Soldiers contributed their salaries and labor to help people demolish thatched houses.

(Baonghean.vn) - Tam Hop Border Guard Station (Nghe An) mobilized officers and soldiers to voluntarily contribute their salaries and labor to support 5 poor households in the area to remove dilapidated thatched houses.

The wooden house of Mr. Xong Ba Tu's family in Pha Lom village, Tam Hop commune, Tuong Duong district is in the process of completion. The house that he and his wife have dreamed of for 5 years is about to come true with the help of Nghe An Border Guard.

Tu's family is completing the house with the help of border guards. Photo: Hai Thuong

Mr. Tu shared: "My husband and I have prepared materials, but due to difficult circumstances, there is not enough to build a house. Thanks to the Border Guard's support of funding and labor, the family was able to build a house like this."

10 km away from Tu’s village, we visited Ha Thi Thuy’s family in Xop Nam village (Tam Hop commune, Tuong Duong district). After more than 10 years of saving, Thuy and her husband were able to build a house.

Tam Hop Border Guard Station supported her family with 10 million VND to buy roofing sheets and funds to pour concrete on the house floor. Now, her family lives in a house that is closed above and durable below, designed according to the customs of the highland people.

Excited about the support from the Border Guard, Ms. Thuy said: "A year ago, our family received support from the Army with a breeding cow so that the family had capital for production. Now, our family is receiving financial support from the Border Guard to complete the house. With breeding cows and a new house, the family feels very secure. Now, we only focus on doing business and developing the family economy."

Ms. Ha Thi Thuy's house has just been completed and put into use. Photo: Hai Thuong

In recent years, responding to the movement of joining hands for the poor in the border areas, the provincial Border Guard has mobilized officers and soldiers to voluntarily contribute funds to buy and donate 7 breeding cows, 62 goats, renovate and repair 8 houses for poor households, and give 5 savings books to poor and lonely people in Tam Hop commune.

In 2017 alone, Tam Hop Border Guard Station mobilized officers and soldiers of the unit to voluntarily contribute their salaries and efforts to support 5 poor households in the area, each household receiving 10 million VND to demolish their dilapidated thatched houses.

Along with that, 835 officers and soldiers were sent to work on 4.7 km of internal roads, build 3.5 km of new concrete roads; help people clear the irrigation canal system; reclaim 4.5 hectares of rice land and 5.2 hectares of corn land.

At the same time, initial investment support of 22.5 million VND was provided to 12 households to buy hybrid rice and corn seeds as a model for replication in the whole commune, and a livestock development model was developed for households in the area. 129 black pigs were raised in the villages; 20 households participated in the model of raising 800 ducks, and instructions on livestock and crop techniques and disease prevention and control were provided to households that were supported with seedlings and animals.

Border guards visit each household wishing to escape poverty to find ways to help. Photo: Hai Thuong

Captain Gia Ba Song - Head of the mass mobilization team of Tam Hop Border Guard Station - Nghe An Border Guard said: To invest in seed sources and select the right households, the Border Guard Station and the local authorities of Tam Hop commune went to each household to select families who wish to escape poverty and have labor, to support with funds and efforts of the brothers to help people eliminate hunger and reduce poverty...

Hai Thuong