Following the staff of Phuc Son Border Guard Station, we visited the livestock model of Mrs Luong Thi Xinh's family in Veu 1 Village, Phuc Son Commune, Anh Son District (Nghe An Province), supported by the unit. Pointing to the family's livestock area, Mrs Xinh excitedly said that the Border Guard Station supported two breeding pigs. After raising them, the family only kept one pig for breeding for the next litter and sold the others to make ends meet. In addition to increasing the family's income, the family also transferred two breeding pigs to other families for capital for livestock farming.
In March 2024, Phuc Son Border Guard Station continued to support Mrs Xinh's family with 50 breeding chickens, along with anti-epidemic medicine and initial feed for the family to develop livestock farming. Now, the family's flock of chickens is growing well, with some sold for meat and some harvested for eggs, helping Mrs Xinh improve her life.
Here, at the age of 70, Mrs Xinh has gradually escaped poverty thanks to specific support funds from the Border Guard. “The station supports piglets for raising, and after the pigs are developed, they continue to be transferred to other households. They also support chickens and initial feed, and now the chickens have grown up and can be sold to increase income. My family is very grateful to the Border Guard!” Mrs Xinh added.
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Officers of the Mon Son Border Guard Station regularly support Mr Le Van Nhuan’s family in taking care of the supported pigs. |
As for Mr Le Van Nhuan’s family, they moved from the core area of Pu Mat National Park to settle in Tan Son Village, Mon Son Commune, Con Cuong District many years ago. Although they have a labour force, for many years, his family has struggled with economic development and poverty reduction because they do not have capital or a specific direction. For the past two years, thanks to the support of livestock from Mon Son Border Guard Station, his family has gradually moved from a poor household to a near-poor household and is striving to escape poverty this year.
Sharing about the support of the Border Guard Station, Mr Nhuan said: The station supported his family with six breeding pigs and two cows, along with chickens and ducks, and provided technical support for livestock farming to develop the economy. Thanks to the specific guidance of the soldiers, the family's economy has now developed and is gradually escaping poverty.
Sharing about the activities to help local people develop the economy, eliminate hunger, and reduce poverty, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Tien Hanh, Deputy Political Commissar of Mon Son Border Guard Station, said: To help people escape poverty sustainably, the unit coordinated with the locality to survey and select disadvantaged families who can work and are hard-working but lack capital, livestock, etc. to support people in developing livestock and tree planting models, specifically the family of Mr La Van Nhuan and some other families in the area under the management of the station.
Thereby, the unit has mobilised the efforts and contributions of officers and soldiers, as well as the support and assistance of organisations, individuals and philanthropists. Instead of giving cash, the unit has worked with the family to select suitable breeds to help the family develop livestock farming, gradually increasing income.
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Tam Quang Border Guard Station helps people breed pigs. |
This is one of thousands of ethnic minority households along the western border of Nghe An that the Border Guard has supported, helping them soon escape poverty. However, in the western border area of Nghe An, there are still ethnic minority households facing many difficulties and hardships.
To help people in the area get out of poverty and not fall back into poverty, border guards have mobilised resources, supported capital and seedlings, provided techniques, and created new livelihoods and jobs for the people.
Now, people not only know how to grow one type of tree and raise one type of animal but have diversified economic development models to have many opportunities and new directions to escape poverty soon.
In the border area, the Nghe An Border Guard Command is currently implementing 90 skilful mass mobilisation models, including 63 economic development models and a number of other models.
The Nghe An Border Guard also assigned 579 party members to be in charge of 2,671 households in the border area to help them develop the economy, eliminate hunger, and reduce poverty.
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The Border Guard also helps people harvest the summer-autumn rice crop to avoid floods. |
Effective implementation models, creating jobs for workers in the area, have gradually helped people escape poverty, help them feel secure staying in their villages, build increasingly developed villages, and firmly protect border sovereignty and security.
Nghe An Border Guard has advised the Provincial People’s Committee to effectively implement a project on improving the effectiveness of helping families in border areas, contributing to socio-economic development associated with protecting sovereignty and border security in Nghe An Province, for the 2020-2025 period and the following years.
