"Warm Winter": Sharing Love

The students are carefully painting the rocking duck – an outdoor toy model at the school site.

Winter Volunteer Trip "For Your Smile" in Banh Trach, Ba Be, Bac Kan was the first volunteer activity in a series of activities by the school's youth, carried out by the Student Social Work Team (from January 11-13, 2019).

During the program, the weather was unfavorable due to rain, but this did not deter the entire team from setting off with high spirits and enthusiasm. The volunteer team donated gifts, school supplies, outdoor playground models, and fences to 8 schools. In addition, the team donated 107 gifts to students at 8 disadvantaged schools, including warm blankets, boots, warm jackets, comic books, coloring books, handwriting practice books, colored pencils, pencils, and some toys... All 33 members participating in the "Warm Winter Journey" shared that this was a very meaningful trip because the humanitarian significance of the program and the youthful enthusiasm made the entire team undeterred by difficulties and hardships.

The alphabet and numbers are made from used bottle caps - a product of volunteers.

Then, on January 14-15, 2019, two 45-seater buses carrying 95 volunteers from the Hoa Da Club carried out a volunteer campaign."The Warmth of Love Between Immortal Lovers"At Tien Lu Rehabilitation School in Hung Yen, volunteers spent two days cleaning and decorating the school and organizing traditional games for the students, such as jump rope and bamboo pole jumping, which the children enthusiastically participated in. In addition to 214 gifts for the students, members of the Hoa Da Club also brought banana leaves for making banh chung (traditional Vietnamese rice cakes), fragrant sticky rice, and helped the students wrap banh chung for Tet (Lunar New Year). Although their hands were still clumsy, the children couldn't hide their joy as they were guided by the volunteers to wrap their first banh chung...

A club member shared: "The purpose of the trip was to bring 'warmth' to the children during these cold late winter days... But the students in the group also felt the warmth that the children brought, fostering stronger bonds, understanding, and love for one another..."

Presenting gifts to students at Tien Lu Rehabilitation School, Hung Yen (Photo: Hoa Da Club)

On the same day, January 14th, the Student Volunteer Team carried out the "Springtime of Giving Love" volunteer trip in Duc Hanh, Bao Lam district, Cao Bang province.

However, the weather was unfavorable, and Duc Hanh commune is a poor, remote, and rugged area. Undeterred by wind and rain, 30 volunteers walked more than 15km to Coc Ly Primary School to donate gifts, warm blankets, clothes, school supplies, books, and essential food items to the students there, with a total value of approximately 50 million VND.

Volunteers from Hoa Da Club wrap banh chung (traditional Vietnamese rice cakes) with the students (Photo: Hoa Da Club)

Furthermore, the "Warm Winter in Northwest Vietnam" journey from January 14th to 16th, 2019, in collaboration with the Forever 20 Years Old Foundation, provided the school's youth with many memorable experiences, further spreading humanitarian values ​​to all parts of the country. With 22 volunteers from the "Flame of Youth 20" Club and members of the Foundation, the group volunteered in Phieng Ngua village (Son La province) and Dien Bien Dong district (Dien Bien province), bringing gifts to contribute to a warm and joyful Tet holiday for the local people. The group donated over 100 sets of warm clothing to underprivileged children in Dien Bien Dong district and 8 sets of gifts to 8 policy beneficiary families in Phieng Ngua village (Son La province).

Organizing traditional folk games at school (Photo: Hoa Da Club)

Donating gifts at a primary school in Duc Hanh, Bao Lam, Cao Bang (photo: Student Volunteer Team).

Dr. Tran Bach Hieu presents a commemorative gift to the representative of the Dien Bien Dong District Youth Union.