(HBO) – The veteran Bui Van Manh in Bum 2 village, An Nghia commune (Lac Son), one of 5 members having difficult circumstances was sponsored by Veteran Association of Lac Son district to build house of gratitude.


The concrete stilt house of Mr. Bui Van Manh's family in Bum 2 village, An Nghia commune was handed over and put into use.

 

The movement of mobilizing veteran members to donate and support for the construction of gratitude houses has spread in the grassroots associations, such as the Veteran Association of some communes: Tan Lap, Ngoc Son, An Nghia, Chi Thien, etc. From 2017, the veteran members in the district have contributed nearly 2,000 working days for repairs, re-roofing houses of 4 members, constructing 94 hygienic toilets, supporting 112 trees of Buong, bamboo for house construction. They also frequently visit, encourage and help the veteran families who have especially difficult circumstances on the holidays, Tet. Particularly, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day, 27 July, 2017, the grassroots Associations have given 203 gifts worth 40, 6 million VND for families of policy, the injure and sick soldiers; donating 9 savings books for 9 veteran households and people with merit for revolution, worth 1 million per book. On the occasion of 27 July, the Veteran Association of the District and the grassroots Associations have visited, encouraged and awarded 25 gifts, each worth 300,000 VND.

Besides the movement of supporting to construct houses of gratitude, Lac Son Veteran Association always promotes the spirit of solidarity, helping each other to get rich. In the first 6 months of this year, the Association has been entrusted with the District Social Welfare Bank to maintain 104 savings groups with the total debt of 81.4 billion VND. As a result, 4,254 households were given loans to build economic models that could provide good income. The whole district currently has 354 households trading goods, 121 small and medium farms, 10 enterprises and 2 cooperatives owned by members. Among them, some typical enterprises and cooperatives of Duc Hien Co., Ltd (Vu Ban), Multi-Industry Cooperative (Vu Lam), Bee Keeping Cooperative (My Thanh) have created jobs for about 20-30 members with the income of 2-4 million VND / month.

 

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