Kindergarten students in the flooded area of ​​Hoa Thinh happily return to school with new textbooks and toys.

Amidst mounting difficulties, flood-affected students in Hoa Thinh commune (formerly Phu Yen) have returned to school with new textbooks and toys.

Ms. Do Thi Thu Hien - Vice Principal of Hoa Dong Kindergarten (Hoa Thinh commune) - presents new school supplies to students - Photo: MINH PHUONG

On December 1, at Hoa Dong Kindergarten in the Hoa Thinh flood-affected area, the school yard was dry after many days of flooding. Vice Principal Do Thi Thu Hien was busy going to each class, asking each child what the floodwaters had washed away.

Little lips chattered about the favorite pink school bag stained with mud, or the pretty shirt swept away by floodwaters.

After listening, Ms. Hien and the teachers gathered the students and personally distributed brand new backpacks and boxes of colored pencils donated by benefactors in Ho Chi Minh City.

On the first day back to school, every child's face lit up with joy at seeing their friends again, touching their toys and continuing to learn the lessons they had left unfinished before the flood.

Tran Le Dong Tien (14 years old, Dong Khoi Secondary School, Hoa Thinh Commune) tries to turn over each book to dry while the sun is shining next to a completely collapsed house that is being rebuilt by soldiers - Photo: MINH PHUONG

The school also managed to borrow books from other kindergartens to distribute to the children. "We are still waiting for new books to be sent. In the meantime, the school has borrowed books from places that have extra books so that the children can study immediately," said Ms. Hien.

Not only Hoa Dong, many other schools in the flood-prone area of ​​Hoa Thinh and many places in the old Phu Yen are also gradually stabilizing. Books have arrived, new clothes are available, the brown color of mud has been replaced by joy and excitement of children.

Proposal to support books for students in flood areas

According to the Department of Education and Training of Dak Lak province, 183/243 schools in flood-affected areas requested textbook support, including 89 primary schools, 67 secondary schools and 27 high schools. The total demand is more than 535,000 books, of which the Canh Dieu series is more than 201,000 books, and the series of the Vietnam Education Publishing House is more than 296,000 books.

Books were delivered to schools from November 27 and are expected to be completed before December 4, with a total support value of more than VND 8.2 billion. In addition, the Department of Education and Training continues to call on agencies, businesses, organizations, and individuals nationwide to join hands to help damaged schools to provide more school bags and new clothes for students in flooded areas.

MINH PHUONG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/hoc-sinh-mam-non-vung-lu-hoa-thinh-ron-rang-tro-lai-truong-voi-sach-giao-khoa-do-choi-moi-20251201151704436.htm