'Green Shirt Shipper' offers free shipping in Quynh Luu epidemic area
(Baonghean.vn) - Youth Unions in the whole district have established many "Green Shirt Shipper" teams to volunteer to transport goods and essential necessities, ensuring the lives of people in locked-down areas and quarantine areas.
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| Faced with the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic and the rapid increase in the number of cases, the entire Quynh Luu district is implementing social distancing according to Directive 16 of the Prime Minister. Therefore, the local youth unions have established many "Green Shirt Shipper" teams to volunteer to transport goods and essential necessities, to ensure the lives of people in the blockaded areas, quarantine areas and forces on duty to prevent and control the epidemic. Photo: Hong Dien |
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| In Tien Thuy commune, the youth union has established 4 Shipper teams, with 20 volunteers participating. Ms. Ho Thi Sim - Secretary of the Youth Union of Tien Thuy commune said: Every day from 6am to 6pm, volunteers are present at the blockade points of Tien My village due to Covid-19 cases and checkpoints across the commune to receive deliveries to each family's alley and at the same time receive money, receive vouchers to buy items such as food, medicine, and household items to help people. Photo: Hong Dien |
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| When joining the Shipper team, each member must always wear medical gloves, masks and always comply with the Ministry of Health's 5K principles when purchasing, delivering goods, and contacting sellers, ensuring safety in epidemic prevention work. Photo: Hong Dien |
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| Ms. Ho Thi Thuy Tien - Volunteer of the Shipper Team in Tien Thuy commune shared: "Shipping goods and necessities to people in the locked-down area is a very meaningful and necessary activity at the present time, so each member is very enthusiastic, passionate, and forgets all fatigue when carrying out the task". Photo: Hong Dien |
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| In Son Hai commune, to join hands with the locality to effectively implement Directive 16, the commune's youth union has 12 members registered to join the "Green Shirt Shipper" team to participate in distributing rice and delivering lunches, dinners, drinks, and necessary items to the forces on duty at the epidemic control checkpoints and people in concentrated quarantine areas. Photo: Hong Dien |
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| For families with relatives quarantined at home, when they need to buy supplies and necessities, they will contact the phone number that the commune team has posted publicly on social media. Then, members of the team will come to support promptly. Photo: Hong Dien |
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| In addition, this team also collects information about households with elderly and young children who are facing difficulties while implementing social distancing according to Directive 16 to report to local authorities for assistance. In addition, Son Hai commune's youth union also has 24 members registered in the "Youth Shock Brigade" team that regularly performs the task of being on duty at disease control checkpoints. Photo: Hong Dien |
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| “Fast, efficient, meeting the needs and satisfaction of the people during the operation but ensuring safety for both the Shipper and the people is the prerequisite in the team's operation,” added Ms. Tran Thi Yen - Secretary of the Youth Union of Son Hai Commune, Quynh Luu District. Photo: Hong Dien |
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| Currently, Quynh Luu district has over 130 teams, with more than 600 volunteers participating. In addition to delivering essential food items, helping organizations cook for people in quarantine, and task forces, the team also transports and sells products from farming and livestock farming of local people; at the same time, connects with neighboring communes to consume agricultural products for families during the period of social distancing. The Shipper team will operate until Quynh Luu controls the epidemic in the entire district. Photo: Hong Dien |
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| Mr. Nguyen Huu Cong - Deputy Secretary of Quynh Luu District Youth Union said: In addition to on-site volunteer activities, in the past time, Quynh Luu District Youth Union has called on organizations, individuals, and philanthropists to support many gifts, necessities, and medical equipment to give to poor households, children in difficult circumstances, and to the forces on duty to prevent and fight the Covid-19 epidemic, and people in quarantine and blockade areas across the district. Thereby, contributing to joining hands with the Party Committee and authorities to soon repel the epidemic. Photo: Hong Dien |