Nghe An Youth and 10-day journey to flood areas

Maximize the effectiveness of local forces

Flash flood,Flash floods from dawn to noon on October 2has left extremely serious consequences for the highland of Ky Son. It is determined that in preventing and fighting natural disasters, local forces play an extremely important role. From very early on, implementing the request of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union, the youth shock teams for preventing and fighting natural disasters at district and commune levels in Ky Son district have coordinated together to deploy action programs.

Making the most of local forces, union members and youth at the Union - Association bases in Ky Son district promptly coordinated with units to clean up the amount of mud that flooded into people's houses and infrastructure when the flash flood passed. Photo: Ky Son District Union

At the same time, review the cases of families with heavy losses in life and property, single-parent families, families with small children in need of timely support. From this list, the Youth Union members and youth force will provide comprehensive support and rescue.

The green volunteer shirts always promptly support volunteer groups to deliver essential necessities to people to help them overcome difficult days. Photo: Nghe An Provincial Youth Union

Initial statistics show that 56 houses were swept away and buried by flood, of which 54 houses were in Ta Ca commune and 1 house in Muong Xen town; 141 houses were severely damaged (79 houses in Ta Ca commune and 62 houses in Muong Xen town); 36 houses were forced to evacuate and could not live due to the risk of landslides (30 houses in Ta Ca commune and 6 houses in Bao Nam commune); hundreds of people are having to evacuate and temporarily live at the houses of acquaintances and relatives in the area.

Grasping the situation, the local youth shock force immediately coordinated with the Party Committee, government, and armed forces to dig through the mud and urgently rescue the remaining assets that were deep under the mud.

In particular, Ky Son District Youth Union and Ky Son District Vocational Education and Continuing Education Center mobilized nearly 120 union members and youths to coordinate with volunteer clubs to transport necessities and drinking water across streams and over temporary bamboo bridges to move goods for people in Son Ha and Hoa Son villages, Ta Ca commune.

The first smiles, the first shirts, the first cartons of milk were handed to the people as soon as the volunteer team arrived. Photo: Thai Hoa Town Youth Union

Comrade Vi Thai Thuan - Secretary of Ky Son District Youth Union said that up to this moment (October 11), the youth volunteer teams of Ky Son youth continue to take turns helping people overcome the consequences of the flood. Activities to clean up the amount of mud that flooded into people's houses when the flash flood passed; at the same time, handling garbage and fallen trees on the roads and at public works are still being carried out urgently. Along with that, the youth union members also effectively supported the reception of support sources at the District Fatherland Front Committee to bring to the people in the villages that suffered heavy damage.

Although tired and exhausted after many days of fighting and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, the youth of Ky Son still determined to make more efforts to help the people stabilize their lives soon.

Comrade Vi Thai Thuan - Secretary of Ky Son District Youth Union

Carry love to the highlands

Witnessing the highlands suffering the severe consequences of flash floods, Youth Union branches across the province traveled hundreds of kilometers to reach the people. On the evening of October 2, more than 50 officers and soldiers of the Mobile Police Department, Nghe An Provincial Police, regardless of the rain and wind, rushed to carry out their duties. On the morning of October 3, this force was present at the town.Muong Xen town and Ta Ca commune, Ky Son district.Immediately after arriving at the scene, the unit coordinated with other forces to help people in isolated areas get out, overcome the consequences of flash floods and gave 2 tons of rice, hundreds of kilograms of white salt, seasoning powder, fish sauce, instant noodles, clean water and clothes to the people.

The Youth Union and Youth Police of Nghe An province have devoted all their efforts to supporting people to overcome the consequences of the flood. Photo: Youth Union of Nghe An Police

Immediately afterwards, Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union Le Van Luong was also present in time to hand over 100 million VND to the Fatherland Front Committee of Ky Son district to join hands to help the people of Ky Son district overcome the consequences of flash floods and soon stabilize their lives. This is the amount of money that union members and youths in the province have raised, of which 60 million VND was donated directly at the Provincial Youth Union Congress. Understanding the pain of families whose loved ones died in flash floods, Nghe An Provincial Youth Union also encouraged, visited and provided practical support to help people rebuild their lives.

Representatives of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union and Ky Son District Youth Union directly encouraged, visited and presented gifts to support families whose relatives died due to floods. Photo: Nghe An Provincial Youth Union

The Youth Union bases in Thai Hoa town and Tuong Duong district have directly established volunteer teams to respond quickly to the people. In particular, Thai Hoa town has established a volunteer team of nearly 40 union members and youths to directly help the people, and at the same time, gave 80 million VND in cash and nearly 20 million VND in necessities to give directly.

The Youth Union of Tuong Duong district also sent 110 members to be present there. In addition, the Youth Union at district and city levels such as Vinh city, Yen Thanh district, Que Phong district... also promptly supported the people with tens of millions of VND.

Many youth volunteer teams from Youth Union bases across the province have promptly arrived in Ky Son in the past 10 days. Photo: Thai Hoa Town Youth Union

For the Youth Union of Provincial Agencies and the Youth Union of Provincial Enterprises, they directly donated cash and goods to support the people with essential necessities, helping them to soon stabilize their lives. Thousands of water tanks, bread, and instant noodles worth hundreds of millions of VND were transported by the youth of the two blocks to the people of Ky Son.

Representatives of the Provincial Agencies' Union and members and youth of the Provincial Tax Department and the Provincial Orthopedic Trauma Hospital went to Ky Son with gifts for people facing difficulties due to natural disasters. Photo: Ngoc Khanh

Receiving clean water and goods from the hands of young volunteers, Ms. Vi Thi Dau in Binh Son 1 village, Ta Ca commune, one of many families that suffered heavy losses in the recent flash flood, emotionally shared: "In the midst of the flood, without clean water to use, an old person like me did not know what to do. Luckily, there were young volunteers who brought clean water and necessities to my house. Along with that, they also coordinated with the Party Committee and the commune government to support the family in cleaning the mud from their homes and doing other difficult tasks."

Union members from all Youth Union branches in the province were present in Ky Son district to support the people. Photo: Tuong Duong District Union

The green shirt of Nghe An youth with the pioneering spirit of "wherever needed, there are youth, wherever there is difficulty, there are young people" is always ready to accompany the people to overcome the difficulties ahead. Photo: Youth Union of Thach Giam town (Tuong Duong district). Photo: Nghe An Provincial Youth Union

Comrade Le Van Luong - Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union shared: "To enhance the effectiveness ofYouth volunteer team for disaster prevention and controlAt the grassroots level, we have deployed many youth shock teams from affiliated units to support heavily damaged localities in a way that maximizes the professional capabilities of each unit.

In addition, the Provincial Youth Union has proactively called on all social resources to focus on supporting necessities. In the long term, the Provincial Youth Union and Youth Union - Association bases will continue to support union members and youth in heavily damaged areas to create sustainable livelihoods to escape poverty."

The consequences of natural disasters are enormous. However, we can be completely confident that the green volunteer shirts of young people will continue to rush to every difficult place, joining hands and contributing to help people overcome loss and pain, and gradually stabilize their lives.

Stemming from the sincere feelings of Nghe An youth, many meaningful gifts were handed to people in flooded areas. Photo: Nghe An Provincial Youth Union