Young couple in Nghe An highlands send their children to volunteer to fight the epidemic

For more than a week now, Quang Van An (born in 1990) and Loc Thi Thuy (born in 1990) have joined the Team.AdolescentCam Lam commune shock force, Con Cuong district.

Volunteer application to support Covid-19 prevention and control by Quang Van An and his wife. Photo: CSCC

Every day, they and the team members cross the small suspension bridge over the Lam River to Khe Choang Market in Chau Khe Commune to buy food, groceries and other necessities for the people. The carts are always full of goods and brought to the commune center, then transported to households according to orders.

It is worth mentioning that Quang Van An and his wife had previously closed their house, sent their 5-year-old son to his grandparents to take care of, and together wrote a volunteer application to participate in the support.anti-epidemic.

Quang Van An and his wife and members of the Cam Lam Commune Youth Volunteer Team divide food and provisions to transport to the villages for the people. Photo: CSCC

“Born and raised in Cam Lam, I understand that people here do not usually have the habit of storing food, and now that the epidemic is raging, they will certainly face shortages and difficulties. As members of the Youth Union, my wife and I want to use our youth to support the locality in fighting the epidemic, sharing with the villagers and our hometown.”

Mr. Quang Van An - member of the Cam Lam Commune Youth Volunteer Team (Con Cuong)

Normally, Mr. Quang Van An is a farmer whose main source of income is agricultural production and partly from grocery business. Meanwhile, Ms. Loc Thi Thuy is a kindergarten teacher working in the border commune of Mai Son (Tuong Duong). Due to the complicated developments of the epidemic, she has not been able to return to work after the summer break.

Ms. Loc Thi Thuy prepares to transport goods to Cam village, about 10 km from the commune center. Photo: CSCC

Joining the Youth Volunteer Team, Mr. An and Ms. Thuy often take on the task of transporting necessities by motorbike to people in remote villages. The farthest of them is Cam village, about 10 km from the commune center. There is no concrete road so it is bumpy, slippery and most of the journey involves climbing mountains and wading through streams.

As a local, Ms. Thuy has worked for many years in the border commune of Mai Son, so she is familiar with the difficulties and hardships of traveling on this route. "I feel sorry for the villagers, including my relatives, who are already facing difficulties in normal days, but nowpandemicThe more deprived we are. With nothing to help people, my husband and I agreed to join in supporting the fight against the epidemic, hoping to contribute to repelling the epidemic and helping our homeland return to peace soon" - Ms. Thuy confided.

Members of the Cam Lam Commune Youth Volunteer Team buy and collect goods to help people in the commune's villages. Photo: CSCC

According to Mr. Vi Van Quy - Secretary of Cam Lam Commune Youth Union, on August 21, after a positive case of COVID-19 appeared in the commune,Covid-19, The People's Committee of Con Cuong district decided to implement social distancing according to Directive 16 for the entire commune (5 villages). The sudden developments made it difficult for people to prepare and store food.

To help people in need, the Commune Youth Union Standing Committee decided to establish a 12-member Youth Volunteer Team to support them. Accordingly, if there is a shortage of necessities, families can contact by phone, and members of the Team will go to Chau Khe commune to buy the goods, then deliver and pay at the quarantine checkpoints in the villages.

Food and provisions were transported by the Cam Lam Commune Youth Volunteer Team to epidemic prevention checkpoints to be delivered directly to households. Photo: CSCC

Ms. Lu Bang Chau - Secretary of District Youth UnionCon Cuongsaid: “The Cam Lam Commune Youth Union has effectively supported the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic. Among them, union member Quang Van An and his wife are recognized as active, proactive and effective activists.”