Joy at Lung Hoai Highland School

Students at Lung Hoai School happily play games with members of the volunteer group.

Lung Hoai school is nearly 3km from the center of Thuong Nung commune (Vo Nhai) and is located on a high mountain. The road from the center of the commune to the school has been concreted by the State, but travel is still difficult due to many steep slopes and winding curves. This school year, the school has 57 students from grades 1 to 5. 100% of the students here are Mong ethnic people and all come from poor and near-poor households.

Members of the Vietnam Student Volunteer Organization assemble bookshelves to donate to the school.

Although the school has received attention and support from many organizations and individuals over the years, the facilities and living conditions for the boarding students are still facing many difficulties. Some classrooms and lunch and lunch areas are still cramped and hot, built with corrugated iron sheets. In particular, the road of more than 100 m connecting the main road of the hamlet to the school is still a dirt road, muddy in the rainy season.

Members of the Vietnam Student Volunteer Organization participate in cooking for students with teachers at the school.

Mr. Vu Trung Kien, Vice Principal of Thuong Nung Primary School, shared: The school currently has 50/57 students eating at school. Each meal for the students is currently worth 10,000 VND/student/day. The money for the students' meals has been supported by the Fund for Poor Students in the Highlands since 2018. Parents take turns to cook for the children every meal because the school does not have a cook.

Lung Hoai school is nestled among the mountains and forests.

Understanding the difficulties of the students here, 30 members of the Vietnam Volunteer Student Organization in Hanoi visited and presented gifts, such as: 3 bookshelves, books, school supplies, and school construction support funds. The gifts, although not large, contained the members' love and sharing for the children in the highlands.

Lung Hoai school is nestled among the mountains and forests.

Pham Hoang Nam, representative of the Vietnam Volunteer Student Organization, said: Through some sources of information, we learned about the difficulties of students at Lung Hoai School. We have organized fundraising activities to support the students here. We hope that the small support today will be a source of encouragement for the students to have more aspirations to excel in their studies in this land of many difficulties.

Lung Hoai residential area, in Tan Thanh hamlet, currently has 43 households, 100% of whom are Mong ethnic people and all are poor or near-poor households.

Receiving gifts, eating a better meal than usual and interacting and playing games with members of the volunteer group, the students were all happy and excited. Hoang Van Dat, a 5th grade student, excitedly said: I am very happy to receive gifts and play games with my brothers and sisters. I will try to study and practice well.

Students at Lung Hoai School are excited to have a better meal than usual.

Receiving gifts and 15 million VND from the Vietnam Volunteer Student Organization to build a roof for the playground for students at the school, Mr. Vu Trung Kien, Vice Principal of Thuong Nung Primary School, could not hide his emotions: For the school and the students here, every meal, every notebook, every pen is extremely precious. The sharing of the members of the volunteer group not only helps the students have better learning conditions, but also lights up their faith and hope. On behalf of the school, I would like to express my most sincere thanks to the Vietnam Volunteer Student Organization.

Happy atmosphere at lunch of students at Lung Hoai School.

The Vietnam Student Volunteer Organization was established in March 2024, with 206 members, all of whom are high school students in Hanoi. Every month, members organize activities to raise funds and participate in charity work in many localities across the country.

Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/xa-hoi/202504/niem-vui-o-diem-truong-vung-cao-lung-hoai-fe91719/