The first brick house in the village

Pham Quang Linh is well known to Vietnamese and international audiences for organizing a wedding with Vietnamese style to demonstrate Vietnamese pride.

Linh and his teammates said they wanted to do significant things to improve the quality of life in Angola, where they are living.

With money earned from clips posted on YouTube and support from benefactors, the 9X man and his teammates built a brick house for two elderly women. This is the first brick house in the remote village. Other houses are made of earth.

The two women, Lusia, 95, and Mario, 80, in Bailundo District, Huambo province of Angola, said they were quite surprised about the gift.

“The house where they lived was built many years ago, and it had nearly collapsed. It became dangerous, so I decided to build a new house for them,” Linh said.

After drawing up the plan, Linh and his teammates began construction on May 12 and finished 25 days later. It is a simple house with one 20-square meter room. The essential items for the house, including beds and mattresses, were donated by a Vietnamese living in Angola named Tien.

According to Linh, the construction costs VND50 million.

As the hamlet was on a mountain, it was difficult to carry building materials to the site and it took time to travel. The local authorities offered help. “They were very enthusiastic in helping fulfill the legal procedures to build the house,” Linh said.

Linh and his teammates have been doing many things to help local people. They have drilled 12 water wells and distributed 1,000 rice bags (25 tons) donated by Vietnamese from all over the world.

Under the ‘5,000 children go to school’ project, four out of seven classrooms have been built. Their project on farming on substandard soil brought initial results and was replicated.

Linh has been living in Angola for five years. At first, he worked as a construction worker, and after that, he set up a small stone workshop. In 2019, he became a YouTuber. His clips about life of people in Angola have attracted many viewers.

His team includes nine individuals, including four Vietnamese (Quang Linh, Dong Paulo, Hung Kaka, Linh Philip) and five Angolan members (Lindo Maitiloi, Victori, Fendi and Doimingu). 

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