarten, Nhon Mai Commune, Nghe An Province said that the school had just received a funding from the Nghe An nursery program to pay for food for children in October and November 2025.
According to Ms. Lan, the above amount corresponds to 42 students supported by the program, while the number of students in need of support and in fact, the school has implemented daily lunches of more than 100 students.
Along with food money, the program also supported 42 warm coats corresponding to 42 children with codes. The school is expected to distribute these shirts to the children early next week.
"The school has received enough money, documents and documents. The warm coats are available, this Monday (December 22, 2025), we will organize a distribution to the children," Ms. Lan informed.
Previously, in October and November 2025, implementing the Nghe An nursery Project program, Mai Son Kindergarten cooked lunch for more than 100 students. Due to the program's slow payment, all school meal implementation costs must be advance from suppliers.
According to the Vice Principal of Mai Son Kindergarten, the Provincial Police have worked with relevant schools to review and verify the implementation of support policies, to ensure the rights of students and transparency in the implementation process.
Previously, as reported by Lao Dong Newspaper, there were many complaints in Nghe An province regarding the Nghe An nursery charity project about the delay in paying meals to schools, financial revenue and expenditure being non-transparent and not reporting to the locality and the education sector. Some benefactors said they could not contact the project operator and had sent a petition to the authorities requesting verification and clarification.
Currently, the authorities are continuing to review and verify the relevant feedback to clarify the responsibilities of the parties and ensure the rights of students receiving support programs.
According to an introduction on media channels, the Nourishing Children charity project in Nghe An has been implemented since 2019, with the goal of supporting boarding meals for students in mountainous areas and areas with special difficulties.
The project was initiated by Ms. Do Thi Nga, who introduced herself as the Head of the Standing Committee of the National Volunteer Network of the Central region - National Volunteer Center.
The commonly advertised contribution level is from 1.5 to nearly 2 million VND for each student in a school year. According to the reflection of the group of benefactors, at Muong Ai, Nam Can, Luong Minh, Nhon Mai, Xa Luong schools... in Nghe An province alone, 241 students were adopted by 61 benefactors, with a donation of more than 514 million VND. If calculated over many years, the number is said to be very much larger.
However, since October 15, 2025, many benefactors have said they have not been able to contact Ms. Do Thi Nga to compare their revenues and expenses. Upset by the project's silence, they sent a petition to the authorities of Nghe An province, requesting clarification on the management and use of the fund.
The Office of the Investigation Police Agency of Nghe An Province Police said that it has transferred the complaints of the benefactors to the Criminal Police Department for consideration and settlement according to its authority.
