Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign 2024: High Action, Wide Spread

In the scorching hot weather, youth unions from many communes in the province went to the fields to help people plant rice and harvest crops. The families that received help were all single-parent and extremely disadvantaged. Typically, the Youth Union of Quang Kim commune (Bat Xat district) coordinated to help the family of union member Hoang Van Khanh (Lang Pan village) harvest 5 sao of winter-spring rice. Union member Hoang Van Khanh is participating in military service, and only his mother is at home. Or 20 union members and youths of Ban Lien commune (Bac Ha district) coordinated with the police, military forces, and the Women's Union of the commune to help the family of union member Lam Thi Dan (Doi 2 village) plant rice; the Youth Union of Thai Nien commune (Bao Thang district) helped single-parent households harvest rice...

In addition to volunteer activities to help people harvest crops, all levels of the Youth Union also simultaneously carry out many activities such as supporting the exam season, taking care of community health, donating blood, participating in building new rural areas and civilized urban areas...

Recently, the green volunteer shirts of 20 union members and youths of Ban Cai commune (Bac Ha) left a deep impression on the people of Lang Cu village, Ban Cai commune when they personally constructed and erected 34 electric lamp posts to bring light to the disadvantaged countryside. The project is 1.2 km long, with a total value of 40 million VND, mobilized from socialized sources and labor contributions of union members and local youths. The completed project contributes to the construction of new rural areas, ensuring security and order in the locality.

During the launching ceremony of the 2024 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign, a series of meaningful works and tasks were also deployed: Bat Xat District Youth Union coordinated with the Youth Union of Economic - Defense Group 345 to transport construction materials for 1 school and 1 happy house worth 530 million VND; Simacai District Youth Union supported Thao Chu Phin village, Thao Chu Phin commune to eliminate 3 temporary houses and coordinated with Lao Cai Connection Club to donate more than 70,000 cinnamon seedlings to people in Thao Chu Phin commune and Sin Cheng commune.

The "heart" of the Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign is the youth union members and volunteers who contribute their youth in all activities. Mr. Sung Quang Hung (Bac Ha District Youth Union) is one of the energetic, enthusiastic and creative union officials. During the 2024 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign, he and local youth union members participated in many volunteer activities such as guiding tourists, coordinating traffic flow during the traditional Bac Ha horse racing festival; coordinating the installation of border lighting in Si Ma Cai commune (Si Ma Cai district), giving gifts to disadvantaged children in the commune; supporting the exam season, giving gifts to ethnic minority candidates in the area...

Mr. Sung A Hung confided: Each trip is a story, a beautiful memory of youth, I hope to have more opportunities to contribute to volunteer activities in the locality.

The summer youth volunteer campaign was launched by the Provincial Youth Union and the Vietnam Youth Union in late May. The campaign includes 1 program and 4 campaigns, including: Exam support program; campaigns "Green Summer", "Red Flamboyant", "Pink Vacation", "Green March". The campaign ends in August 2024. The Provincial Youth Union directs the implementation of the campaign according to the subjects, mainly in the form of concentrated formations combined with local volunteer youth forces; mobilizing young people to participate in implementing local socio-economic development tasks, participating in solving new and difficult tasks with creative volunteer models, practical meanings such as exam support, community health care, voluntary blood donation, gratitude activities, building new rural areas, civilized urban areas, etc.

After 1 month of launching the 2024 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign, all levels of the Youth Union have implemented 1 provincial-level youth project worth 80 million VND; 11 district-level youth projects worth 845 million VND; 25 grassroots youth projects with a total value of 228 million VND. There have been 68 teams with 2,410 youth volunteers, carrying out 7 projects with a total value of 335 million VND in the activities of participating in new rural construction; 20 volunteer teams carrying out 2 civilized urban construction projects with a total value of 70 million VND; organizing 74 volunteer teams with 1,637 union members and youth to participate in environmental protection activities; 24 teams with 771 volunteers participating in activities to ensure traffic order and safety. In addition, many meaningful social security activities were implemented, bringing material and spiritual values to people; organizing summer activities, creative experiential activities, and Children's Day.

Ms. Giang Thi Mai, Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, said: The new point of the 2024 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign is that it will be deployed earlier, on a larger scale, and create more influence. With the motto that summer volunteer activities must be practical, directed towards disadvantaged areas, ethnic minorities, and border areas with community health care activities, accompanying young people in starting a business, digital transformation, etc., the Campaign has been effectively implemented by all levels of the Youth Union, has influence, is suitable for the local situation, and is well received by the people.

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