Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
The Buddha of the Poor
More than 26,000 children now have bright (23)…………. faces after receiving free operations. About
173,000 poor people received free treatment to regain their vision, and nearly 3,400 deaf children were given hearing aids. These are part of the (24) …………….. of the Ho Chi Minh Association for Support of
Poor Patients, launched and run by Mr. Nguyen Vinh Nghiep. Mr Nghiep, the former Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, retired in 1992, and (25)……………. his Association two years later.
Together with his former colleagues, Mr Nghiep has (26)……………billions of VND from individual (27)…………….and organizations to support more than a million poor people nationwide through seven major (28)…………….programmes, such as “ For the children’s smile”, “Bringing light
to poor blind people from birth”., “ Sound and Vouce for Deaf and Dumb Children”, : Wheelchairs for people with disabilities and paralysed children”.
The “ Free meals for patients and their relatives” programme has offered over 2.6 million free meals to poor people in 10 hospitals. Mr Nghiep said, “Helping one person to gain their (29)........... means bringing
happiness to him or herself, freeing two or three more people from (30)....................... of the patient, and more
importantly, building (31)............................. for poor patients in society.”
In 2002, Mr Nghiep, (32)..................... “The Buddha of the Poor”, was given the national title of Labor Hero
in the Reneval Process, and his Association received the title in 2005.