Fund 'Supporting farmers to send their children to school' supports 60 farmers in Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) - The cases that received capital support all had difficult circumstances but knew how to overcome them.

On December 23, Tuoi Tre Newspaper coordinated with the Provincial Farmers' Association and Nghe An Provincial Youth Union to award capital for the program "Supporting farmers to send their children to school" to 60 farming households in Nghe An province.

The 60 farming households in Do Luong and Thanh Chuong districts that received capital support from this program all have difficult circumstances, but they have the determination to overcome adversity, work hard, and are determined not to let their children drop out of school.

This is the second time this program has been held in Nghe An. Photo: Hien Tung

Ms. Hoang Thi Loan (47 years old, living in Trung Hau hamlet, Giang Son Tay commune, Do Luong district) expressed her joy when her family received capital support to develop the economy. Ms. Loan said that her family is near-poor, her husband died early, leaving her the burden of making a living and raising 4 children to study. Although she worked hard all year round, doing all kinds of jobs, her family's life was always lacking.

In the semi-mountainous area, Mrs. Loan’s family does not have much land to grow rice. Although the family has the advantage of a large garden and hills, the problem is where to get the money to build barns and buy livestock while having to work hard to raise children?

“With the loan, I will go home and save up more to buy piglets for breeding. If the pigs grow well, they will be ready to sell in just a few months and increase the family’s income,” Ms. Loan calculated.

The program seemed to be filled with emotional tears when hearing the story of two women in Thanh Chuong district who worked hard all their lives for their children. Despite being poor, they were determined not to let their children drop out of school.

The organizers presented gifts to students who overcame difficulties. Photo: Hien Tung

Mr. Ho Thanh Vinh - Deputy Head of Tuoi Tre Newspaper Office in the North said that over the years, Tuoi Tre Newspaper has had many social work activities accompanying poor farmers and poor students, including the program "Supporting farmers to send their children to school", to help and encourage poor farmers to work hard and take care of their children's education.

“From this program, many farming households have escaped poverty, become rich, and have the conditions to take care of their children's education, not letting their children drop out of school,” said Mr. Vinh.

The program will support interest-free loans for 2 years with a total cost of 1.38 billion VND (including 1.2 billion VND in cash and 180 million VND in animal feed vouchers) for 60 farming households in difficult circumstances, with hardworking and studious children in 4 communes of Thanh Chuong and Do Luong districts, Nghe An province.

In addition, the program also honored and awarded 60 students who overcame difficulties and excelled in their studies, children of participating farmers, with a total value of 60 million VND. Since 2010, the program has provided 32 grants to 1,920 households in 15 provinces with a total cost of more than 50 billion VND./.

Tien Hung