 |
|
Flood-hit students received books from businesses. Photo H.Y |
After the typhoon Mirinae, scores of students in the central province of Binh Dinh faced the shortage of learning facilities. The province’s Youth Union and its affiliates collected textbooks, notebooks, and pens to help flood-hit students return to school.
After the flood, some fortunately found their books, but most of them were wet. Teachers could only encourage their students to help each other by sharing with unlucky ones.
The city’s Youth Union launched the “10,000 notebooks for flood-hit students” campaign when the water had gone down. As a result, students in wards of Nhon Binh, Nhon Phu, Tran Quang Dieu, Bui Thi Xuan, and Phuoc My commune now have enough notebooks to go to school.
Dat Vo (Land of Martial Arts) Entrepreneurs’ Club also offered 2,000 notebooks to the campaign, let alone other businesses, organizations, and individuals.
Nguyen Thi Thao Nguyen, a sixth-grader of Nhon Binh junior high school, was very happy when receiving books and pens. “My classmate and I had to share a book for two weeks and after the class I had to stay at school to do exercises because there was no book at home,” she said.
Alongside Nguyen, 175 students of Nhon Binh junior high school, Nhon Binh primary school No.2, Phuoc My junior high school, and Nhon Phu junior high school also received VP Bank-funded books and notebooks.
Statistics showed that the provincial Youth Union’s relief delegation handed over 111,000 notebooks and 10,000 pens to flood-hit students. More than 50,000 notebooks will be presented to students living in flood-hit areas in the coming time.
Underprivileged students, particularly orphans, were also offered food, clothes, and money to overcome difficulties to continue their studying.
“After the flood, the provincial Youth Union’s Steering Board assigned affiliates of all levels to promptly help disadvantaged children and orphans,” said the provincial Youth Union’s permanent deputy secretary Ly Tiet Hanh. “Youth Union members also went to flood-stricken areas to help them overcome the flood aftermath.”
Also, the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCMC presented a sum of VND3.2 million to 25 orphan students in Quy Nhon and districts of Tuy Phuoc, An Nhon, and Phu Cat.
The financial assistance partly helped many families overcome difficulties. Nguyen Thi Tuong Vy whose house was swept away during the flood said her family would use a small number of the money to buy books and the rest will be used to do business.
| 
