Officers and soldiers help me go to school

Wings for the future for poor students

The road leading to Boong village, Chau Nga commune is very familiar to the officers and soldiers of the Quy Chau District Military Command. Here, they have a special adopted child, Vi Thi Hong Yen (born in 2014).

Since birth, Yen has not known her father, she grew up in the arms of her mother and grandmother. 3 years ago, Yen's mother passed away due to serious illness, leaving her with only her grandmother to rely on in extremely difficult and deprived circumstances. After understanding the situation, the Quy Chau District Military Command decided to adopt Yen until she graduated from high school.

Each school year, Yen will receive a financial support of 23.9 million VND. Of this, 2 million VND will be provided to her before the new school year starts to buy school supplies, books, and transportation to school. The remaining 21.9 million VND will be used to support food and monthly allowance.

Along with material support, the staff and soldiers of the Quy Chau District Military Command also always coordinate effectively with teachers to grasp Yen's learning situation, thoughts and feelings to encourage and accompany her in the most effective way.

Thanks to that, Vi Thi Hong Yen has been compensated for some of the deprivation and loss in her life to continue going to school. Currently, Yen is a good student and is very passionate about studying. Along with Yen, the Quy Chau District Military Command also adopted two students with difficult circumstances, Lang Thanh Vinh in Khoang village, Chau Binh commune and Ha Thanh Phong in Hoi 2 village, Chau Hoi commune. In addition, the Committee supports 10 children with difficult circumstances, with a support level of 7.4 million VND/child/year.

Sharing about the activities to support disadvantaged children in the area, Lieutenant Colonel Bui Viet Ha - Deputy Commander of the Military Command of Quy Chau district said that the special thing at the unit is that before the project "Army officers and soldiers help children go to school" was issued, the officers and soldiers also had many exciting and practical activities towards these subjects. Specifically, such as giving bicycles, school supplies, cash and meaningful gifts to serve the daily needs of the children.

These gifts come from the funds saved by officers and soldiers from their salaries and allowances and from socialized sources from agencies, units and businesses in the area.

However, by 2022, when the Provincial Military Command has a specific plan to guide the implementation of the project "Army officers and soldiers help children go to school", activities to support children will be implemented more effectively and synchronously.

Following the instructions, in the past year, the Military Command of Quy Chau district has awarded 121.8 million VND from the Ministry of National Defense's support fund to 2 adopted children and 10 children receiving support in the area. At the same time, actively accompanying the children in life and study. This is considered an important content for the force of officers and soldiers to promote "Studying and following the ideology, morality and style of Ho Chi Minh" according to Directive No. 05-CT/TW in the current period.

In the border area of ​​Ky Son, in order to effectively implement the project, the Party Committee and Military Command of the district have developed a plan, coordinated with local Party committees and authorities, surveyed and selected poor students with especially difficult circumstances to support. Accordingly, in the past year, the unit has received support for 5 students, adopted 1 student and provided support funds to the students with a total value of 60.99 million VND.

Living in the care and protection of officers and soldiers of the Ky Son District Military Command, Hung Thi Thao Nhi (born in 2015), a daughter of the Khmu ethnic group in Hin Peng village, Bao Nam commune, shared: “My mother’s passing is a great loss for me. However, with the care and support from teachers and soldiers, I feel very comforted. This is the support that helps me study with peace of mind and become a good student.”

Thao Nhi's joy is also the common joy of many disadvantaged students in difficult areas of the province in recent times, when receiving support from the project "Army officers and soldiers help children go to school".

Continue to replicate and spread

The project "Army officers and soldiers help children go to school" aims to concretize Resolution No. 88/2019/QH14 dated November 18, 2019 of the National Assembly; Resolution No. 12/NQ-CP dated February 15, 2020 of the Government on "Overall project for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021-2030".

The project is operated with funding drawn from production increase activities; revenue, welfare fund from economic units of the Vietnam People's Army and voluntary contributions from officers and soldiers of the entire army.

Immediately after the project was issued, the Provincial Military Command closely worked with the Military Commands of the districts to coordinate with localities and schools in especially difficult areas, remote areas to survey and select students in need of help.

Up to now, the Provincial Military Command and the district military commands have adopted and supported 109 children in difficult circumstances. Typically, the Quy Hop District Military Command adopted 2 children and supported 26 children; Tuong Duong District Military Command adopted 1 child and supported 8 children; Que Phong District Military Command supported 19 children; Tan Ky District Military Command adopted 10 children...

Not only providing material support, the staff and soldiers also care for, encourage, and orient their careers so that students can strive to study and excel; at the same time, they develop a plan to select, nurture, and train students with good academic achievements to build a source of cadres for the locality with the motto "Sincerity, substance, responsibility, and efficiency".

The project "Army officers and soldiers help children go to school" has contributed to strengthening the solidarity and close bond between the army and the people, further enhancing the image of Uncle Ho's soldiers to the people in the current period.