This is a practical activity within the community support program implemented by Lifestart Foundation to promptly encourage, share and bring joy to students in difficult circumstances and their families during the Lunar New Year. this Giap Thin party. The total value of Tet gifts, bicycles and reference books is more than 2.000 USD (equivalent to 50 million VND).
It is known that Song Kon commune (Dong Giang district) is one of the communes in region III (extremely difficult communes), belonging to ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the period 2021-2025 according to Decision No. 861/QD -TTg issued by the Prime Minister on June 04, 6 with the rate of poor households accounting for more than 2021%.
At this donation, the Union of Friendship Organizations of Quang Nam province and the Lifestart Foundation visited Phan Chau Trinh Secondary School (Song Kon commune, Dong Giang district), where 186 students are currently studying. Of which 90% of the children are from the Co-Tu ethnic minority, whose families are in particularly difficult circumstances.
Accordingly, representatives of the Lifestart Foundation directly awarded 68 gifts including 60 sets of necessities to 60 Co-Tu ethnic students studying at the school, each set includes rice, cooking oil, and fish sauce. , soy sauce, washing powder, shampoo, toothpaste, dishwashing liquid. At the same time, 8 new bicycles were also given to 8 students, helping them have transportation to school every day.
The children who received gifts and bicycles are ethnic minority students in difficult circumstances. The distance from home to school is very long, many of them live nearly 10km away from school. The students were very happy to receive gifts as the nation's traditional Tet holiday is approaching.
Ms. Karen Leonard - founder of the Lifestart Foundation shared: "We always emphasize the importance of education, good health and quality of life for students in difficult circumstances. Therefore, giving Tet gifts is one of the annual community activities that we always prioritize implementing every Spring. We hope that these 60 meaningful gifts of necessities will partly solve the difficulties and hardships in life that students' families are facing. Besides, Lifestart Foundation hopes that the new bicycles will help children go to school more safely and conveniently, save travel time, as well as create conditions for them to overcome their circumstances and strive in their studies. practice and become useful to society, able to contribute back to the community.
On this occasion, Lifestart Foundation also donated 123 textbooks and reference books to Phan Chau Trinh Secondary School, where library operations still have many difficulties and limitations. The book donation program is a practical activity to help schools improve the shortage of books, equip students with appropriate books for each grade level, and create favorable conditions for finding documents. promote reading culture as well as meet students' reading and learning needs.
It is known that the program of giving gifts and necessities to people in difficult circumstances in the Central region is an annual activity of the Lifestart Foundation. During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, LSF organization delivered nearly 1.000 necessities to people in Quang Nam province with a total value of nearly 600 million VND, promptly joining hands to support. people during the difficult epidemic period.
Most recently, Lifestart Foundation directly donated 100 basic necessities to 100 disadvantaged Ca-Dong ethnic minority students studying at Tra Don Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities, Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province. The total gifts are worth more than 42 million VND.
In addition, nearly 1.500 glasses of fresh milk were also directly delivered by the Lifestart Foundation to 80 disadvantaged pediatric patients being treated at the Department of Pediatrics, Quang Nam Regional General Hospital (Dien Ban town). , contributing to improving nutrition for pediatric patients.
In 2023, Lifestart Foundation also implemented many other large community projects, typically giving 50 bicycles to students in difficult circumstances in Phuoc Son district (worth more than 80 million VND), donating and installed 15 65-inch smart TVs to support the teaching work of schools in the province with a total value of more than 220 million VND, providing drinking water treatment systems for 10 schools in remote areas. with a total budget of more than 450 million VND, and many other meaningful activities./.
