Enlighten the morality of gratitude

Warm meals together

The house of Vietnamese Heroic Mother Nguyen Thi Bay in Village 4, Tuong Son Commune (Anh Son) has been much warmer and happier these past few days because the Commune Youth Union is often present to clean, cook, and have fun with her. Mother Nguyen Thi Bay's husband is a martyr named Nguyen Cong San, who died in the war against the US to save the country. She is now old and weak but lives alone. The local government and mass organizations have registered to take care of her for many years now, and visiting and encouraging her every week and every month has become a regular activity. The Youth Union members here are like children in the family.

Warm and loving meals with families with meritorious services, the elderly and those with difficult lives in Nghe An. Photo: Contributor

A representative of Long Son Commune Youth Union said: "In addition to regular care activities, this year we have implemented the "Loving Meal" activity to help family memberswar invalids and martyrsenjoy the warm family atmosphere, as if to engrave in our hearts that every July day we must once again remember the value of peace, must remember that to have today our fathers had to exchange their blood and bones; old mothers, wives tired of waiting for their husbands and children.

Not only Long Son commune but also most of the Youth Unions in Anh Son district have implemented practical programs on the occasion of July. Mr. Thai Doan Quynh - Secretary of Anh Son District Youth Union said: The program "Loving Meal" was launched by the District Youth Union and implemented simultaneously on the occasion of War Invalids and Martyrs Day. The Youth Unions organized 21 warm meals for families with preferential policies and difficult circumstances. When the plan was implemented, each cadre and youth union member realized their role and responsibility in contributing their youth to repay the contributions and sacrifices of the previous generation.

Not only in Anh Son district, this July, the Youth Union branches in Con Cuong, Do Luong, Nghia Dan districts... also had warm and loving meals with families with meritorious services who are single, elderly and have difficult lives. In those happy and cozy meals, both the Youth Union members and the relatives of martyrs and wounded soldiers felt warm and sharing. "The important thing is that we have brought to mothers and aunts the love, affection and sharing of a family atmosphere. This helps the younger generation to awaken their spirit.patriotism, gratitude. For families with meritorious services, they feel warm-hearted and always feel that today's generation will never forget the contributions of their predecessors who sacrificed their blood and bones for independence and peace," said Mr. Cao Xuan Thao - Head of the Provincial Youth Union Movement Committee.

Each organization has a meaningful gratitude program.

In the last days of July at Nghe An War Invalids Nursing Center, we felt an unusually warm and joyful atmosphere. From early morning,Officer of Logistics Department of Military Region 4came here to visit and share with practical activities. The 62 seriously wounded soldiers at the Center are now at a rare age; they are cared for by the Party and the State to help ease the pain of war. Therefore, more than anyone else, they understand the value of the joy of reunion, the joy of meeting between generations of soldiers in Uncle Ho's homeland.

Caring for seriously wounded soldiers at the Nghe An Center for Wounded and Sick Soldiers. Photo: Duc Anh

As for the Party Committee and the government of Con Cuong district, the gratitude to the families of martyrs and other people with revolutionary contributions is carried out fully and promptly, with the spirit of drinking water and remembering the source, eating fruit and remembering the person who planted the tree. The gratitude is also an opportunity to help the younger generations be more proud of the tradition of their ancestors and cultivate in their studies and training. Con Cuong district currently has nearly 1,000 beneficiaries of policies, including 517 martyrs, 179 wounded soldiers, 92 sick soldiers, more than 2,000 households with revolutionary contributions, and 123 people infected with toxic chemicals. Since the beginning of the year, the district has continued to resolve cases of adjustment, relocation, and record recognition of people with merit so that those who truly contributed to the revolution can enjoy preferential policies of the State, especially policies for resistance fighters infected with toxic chemicals; Issue health insurance cards to meritorious people, relatives of meritorious people, youth volunteers, frontline workers...; pay funeral allowances to policy beneficiaries and people with meritorious services to the revolution.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hung - Secretary of Con Cuong District Party Committee said: "The work of taking care of people with meritorious services isCon Cuong districtidentified as one of the top important tasks in ensuring social security policies. The district has properly, sufficiently and promptly implemented the preferential regimes and policies of the Party and State for people with revolutionary contributions and has many meaningful activities such as: Mobilizing the Gratitude Fund, repairing houses, taking care of lonely elderly relatives of martyrs, helping children of martyrs, wounded and seriously ill soldiers, supporting Vietnamese Heroic Mothers...

Currently, in the whole province, there are 69,150 people with meritorious services to the revolution who are regularly supported with a total budget of 133 billion VND/month. Of which, there are 30,576 war invalids; 9,636 sick soldiers; 73 mothers of heroic Vietnamese soldiers; 14,321 people who participated in the resistance war and their children were infected with toxic chemicals. In 2020, the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs received and advised on timely policies for 9,956 cases of war invalids and people who enjoyed policies like war invalids. Activities of repairing and building houses of gratitude for people with meritorious services who are still in difficulty are regularly carried out by social organizations.

This July, localities and units in the province have simultaneously organized gratitude activities. These activities have created a widespread movement, spreading strongly among all classes of people, agencies, departments, branches, unions, and political organizations from the province to the grassroots. On July 15, the Provincial People's Committee issued Official Dispatch 1760/LD-TB&XH on guidelines for giving gifts from the President to people with meritorious services. Accordingly, in addition to the gifts from the President, each unit and locality has gifts of spiritual and material support.

Mon Son - Con Cuong Youth Union organized a loving meal to encourage the family of war invalid Luong Van Thuy - a war invalid in Lang Cang village. Photo: Ba Hau

Ms. Ho Thi Chau Loan - Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said: "Despite the epidemic conditions, we cannot organize gratitude activities that gather large crowds, but we still organize delegations to visit families with meritorious services to the revolution, the elderly, and seriously wounded soldiers. Even though they are just small gifts, through them, the spiritual strength and gratitude are always lit up."