The athletes are gathering at the Sun God Square of VTTU.
On the morning of April 28th, nearly 7,500 athletes representing departments, agencies, organizations, citizens, and high school students from Hau Giang province and other provinces in the Mekong Delta, including 52 disabled athletes from Hau Giang province, participated in this competition.
Athletes before the start of the race.
The "VTTU - WE ARE ONE" program, organized by the university, aims to ignite passion, inspire willpower and strength, and raise awareness, sharing, and love within the community regarding people with disabilities, contributing to removing the barriers that people with disabilities face daily in integrating into society.
Through this program, the school hopes to support the fundraising efforts to support disabled high school students and disabled individuals in Hau Giang province who participate in the cross-country race.
Athletes with disabilities participate in the competition.
As part of the community service cooperation under the comprehensive cooperation memorandum signed between the People's Committee of Hau Giang province and Vo Truong Toan University, the program is organized as a community event, encouraging participation from the entire society.
This is an opportunity for sports enthusiasts to meet and interact, and to improve their physical and mental health through running with people with disabilities.
The athletes experience the journey together.
The uniquely designed and safe running route allows athletes to admire the beauty of the school's European-style architecture and the Ti & Ni amusement park. It creates a beautiful scene where "every step you take is a source of strength, belief, and hope for people with disabilities."
Athletes on the running track at Vo Truong Toan University amusement park (Ti & Ni Amusement Park)
In particular, through the cross-country running activity, each participating athlete contributed to a fund to donate a total of 130 million VND to 52 disabled athletes from Hau Giang province participating in the competition.
Mr. Dong Van Thanh, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Committee of Hau Giang province, presented a donation to the support fund for disabled athletes.
BTC awarded prizes to the first, second, and third place finishers in both the men's and women's 2km and 5km races.
The athlete finished the 5km race.
The school also awarded scholarships totaling up to 4 billion VND to the top 20 students who finished first in each running distance upon enrollment.
Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Hau Giang province (far right) and Dr. Le Ngoc Kinh - Vice Principal of the school (far left) present scholarships to high school students.
The event spread a powerful message of encouragement to the disability community: "Do the difficult things when they are easy, and do great things when they are small."
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Winners are not those who have never failed, but those who have never given up.
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