Warm hearts of volunteers

Bring love back to the mountains

In recent days, besides his daily work at the company, Mr. Pham Van Bao (born in 1989) - Head of the Nghe An Red Flame Volunteer Club has been busy with a meaningful activity: collecting clothes and books fromkind-hearted people.

Carefully arranging the piles of clothes neatly and tidily into the bag, Mr. Bao shared that these were the gifts that he and the members of the Nghe An Red Flame Volunteer Club had donated and mobilized to give to children in Tuong Duong district in the charity program "Warm Tet for Children" which will take place in the next few days.

The program is the passion of Mr. Bao and the club, stemming from the understanding of the difficulties of children at Cham Puong kindergarten and primary school, Luong Minh commune, Tuong Duong district. There are nearly 100 students of the Khmu ethnic group studying at 2 schools, of which more than 90% are children of poor families. This has motivated Mr. Bao and the members of the club to make more efforts to become a bridge, bringing books, school supplies, clothes and many other meaningful gifts to encourage and share with the children as Tet approaches.

Previously, in August 2024, the Red Flame Volunteer Club also donated and mobilized nearly 127 million VND to organize the program "Going to school with you" at primary and preschool schools in Bac Ly commune (Ky Son). From this program, hundreds of warm clothes, dozens of cash gifts and school supplies were given to the children. In addition, solar lighting systems, water purifiers and wall fans were also installed to serve the children's daily life. These meaningful gifts have added positive energy to teachers and students in remote areas, helping them to firmly step on their journey of spreading knowledge.

To make that journey more complete, in the program "Tet for the poor" on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin, the club also donated 220 million VND through the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee.

With more than 10 years of volunteering, Mr. Bao's simple house on Nguyen Sy Sach Street (Vinh City) has long been a trusted connection point for kind-hearted people who want to help children and people in disadvantaged areas. Not wanting to stop volunteering at the personal level, in 2021, Mr. Pham Van Bao founded the Red Flame Volunteer Club.

Since then, nearly 50 members of the club have organized more than 20 volunteer trips, supporting many students and people in difficult circumstances in disadvantaged areas of the province. Not only providing material support, the doctors, nurses and key members of the club also organize many programs to examine, consult, and provide free medicine to people.

In recognition of these contributions, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and the Provincial People's Committee Chairman awarded the club a Certificate of Merit. On December 29, Mr. Pham Van Bao also became one of three representatives of Nghe An to be honored in the award ceremony."Contributing to the community in 2024".

Behind these recognitions, Mr. Bao and the club members have more motivation to connect and organize more charity trips, continue the journey of spreading love and contributing to the community in the upcoming journey.

The heart turns to home

Although living, working and studying in Hanoi, the members of the Nghe An Youth Association in Hanoi always turn their attention to their homeland with many meaningful activities. In recent days, the young people in the Association have donated and mobilized more than 300 million VND to buy a large motorboat, a solar lighting system, blankets, warm clothes and necessities such as rice, salt, milk, medicine, etc. All have been fully prepared. The young people have also completed the procedures with the local authorities to organize a donation program for the people in Huoi Pung village, Huu Khuong commune, Tuong Duong district next week.

With more than 50 thousand Nghe An youths connected, the Nghe An Youth Association in Hanoi has organized many charity programs for the difficult areas of the province over the past 10 years. With the desire to give the best to the homeland, especially the remote and difficult mountainous areas, the program "Warm the Border" is organized annually on a large scale by the Association. The gifts each year include bicycles, warm blankets, school supplies for students and necessities for the people.

In 2022, in Keng Du commune, Ky Son district, the Association presented gifts with a total value of more than 250 million VND. In 2023, in Cam Muon commune, Que Phong district, the total value of gifts was up to more than 350 million VND. In addition, each year the Association also calls for funding to support the "Green Summer" Programs of the Volunteer Student Teams of the same hometown at universities, with a total annual support value of more than 300 million VND. These activities are a reminder of the solidarity and spirit of mutual love of the people of Nghe An.

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Over the years, people living far away from home, whether at home or abroad, have always turned towards their homeland with hearts full of love and responsibility for the land of Ky Son.

Among them, the Nghe An Youth Association in Hanoi has always been ready to contribute and share the difficulties of the people such as supporting the construction of bridges, giving gifts to people in difficult circumstances, supporting poor students...

These volunteer activities not only bring joy and warmth to the disadvantaged but also demonstrate the power of sharing that young people always show towards their homeland.

Comrade Lo Van Cuong - Vice Chairman of the Fatherland Front Committee of Que Phong district

According to the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, in recent years, nearly 200 volunteer groups with more than 5,300 members have carried out a series of meaningful programs, such as building bridges, schools, boarding houses, supporting livelihoods and providing medical treatment for thousands of poor households.

From the money mobilized by organizations, volunteer groups, and philanthropists inside and outside the province, disadvantaged areas have received support to build 14 bridges, dozens of boarding houses for students, hundreds of "Great Unity" houses and many other practical activities. These meaningful contributions not only bring about material changes but also motivate people in disadvantaged areas of the province to overcome difficulties and build a better life./.