Farmers spend their own money to build volleyball courts for their neighbors.

(Baonghean.vn) - AtIn Phan Dang Luu hamlet, Nam Thanh commune (Yen Thanh), there is a farmer family.voluntarily spent more than 10 million VND to build a volleyball court for the villagers.

That is the family of farmer couple Nguyen Duy Tan and Phan Thi Huong. The life of Mr. Tan and Ms. Huong's family depends mainly on a few fields of rice, their 3 children are all of school age. Compared to many households in the village, their family's economy is average. However, recently, they decided to spend more than 10 million VND to build a volleyball court for the village.

Mr. Tan said: “We live opposite the village cultural house, every afternoon people gather here to play sports. The village volleyball movement is very strong, I myself also love playing volleyball. Seeing that everyone is passionate about sports but there is no playground, I discussed with my wife to use my own money to build a volleyball court for the village”. After saving enough money, Mr. Tan proactively calculated to buy materials and then hired more workers to do the work.

The volleyball court was built by Mr. Nguyen Duy Tan and his wife.

In addition to 3 sao of land for growing crops, to earn money to cover their living expenses, Mr. Tan works as a construction worker every day while Ms. Huong takes care of the housework and opens a grocery store to earn more income for the family. Thanks to hard work in intensive farming, changing the crop structure and saving, the family has enough food and clothing. And because of the local movement, Mr. Tan and Ms. Huong did not hesitate to support the village to build a volleyball court to serve the community. In addition to building the ground, buying poles and nets, he also installed a lighting system. Thanks to that, since the new court was built, more and more people have gathered to play sports.

Mr. Nguyen Duy Tan also pulled electricity from his house to provide light for people playing volleyball.

Phan Dang Luu hamlet cultural house was received from the old kindergarten campus of Nam Thanh commune. Up to now, the people in the hamlet have used the school yard as a volleyball court, but the ground has been damaged. Meanwhile, the sports movement in Phan Dang Luu hamlet is very strong, always leading Nam Thanh commune for many years. Mr. Nguyen Nhu Thanh - Head of Phan Dang Luu hamlet said: "In our hamlet, the strongest activity is volleyball. In 2015 alone, the women's volleyball team and the seniors' volleyball team both won first place in the whole commune. In addition to the men's, women's, youth volleyball teams and the seniors' volleyball team, the hamlet also has 13 volleyball teams from 13 inter-family groups, so the volleyball movement in the hamlet has developed very strongly. We have also planned to contribute to building a volleyball court, but we do not have enough funds to do so."

Phan Dang Luu hamlet always leads the sports movement in Nam Thanh commune.

Mr. Nguyen Duy Hoan, a resident in the hamlet, said: “We, the people, really welcome the spirit of contribution to the community of Mr. Tan’s family. Thanks to people like that, the hamlet is becoming more and more spacious and clean, and the people have a place to exercise and play sports. Since the new football field with lighting system was built, many days the people and the young people play football until 10-11 pm before stopping.”

Currently, Phan Dang Luu hamlet has 3 volleyball courts to serve the needs of all ages, but only one court was invested in and built by Mr. Tan's family. The remaining 2 courts were built by people pooling money to buy balls and nets for temporary play.

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