Disabled soldiers in Nghe An spend their salary to buy Tet gifts for the poor
(Baonghean.vn) - Every time Tet comes, disabled soldier Nguyen Van Than (80 years old) in Binh Ngo hamlet, Thanh Giang commune (Thanh Chuong - Nghe An) spends a month of his pension to buy gifts for families in difficult circumstances. He has maintained this gesture for the past 10 years.
Mr. Than was a 1/4 disabled veteran, discharged in 1964. After being seriously injured with shrapnel still in his body, he went to study at the Maritime College (Hai Phong), then worked as a captain on a sea transport route and retired.
Returning to his hometown to enjoy his old age, sympathizing with the difficult circumstances of the village, since 2010, every year-end, Mr. Than brings a warm Tet to poor families by taking 1 month of his salary to buy rice and gifts to give to the households.
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| Disabled soldier Nguyen Van Than (left) has spent his salary giving Tet gifts to the poor for a decade. Photo: Diep Phuong |
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Huong - head of Binh Ngo hamlet (Thanh Giang commune), every year, on December 23, at the hamlet hall, Mr. Than often coordinates with the hamlet Front Committee to organize gift giving to households. The number of households receiving gifts ranges from 10 to 15 households. On this occasion of the Lunar New Year, he and his son gave 11 gifts to poor and near-poor households, each gift including 10 kg of rice, 10 kg of sticky rice, 300,000 VND in cash (each gift worth more than 600,000 VND). He also reserved 2 gifts for severely disabled people, each worth 800,000 VND in cash.
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| On the occasion of the Lunar New Year, Mr. Than and his son gave 13 gifts to 13 disadvantaged households in the village with a total value of nearly 10 million VND. Photo: Diep Phuong |
“Having lived more than 55 years in the Party, I have studied and followed the moral example of President Ho Chi Minh, promoting the tradition of 'helping each other'. I have a pension and my children are successful, so I save a little for the poorer people...", disabled soldier Nguyen Van Than confided.
