Giving gifts to flood victims

Phuong Dien Secondary School, Huong Khe District, Ha Tinh Province, is nestled between hills and mountains forming a basin of water. A week ago, this was the epicenter of the flood that caused a landslide. The road is only over 2 km long, winding up and down, taking about 30 minutes to get there. Ms. Nguyen Thuy Ngan, the school's principal, said that the school is a small school with only 182 students, divided into 7 classes, and is a joint school of the two former Phuong Dien and Phuong My schools. Most of the students' family lives are difficult, and they live far from school. Some students have to walk more than 10 km to get to school. Therefore, every word they learn on the way home is lost. To maintain the road to school, teachers must encourage families and students to overcome all difficulties to get to class. In the recent flood, the people of the Central provinces in general and the people of Huong Khe district in particular had to endure two consecutive floods. The first flood had not yet receded when the second flood was added, creating floods on top of floods that separated families and hamlets, so the school had to stop studying for those days. The principal said that the flood had delayed the school's program by 32 sessions, forcing them to teach make-up and skip classes. Not only did the students have a hard time, but the teachers also had a hard time, but no matter how difficult it was, we would find a way to overcome it so that the students could study fully and with quality.

Dr. Nguyen Quang Lieu, head of the working group, talks with students of Phuong Dien Primary School, Huong Khe District, Ha Tinh

MSc. Kim Diep Ha, a member of the delegation, gave a gift to Tran Minh Anh, a student at Phuong Dien Primary School, an orphan but still a good student.

Leaving Huong Khe, our group visited and gave gifts to students of Thach Ngoc Primary School, Thach Ha District. The school has 251 students, divided into 15 classes and 21 teachers and administrators. Principal Tran Trong Tu showed everyone the water level on the wall, about 60 centimeters deep. Tables and chairs were soaked in flood water for many days and were at risk of being damaged. Unfortunately, the school has a library of over 1,000 books, but the flood came so quickly that all the books and documents were damaged.

Thach Ngoc Primary School is one of the schools with many poor students in Thach Ha district, nearly 40 students, so to be able to attend school and maintain classes is a great effort of teachers and students. Mr. Tran Quang Canh, head of the district's Education Department, affirmed that Ha Tinh has continuous floods, but there is no reason for students to miss school.

The Working Group presented gifts and took souvenir photos with teachers and students of Thach Ngoc Secondary School, Thach Ha District, Ha Tinh

Today is a happy day for the children. Sixty children from disadvantaged backgrounds and affected by the recent floods received gifts.from the hearts of teachers and staff of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU. The students in uniforms, red scarves, joy and excitement were clearly visible on their youthful smiling faces in the chilly weather of early winter. In his speech, Dr. Nguyen Quang Lieu, Head of the Department of Politics and Student Affairs, Vice President of the School's Trade Union, Head of the Working Group sympathized and shared the hardships of teachers and students here during the recent floods. Although the gift was not large, it was a heart of encouragement for the students here, giving them more motivation to overcome all difficulties to continue studying well.