Volunteer team helps people transport rice day and night during the epidemic season
(Baonghean.vn) - In order to help farmers harvest crops during the days of social distancing, people in My Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district have established an effective volunteer team.
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| This morning (August 29), the teamvolunteerMy Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) with more than 15 cars and many volunteers went to the fields to help people transport rice home for free. This is the 7th day the team has been out helping local farmers. Photo: Cong Bach |
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| It is known that My Thanh commune is implementing social distancing according to Directive 16.harvestFarmers' crops are facing many difficulties. In that situation, a volunteer team was established to help farmers transport rice from the fields to their homes. Photo: Cong Bach |
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| Mr. Pham Cong Duyen - Volunteer Team Leader said: At first, this model was implemented in My hamlet, it worked quite effectively, so the team decided to spread and expand it to the whole commune. Currently, the team has 35 volunteers, including 16 porters, 17 trucks and tractors. "Farmers only need 1 person to carry the bag to the field. The team's vehicle will go to the field, volunteers will load and transport the rice home completely, free of charge for the people" - Mr. Duyen said. Photo: Cong Bach |
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| The volunteer team has two hotline numbers for people to call to help wherever they are harvesting rice. According to Mr. Duyen, the volunteer team first prioritizes helping families with people in centralized quarantine and home quarantine, poor households, near-poor households, policy families, single people... Photo: Cong Bach |
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| Volunteers with trucks and tractors who join the volunteer team not only contribute their efforts but also pay for gas to operate. Photo: Cong Bach |
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| It is known that My Thanh commune has 12 hamlets with 350 hectares of summer-autumn rice. Up to now, about 2/3 of the fields have been harvested. The volunteer team plans to operate simultaneously in hamlets. Wherever people need help, the team will mobilize forces in that area to participate, and after only 15-20 minutes, the volunteer team members will be present in the fields. Photo: Cong Bach |
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| Due to unfavorable terrain in many fields, trucks carrying rice have to park far from the fields being harvested. Volunteers have to use tractors to lift the rice bundles in the midday sun, loading and unloading rice many times is quite difficult. Photo: Cong Bach |
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| These days, taking advantage of the sunny weather, the volunteer team is working actively, sometimes working all afternoon, sometimes returning home at 8-9 pm. About hundreds of tons of rice from the fields have been carefully transported home by the volunteer team to farmers. Mr. Pham Cong Tuan - Vice Chairman of the People's Council of My Thanh commune said: During this time, the volunteer team is working promptly and actively, bringing practical meaning to farmers, contributing to spreading beautiful gestures and warm human affection during the days of social distancing to prevent and fight the Covid-19 epidemic in the locality. Photo: Cong Bach |
| My Thanh commune volunteer team's achievements in transporting rice to help people. Video: Cong Bach |
