Provincial Military Command promotes activities to help poor communes and people in difficult circumstances
Thanh Chung - Trong Kien•DNUM_BJZBCZCACD 14:47
(Baonghean.vn) - In recent times, the Provincial Military Command has promoted activities to help and support poor communes and disadvantaged households... Thereby, contributing to the good implementation of political tasks; strengthening the military-civilian relationship, building a solid people's heart position, and maintaining stability in the area.
In 2012, following the assignment of Nghe An province, the Provincial Military Command officially helped the poor, border commune of Nam Giai, Que Phong district. Over the past 10 years, the Provincial Military Command has had many practical and effective support activities such as helping Nam Giai commune build traffic works, schools, medical stations, irrigation works, cultural houses; giving gifts, supporting breeding animals for policy households, poor households... Photo: Trong KienEvery year, the Nghe An Provincial Military Command supports Nam Giai commune with 50-60 tons of cement and mobilizes a lot of manpower and workdays for construction. Up to now, all the roads within the commune have been concreted, creating favorable conditions for people to travel. Photo: Trong KienMr. Quang Van Thuyen - Secretary of the Mo village Party Cell, Nam Giai commune said: Thanks to the support of the Military Command, Mo village has a nearly 2km long concrete road connecting the main road to the production area. The road is 3m wide, traders can drive their cars into the production area to purchase agricultural and forestry products from the people. There are 92 households benefiting from this road... In addition to the traffic road, Mo village was also given a cultural house worth over 100 million VND by the Provincial Military Command; many households were given breeding cows. Photo: Thanh ChungFrom 01 breeding cow initially supported by the Provincial Military Command, up to now, the family of Mr. Lu Minh Thuong - Ms. Lo Thi Hien has developed into a herd of 08 cows (3 have been sold by the family). With the help of the Provincial Military Command, the family has been given more strength and motivation to develop livestock farming, grow cassava, acacia, cinnamon... and have the conditions to fully educate 2 children. Currently, the couple's eldest child has gone to work after finishing grade 12; the youngest child is studying grade 11 in Vinh city. Photo: Thanh ChungFrom the “For the Poor” Fund of the Ministry of National Defense, the Provincial Military Command built a semi-boarding cafeteria for Nam Giai Primary and Secondary School. The project has an area of 360m2, worth 1.8 billion VND. In addition, the Provincial Military Command also purchased and installed a hot and cold water system to serve the students in the school's semi-boarding area. Photo: Thanh ChungEvery year, the Provincial Military Command also sends military doctors to examine and provide free medicine to the people of Nam Giai commune; on holidays and Tet, it gives gifts to families with meritorious services, families with soldiers on active duty, young people joining the army, poor households, and households in difficult circumstances. On average, each year, the Provincial Military Command gives away 40-50 gifts. Each gift includes 500,000 VND and many other valuable items. Photo: Trong KienAccording to Mr. Sam Van Thanh - Party Secretary, Chairman of the People's Council of Nam Giai commune: In 2023 alone, the Provincial Military Command donated 70 tons of cement, many cultural, physical training and sports facilities... worth 250 million VND to the commune. The total value of the works and gifts that the Provincial Military Command has helped and supported Nam Giai commune in recent years is over 8 billion VND (excluding support for human resources and working days). This support has helped the commune gradually complete the criteria for new rural construction; reducing the poverty rate each year by 5-8%. Photo: Hoang AnhIt is known that not only Nam Giai commune, in the past time, the Provincial Military Command has also had many activities to help disadvantaged localities. Particularly in Que Phong district, in 2023, the Provincial Military Command also supported the repair and concrete pouring of 14km of inter-village roads, 01 volleyball court; built 01 wooden bridge across the stream (20m long, 2m wide). Photo: Trong KienIn addition, the Provincial Military Command also built and donated 05 gratitude houses to poor households, worth 350 million VND; coordinated the construction of 25 "Comrades' Houses", "Great Unity Houses", "Housing for the Poor" with a total amount of more than 1.84 billion VND; mobilized more than 2,000 days of militia and self-defense forces to coordinate with the Provincial Police to help build houses for poor households. Photo: Hoang AnhImplementing social policy well, the Provincial Military Command has adopted 83 students in difficult circumstances; presented gifts to the program "Spring on the border, Tet with love between the army and the people" with the amount of 1.4 billion VND; presented 2,200 flags, 10 bicycles, 130 life jackets and 40 gifts, totaling 100 million VND... organized many effective models and programs such as "Connecting love between the Catholics and Catholics"; "I love my Fatherland", "Godmother - connecting love", "Helping you go to school". Photo: Hoang AnhWith the spirit of "the people are at the forefront", "helping people is an order from the heart", the Provincial Military Command promptly mobilized 18,000 officers, soldiers, militia and self-defense forces to protect holidays and Tet, participate in rescue, fire fighting, forest fires, drowning, boat accidents at sea... Photo: Tien DungEffectively implementing the Military - National Defense and social security tasks, in 2023, the Provincial Military Command was assessed by the Military Region to have excellently completed the task and was proposed to be awarded the Emulation Flag of the Government. In the coming time, the Provincial Military Command will continue to promote activities to help and support poor communes, disadvantaged households... to contribute to the good implementation of the political tasks of local units; strengthen the flesh-and-blood relationship between the army and the people, build a solid people's heart position, and maintain stability in the area. Photo: Hoang Anh
