Teachers in Kon Tum contribute sticky rice and banh chung to poor students

Before Lunar New Year, many schools in Sa Thay district, Kon Tum organized Chung cake wrapping and prepared necessities to give to poor students.

Vo Nguyen Giap Primary and Secondary School is located in Mo Rai commune - a border commune in Sa Thay district. The school's students are mainly children of rubber tapping workers, many of whom come from poor families.

Sharing with the students, Tet is coming, spring is coming, teachers at school join hands to contribute rice, go into the forest to cut banana leaves to wrap Chung cakes to give to students.

Every Tet holiday, teachers in disadvantaged schools join hands to contribute rice to make banh chung (square sticky rice cakes) to give to students (Photo: Anh Son).

Mr. Le Van Lanh, Principal of Vo Nguyen Giap Primary and Secondary School, said that in addition to supporting and helping disadvantaged students to excel in their studies, this Tet holiday, the school organized a festival for their hometown. Through this, the school both educates on traditional culture and arouses the spirit of mutual love.

The school also regularly mobilizes donations of books, notebooks, and clothes for students. In order to improve meals for students, the school also builds vegetable gardens, fruit trees, and raises chickens and ducks...

The Tet festival in my hometown both educates about traditional culture and arouses the spirit of mutual love in schools (Photo: Anh Son).

Ha To Uyen, a 9B student at Vo Nguyen Giap Primary and Secondary School, confided: "Due to circumstances, my parents have to work until close to Tet. After school, I often help my parents clean and decorate the house to welcome Tet. At the end of the year, teachers also give Chung cakes and candies to bring home to my family. I am very happy to participate in many activities at school on the days close to Tet."

Similarly, Hai Ba Trung Secondary School (Sa Binh Commune, Sa Thay District) has maintained activities to care for and help disadvantaged students during Tet for many years.

Mr. Vo Hoang Son, Principal of Hai Ba Trung Secondary School, said: "The school has 400 students, of which more than 60% are ethnic minorities. The commune has just met the new rural standards, but the people's lives still have many difficulties.

On the occasion of Tet, the school always calls for support from benefactors to help children have a warm and happy Tet with their families. This year, the school organized many practical programs such as Chung cake wrapping and cooking contest, gong exchange, clothing booth, and free haircuts.

Teachers at the school joined hands to wrap more than 400 banh chung cakes and free lunches and Tet gifts for students in difficult circumstances.

Many schools mobilize support for necessities so that students can have a warm and full Tet (Photo: Anh Son).

In the past year, teachers of Hai Ba Trung Secondary School also called for and mobilized hundreds of millions of VND from donors to repaint classrooms, give bicycles, clothes, and school bags to hundreds of disadvantaged students; mobilized social resources to buy textbooks for all ethnic minority students in grade 8 for the 2023-2024 school year.

Mr. Le Dinh Tuyen, Deputy Head of the Department of Education and Training of Sa Thay district, informed: "Every Tet holiday, many schools in disadvantaged areas in the area organize many programs related to taking care of Tet for students with difficult circumstances in schools in the area, which is really meaningful and practical.

These activities partly help children have a fulfilling Tet and strengthen friendships, teacher-student relationships, and coordination between parents and the village community. Many schools also create many fun and useful activities in the spring atmosphere for students."

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