Traveling more than 300km, the Future Incubator group in Ho Chi Minh City brought more than 600 gifts to give to students of Vinh Binh Bac Primary and Secondary School, Vinh Thuan district (Kien Giang). Each gift includes uniforms, notebooks, school kits... for the new school year. The group also donated 100 sets of new textbooks for the school to give to students in difficult circumstances to borrow.
This year, Vinh Binh Bac commune received 100% health insurance support from the state, so the group transferred this funding to students to build a cultural space for reading Ho Chi Minh, helping students in the countryside have an attractive reading space. guide. In addition, more than 600 students also participated in the zero-cost food festival with delicious dishes, gift booths, and games with prizes.
Mr. Nguyen Van Thang (69 years old) shared his joy when seeing his grandson (4th grade) with his friends playing, eating for free and receiving practical gifts for the upcoming first day of school.
"It's a single-family home with only two grandchildren. Every day I go out to catch shrimp for hire. The salary is 150,000 VND, but I don't have meals every day. We have to save as much as we can to make ends meet, so every time we enroll at the beginning of the year, the fees are a burden on our shoulders," Mr. Thang confided.
Mr. Thang also confided: "Every time school starts, we have to fast and stop spending to have money to buy books and clothes to go to school. For the past two years, the children from the city have come down to help, so they no longer have to fast like that. Thank you for coming from far away to this countryside to help the students."
Ms. Le Thi Hong (50 years old) said that she and her husband have 4 children studying at this school. “Whoever hires us does what we do, and the salary is meager, so every time school starts, we worry and lose sleep. This year, I heard that I was given new uniforms, notebooks, and books for free, so my children and I walked here early to wait to receive them."
Mr. Mai Van Hung - Principal of Vinh Binh Bac Secondary School happily shared: "Very essential gifts that young people bring to students in time for the new school year. This not only helps their families ease their worries, but also helps them go to school and avoid the risk of dropping out due to economic difficulties."
Vinh Binh Bac is a remote and difficult commune of Vinh Thuan district with a majority of Khmer people. The economy is mainly based on agricultural cultivation, so people's lives are still lacking. "For the past two years, thanks to the young people of the Future Nurturing group, who are not afraid to come from far away to help, children of families have had more conditions to go to school and nurture their dreams of literacy," Mr. Tran Nhat Thuat, Vice President Chairman of the People's Committee of Vinh Binh Bac Commune said.
Mr. Nguyen Minh Hoang - Leader of the Future Incubation Group informed that this year's total gift budget is more than 173 million VND. In addition to the contributions of group members and friends, young people spend time organizing a sales festival to raise funds for Nurturing the Future to help students in remote areas.
Mr. Nguyen Minh Hoang recalls, the first time the group went to remote areas to organize programs, no one dared to come and receive candy or food because up until now, they had never been given much for free by "unknown people". to that extent. There were many students who received new uniforms, books, and school supplies but still did not dare to go home because they could not believe it was true. They looked so pitiful.
"The group operates with a spirit of volunteerism, sharing difficulties with poor students, so we are still trying to maintain and expand the program to more rural areas, helping them to some extent to go to school. is the happiest thing for the group," Mr. Hoang confided.
