Mr. Thoi… stopped being poor

More than a year ago, when mentioning the family of Mr. Tran Van Thoi (Thang Tien 3 village, Hoa An commune, Krong Pac district), many people shook their heads in dismay. The charity house that was built decades ago was in disrepair and no one bothered to repair it. The mixed garden with all kinds of yellow plants was not cared for by anyone. The wife and 3 children were immersed in sadness and melancholy while Mr. Thoi was immersed in alcohol...

Mr. Thoi's family has 4 fields, used to dig ponds to raise fish, grow pepper, coffee, fruit trees... but the farming was not effective so the family was stuck in poverty. Perhaps because of that, Mr. Thoi became depressed and turned to alcohol. The two older children had to drop out of school to work as workers in Binh Duong , only the youngest child, who is in grade 9, is at risk of having to drop out early. The family's most valuable asset is a breeding cow bought with a loan from the Social Policy Bank.

Officials and party members of Hoa An commune participated in planting coffee for Mr. Thoi's family at the launching ceremony of the poverty reduction model in April 2024.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, Vice Chairwoman of Hoa An Commune People's Committee, still remembers the time in early 2024 when she joined the delegation to give Tet gifts to poor households in the locality. It was just after 9 am, Mr. Thoi was already staggering from the effects of alcohol. Walking around his family's garden, Ms. Huong thought to herself, a family with land and irrigation water like this cannot be a poor household forever.

On the one hand, she proposed to the Party Committee, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hoa An commune the idea of ​​mobilizing the entire political system to join hands to help Mr. Thoi's family implement the model of converting mixed gardens to growing new coffee varieties. On the other hand, she invited Mr. Thoi to the committee to grasp his thoughts and aspirations, using his family's circumstances to persuade and persuade. Mr. Thoi, from being shy and hesitant, voluntarily wrote a commitment to quit drinking and make efforts to promote the effectiveness of the supported model.

In April 2024, the entire political system of Hoa An commune launched a poverty reduction model for Mr. Thoi's family. In particular, Ms. Huong directly contributed 500 grafted coffee trees; the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the commune supported 5 million VND to hire an excavator to destroy old crops, level the ground, dig holes to plant coffee; the Red Cross of the commune supported 5 million VND to cover the cost of buying fertilizer.

Mr. Thoi's family's coffee garden is growing well after more than 1 year of planting.

After more than 1 year of implementing the model, Mr. Thoi's family life has clearly "changed" when 500 grafted coffee trees have grown well and are in the process of bearing fruit. Most of the time during the day, he spends taking care of the coffee garden, from watering, composting cow manure to fertilizing the plants to preventing pests. From being drunk in the morning and drunk in the afternoon, Mr. Thoi has "stopped" drinking alcohol, enthusiastically sharing his experience with people in the area about choosing coffee varieties to "tips" to prevent stem borers, mealybugs, etc.

Mrs. Lai Thi Hoa, Mr. Thoi's wife, happily boasted that last Tet, her two eldest sons sent money to their parents to repaint the house, and the youngest son finished 10th grade with good academic results. At the end of this year, they will harvest their first coffee crop and will certainly apply to escape poverty, fulfilling their promise to those who have wholeheartedly helped their family.

Vice Chairwoman of Hoa An Commune People's Committee Nguyen Thi Lan Huong visited the mixed garden renovation model of Mr. Thoi's family.

The joy of Mr. Thoi's family is also the common joy of the cadres and party members of Hoa An commune when they prove to the people that no one can be "sustainably poor" if they are determined to change their thinking and ways of doing things.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, Vice Chairwoman of the People's Committee of Hoa An Commune, shared that in order to "leave no one behind", it is necessary not only to provide immediate support but also to continuously accompany, encourage, supervise, both hand-holding and guiding, and arousing the will to rise up of the poor households themselves. This is an effective way that the political system of Hoa An Commune has gradually expanded over time, helping many poor and disadvantaged households to truly change all aspects of their lives.

Source: https://baodaklak.vn/kinh-te/202506/ong-thoi-thoi-ngheo-0f61447/