"Green models" for the community

In Ca Mau, environmental protection awareness is not just a slogan, but has been transformed into concrete models. From the scrap collection movement at youth groups to greening projects, each activity strongly spreads the message of green for a sustainable life.

• Vinh Thanh joins hands to support underprivileged students and green the local roads.
• Continuing the legacy of Vo Van Kiet's compassion for poor students in U Minh.
• Providing livelihoods and support for disadvantaged students in Hung Hoi commune.

Small funds fuel big dreams.

Over the past school years, in 13 school youth union branches in Luong The Tran Commune, the movement to collect plastic bottles and scrap materials has become a habit and a positive, self-motivated practice among students every day. From this small action, the Commune Youth Union has concretized it into the "Helping Students Go to School" model, using the money from selling scrap materials to raise funds to support poor students . In the 2025-2026 school year alone, the fund raised over 20 million VND, providing timely support and encouragement to 40 students in difficult circumstances.

Luong The Tran Kindergarten is implementing a program to exchange plastic bottles for gifts, raising funds in piggy banks to help disadvantaged students.

Mr. Ho Quoc Trong, Secretary of the Luong The Tran Commune Youth Union, shared passionately: “Besides creating material resources to support students in overcoming difficulties, the model also aims at educational values. The goal is to help students understand that protecting the environment starts with the smallest things, such as not littering, and to show love and share with their peers.”

The accumulation of small actions has borne sweet fruit. On the morning of May 19th, 2026 – President Ho Chi Minh's birthday – the Luong The Tran Commune Youth Union, in coordination with Hoa Trung Secondary School, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a "Red Scarf" house for Thai Duy Phuc, a 6th-grade student from a disadvantaged family who lacked a stable home. Funding came from the savings of the youth teams, including 25 million VND from the sale of scrap materials; 25 million VND from the Commune's Fatherland Front Committee's "For the Poor" fund; and over 15 million VND raised by the teachers of Hoa Trung Secondary School. The total cost is over 65 million VND, and the "three-solid" house is expected to be completed this June, in response to the Month of Action for Children.

Over 65 million VND was raised, including funds accumulated from selling scrap metal, to support the "Red Scarf" house for Red Scarf team member Thai Duy Phuc (fourth from the right).

"This is not just a place to shelter from the rain and sun, but also a solid foundation, igniting hope for me and my family to have a stable life," Thái Duy Phúc shared emotionally.

The small-scale initiatives of the youth in Luong The Tran Commune not only contribute to environmental protection but also become the building blocks for dreams, illuminating the future for the young generation of our homeland.

Nurturing green seeds - For a green future

Besides projects funded by recycled materials, the youth of Ca Mau have also left a strong mark on ecological restoration. Looking back at the journey since 2023, the Standing Committee of the Ca Mau Provincial Youth Union has implemented the youth project "Green Vitality - For a Green Ca Mau". In the first year of implementation, the entire province planted and cared for more than 925,000 trees. In the 2024-2025 period, the province's youth will continue to plant more than 1,250,000 trees and green 1,750 km of riverbanks and coastlines to prevent erosion. The program has achieved its core goal of planting and caring for 1 million trees.

Young people in Ca Mau plant trees to create a "green shield" in the landslide-prone area of ​​Da Bac commune.

As part of the program, campaigns to plant protective forests along the coast and rivers are regularly organized. The mangrove trees planted by young people are taking root day and night, becoming "green shields" that help protect dikes and local infrastructure.

Nguyen Chi De, Secretary of the Da Bac Commune Youth Union, shared: “The survival rate of the trees is 80-90%, which is a valuable resource for restoring the local protective forest. We hope this model will continue to spread, so that every citizen can raise their awareness of planting trees and preserving the forest.”

For the 2025-2030 term, the youth of Ca Mau continue to set a goal of planting 1 million new trees. Continuing this journey, on May 24, 2026, the Thoi Binh Commune Youth Union launched a "Green Sunday" campaign with the model "Nurturing Green Seedlings - For a Green Thoi Binh". Youth union members and young people nurtured over 1,000 bougainvillea seedlings and planted over 1,000 new trees including bougainvillea, yellow jasmine, and gardenia.

Ms. Trinh Huyen Tran, Secretary of the Thoi Binh Commune Youth Union, said: “To improve the survival rate of seedlings, the Commune Youth Union proactively selected the most suitable tree species for the local climate. The nursery process was carried out meticulously in a sheltered area, ensuring a water supply and monitoring for pests and diseases before planting.”

In the coming time, the Thoi Binh Commune Youth Union will continue to assign personnel to maintain and take good care of the planted trees; at the same time, expand the seedling nursery model to build more youth-managed roads and youth flower gardens, creating spaces for young people to visit and take souvenir photos. Through this, we will continue to spread the message of action: "Every Youth Union member performs a beautiful act - Joining hands for a green, clean, beautiful and sustainably developed Thoi Binh."

The shift in awareness and actions of Ca Mau's youth is making a positive contribution to the locality's effective response to climate change. Every tree planted, every plastic bottle collected, not only protects the ecological environment but also sows the seeds for a sustainable future.

Trinh Hai

Source: https://baocamau.vn/nhung-mo-hinh-xanh-vi-cong-dong-a129426.html