The event is part of the "Thap sang niem tin – Vuot kho den truong” (Light up your faith – Overcoming difficulties of going to school) program building libraries and offering gifts to students and schools in remote areas in provinces and cities throughout the country taken by the Sai Gon Giai Phong (SGGP) Newspaper.
The program offered essential learning tools worth a total of VND86 million to the school and nearly VND362 million to the school’s student support fund to award scholarships to students overcoming difficulties and support disadvantaged students.
Speaking at the event, Editor-in-Chief of the SGGP Newspaper Tang Huu Phong said that besides functional professional activities, the newspaper is always interested in organizing community programs and social charitable works to help needy people and students in remote areas.
The SGGP Newspaper launched the “Thap sang niem tin – Vuot kho den truong” (Light up your faith – Overcoming difficulties of going to school) program with the goal of creating favorable conditions for students to continuously put their effort into studying, he added.
These gifts will help students reduce their difficulties and overcome challenges of going to school as well as teach children a shared humanity, love, and kindness, teacher Nguyen Hai Ha, head of the Son Vi Semi-Boarding Primary School for Ethnic Minorities said.
In 2008, the SGGP Newspaper supported VND100 million to build the Son Vi Semi-Boarding Primary School for Ethnic Minorities and provided assistance to some households in difficult circumstances in Meo Vac District.
On the occasion of the ongoing program, Tien Phong (Pioneer) Marketing & Public Affairs Company Limited offered VND4 million to the school’s student support fund. The program’s organizer and Hue Minh Dang Investment Company Limited gave VND13 million and VND30 million respectively to award scholarships to students sponsored by the Son Vi Border Guard Station.
Son Vi Commune covers an area of approximately 54 square kilometers, with a population of over 6,000 people. The commune has 19 hamlets that are home to ethnic minority groups such as Mong, Giay, Tay, Nung, Dao, Hoa. Of these, the Mong people account for 80 percent of the commune's population.
The Son Vi Semi-Boarding Primary School for Ethnic Minorities consists of one main campus and 16 satellite campuses. The school has 45 classes with a total of 1,262 students.
Images of the gift-giving ceremony:
