Central Youth Union presents gratitude house to former youth volunteers in Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of July 10, comrade Nguyen Anh Tuan - Secretary of the Central Youth Union visited and encouraged the family of a former youth volunteer in Chau Thanh commune, Quy Hop district. Accompanying him was comrade Pham Tuan Vinh - Member of the Central Executive Committee of the Youth Union, Secretary of the Nghe An Provincial Youth Union, representative of the Central Association of Former Youth Volunteers of Vietnam.

Towards the 70th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2017), the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in coordination with the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Volunteers Association held a groundbreaking ceremony to build a house of gratitude for the family of former Youth Volunteer Ha Hoang Kim in Co village, Chau Thanh commune, Quy Hop district.

Secretary of the Central Youth Union and Secretary of the Nghe An Provincial Youth Union visited former Youth Volunteer Ha Hoang Kim. Photo: My Nga

Mr. Kim and his wife, Ms. Vi Thi Lan, were former Youth Volunteers of C11 Dinh River Regiment. They joined the Youth Volunteers on March 26, 1973, and were discharged on March 26, 1975. Currently, the family is engaged in agriculture. The family is a poor household with 7 members: 2 spouses, a weak and elderly father, 2 mute eldest children and their spouses, and 2 grandchildren. The economic income depends on a few acres of rice fields and crop production on the swidden fields.

The current house of the family of former Youth Volunteer Ha Hoang Kim was built in 1996 with a wooden frame, roofed with corrugated iron and thatched roof, and temporarily covered with wooden planks and bamboo fences. It is now seriously degraded.

At the ceremony, Secretary of the Central Youth Union Nguyen Anh Tuan expressed the deep gratitude of the young generation to the former Youth Volunteer Force who have contributed to bringing a peaceful life to the next generation.

The construction and donation of gratitude houses to former Youth Volunteers not only solves the housing difficulties for families with preferential policies but also has great humanitarian significance, it is a responsibility, a concrete and practical action of the gratitude movement, remembering the source of water when drinking; at the same time, it also shows the gratitude of the young generation and the Youth Union members for the contributions and sacrifices of previous generations. This is one of the projects in the 2017 Summer Youth Volunteers campaign and celebrates the 70th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day.

The Central Youth Union and the Central Association of Former Youth Volunteers of Vietnam donated 50 million VND to build a house of gratitude for Mr. Ha Hoang Kim's family. Photo: My Nga

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