(HBO) - Nearly 2,500 bicycles, hundreds of scholarships, study spaces, tens of thousands of notebooks, textbooks, learning aids awarded to disadvantaged children are practical and meaningful results from the movement "Accompanying children to school" launched by the provincial armed forces over the past years. The activity was also hailed by the High Command of Military Zone 3.
Lac Thuy district’s Military High
Command presents bicycles to disadvantaged students.
Lac Thuy district’s Military High
Command was chosen to pilot the model "Accompanying children to
school" which was initiated by Col. Bui Van Hung, former Political
Commissar of the district Military High Command. The model has been implemented
since 2015. The command partnered with the local Division of Education and
Training, authorities of communes and townships to review the list of poor households
to provide support, as well as encourage army units stationed in the area to
join the effort. The command has so far presented 388 bicycles, 24 learning
spaces, 150 backpacks, and scholarships each worth 2 million VND to 16 students
per academic year, totaling 629 million VND.
The movement aims to support poor
students materially and spiritually. With timely assistance, many of them could
continue going to school. The model has increasingly spread in the provincial
armed forces and the society. Many individuals and collectives offered
donations and presented hundreds of bicycles to underprivileged students. Since
its launch in 2015, the provincial Military Command donated 2,349 bicycles, one
wheelchair, 22 electric fans, 83 sets of tables and chairs, 640 backpacks, 158
Casio calculators, 180 health insurance cards, 220 sets of uniform, over 200
scholarships worth over 2 billion VND to local poor students.
The movement "Accompanying children
to schools” together with the movement on new rural development, poverty
reduction are proving effective and welcomed by the public./.
On March 14th, the Party Committee of the Provincial Agencies Bloc coordinated with the Provincial Employees' Trade Union to organize the contest "Family meal - warm and loving”. The activity aims to celebrate the International Day of Happiness, March 20th, and the 66th anniversary of the founding of the Provincial Agencies’ Party Committee (March 27th, 1958 - March 27th, 2024).
Over the past years, Mai Chau district has concretised policies, mobilised resources, and integrated the State’s investment and support programmes into its socio-economic development, aiming to help ethnic minority groups improve their living standards.
As many as 79,988 locals joined compulsory social security scheme as of February, accounting for 93.76% of the annual plan and up 1.5% from the same time last year. There were 71,830 people covered with unemployment insurance, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%. Meanwhile, 796,322 held health insurance cards, or 90% of the population.
Toan Son commune in Da Bac district, with 70% of its population being ethnic minority people, has mobilised resources and created favourable conditions for local residents to access concessional loans to develop production. Thanks to the efforts, local livelihoods have seen positive changes.
Last year, the provincial health sector stepped up patriotic movements, encouraging its staff to improve their professional knowledge and skills, contributing to raising the quality of medical check-up and treatment.