From March 11-16, 3 volunteers from the YMCA of Greater Houston (USA) coordinated with the Vietnam YMCA to build and donate the project "Toilets for children" at Tan Phu Primary School. West and a charity house for households in difficult circumstances in Ben Tre province with a total cost of more than 15 million VND.
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Specifically, the "Toilet for Children" project has upgraded and built 8 new large restrooms, full of new and modern equipment and machinery, contributing to creating a comfortable living environment for more than 600 people. Students are studying at Tan Phu Tay Primary School (with a total budget of 229 million VND).
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| Volunteers hand over the project "Toilets for children" at Tan Phu Tay Primary School, Ben Tre province. (Photo: VNA) |
YACM also supported funding to build a charity house for the family of Ms. Giang Thi Tim (born in 1973), living in Tan Thuan Ngoai hamlet, Tan Phu Tay commune with an area of 32m2 with a total cost of 81 million VND.
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| Handing over the charity house to Ms. Giang Thi Tim's family. (Photo: VNA) |
At the same time, volunteers also exchanged English, organized folk games, donated school supplies to students and 70 sets of English books to Tan Phu Tay Primary School.
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| YMCA gave gifts to students. (Photo: VNA) |
Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Youth Union of Ben Tre province Tran Kim Flat expressed his appreciation for the affection of American volunteers in accompanying young people and local people to carry out projects for the community.
In the coming time, the Provincial Youth Union and Vietnam Youth Union of Ben Tre province hope to continue connecting with volunteers from many countries around the world, including the United States. Since then, many more meaningful social security projects have been implemented, contributing to strengthening the friendly relationship between Vietnamese youth, Ben Tre youth and international youth and friends.
| The YMCA of Greater Houston organization is an American nationality organization, founded in 1886 with activities focusing on youth empowerment, social security, improving community health... In 2023, YMCA Vietnam connected many volunteers from the Institute of Technical Education Singapore (ITE), students from the National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University... to contribute and carry out three projects "Schoolyard for children", "Classes for children" in Ba Tri and Giong Trom districts (Ben Tre province), with a total budget of 170 million VND. |
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