Accompany and support disadvantaged families

Huong Nguyen Border Guard Station is located in Mu Nu Ta Ra village, A Luoi 5 commune, more than 10 kilometers away from residential areas, on a steep and winding mountain pass. During the rainy season, landslides often occur, causing isolation and making it impossible for vehicles to travel.

Although difficulties are multiplied by natural disasters, officers and soldiers of Huong Nguyen Border Guard Station are always ready to be present in a timely manner, as the shock force, the core, coordinating with local authorities and other forces, accompanying and supporting affected households, helping to move the elderly and children to safe places; as well as bracing houses, repairing houses damaged by storms and winds, helping people to soon stabilize their lives.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Giang Thuan, Political Commissar of Huong Nguyen Border Guard Station, said: The officers and soldiers of the unit always clearly identify their great obligations and responsibilities in performing the task of protecting the sovereignty and security of the Fatherland's borders and the tasks assigned by the Party, State and People; protecting the lives and property of the People. At the same time, helping the people of the border develop the economy, escape poverty sustainably, and strive for a better life.

Having followed Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Giang Thuan and Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Huu Tri, Deputy Political Commissar of Huong Nguyen Border Guard Station, to remote villages to learn about the situation of poor and disadvantaged households, and to receive support from the unit for economic models, I have come to understand that the Command Board and officers of the unit "say what they say and do what they do". The families of Mr. A Viet Tach, Ms. Ploong Thi Loan, Ms. Le Thi Hong and many other poor households, who were supported with "fishing rods", have grown from an initial pair of cows and goats to a herd of 6-8.

On the sun-tanned face of Ms. Ploong Thi Loan was an excited smile, when she confided: Not only supporting breeding cows, the border guards also closely followed the development situation, gave technical instructions, so that the animals could avoid diseases and grow healthy and reproduce effectively. Not only that, they also advised the households in the village on how to use the land for production reasonably, bringing high efficiency. Thanks to that, my family planted acacia on the long-abandoned hill, taking advantage of the low-lying land in the garden to dig a pond to raise fish. Now my family has a herd of cows, rice fields, 2 fish ponds and acacia hills. The economy has improved significantly.

The “Military-Civilian Fish Pond” model that Huong Nguyen Border Guard Station coordinated to support the households of Ho Van Nghia and Vien Thi Cau, has been cared for and developed by this family, and is currently bringing clear economic efficiency. “Many households in the village have also learned fish care techniques from the Border Guard, and my wife and I are willing to teach them,” said Ho Van Nghia.

Lieutenant Colonel Le Hong Tuyen, Deputy Political Commissar of the City Border Guard, highly appreciated the effectiveness of the task of helping border residents develop the economy sustainably that Huong Nguyen Border Guard Station and each officer and soldier of the unit have performed well in the past time.

To proactively support the economic model for the people, the officers and soldiers of Huong Nguyen Border Guard Station have maintained and developed the unit's goat herd and fish pond. Over the years, Huong Nguyen Border Guard Station has supported breeding goats for dozens of poor households in the area under its management; strengthening the solidarity between the army and the people. Thanks to that, the people have raised their responsibility, promoted the spirit of ownership, and joined hands to preserve and protect the peace of the border area.

Article and photos: Van Toan

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