The story of teachers on Facebook asking for old bicycles to give to poor students

Teachers repair old bicycles and give them to poor students. Photo: Hung Cuong

Seeing many students living far away but having to walk to school, struggling with hunger to "carry" their school bags, backpacks and books home after the 5th period, Mr. Nguyen Tat Tai - Physics teacher at Tri Le Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities (Que Phong) called for, "begged" for old bicycles to bring back and repair them to give to the students.

Old bicycles are brought to the school before being repaired. Photo: Hung Cuong

Teacher Nguyen Tat Tai, Physics teacher at Tri Le Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities, Tri Le Commune (Que Phong). Teacher Tai is from Do Luong, has been in the highlands of Que Phong for 12 years, his wife is also a teacher working at Kim Son Secondary School, Kim Son Town (Que Phong).

Old bicycles have been maintained and given to students in difficult circumstances. Photo: Hung Cuong

Teacher Nguyen Tat Tai shared: “I saw many students in very pitiful situations but felt helpless. Learning about life in the cities, I learned that many students there who are better off often have their parents buy them new bicycles. A friend from my college days and I contacted them to ask for them for poor students at my school.”

The joy of Mong students in Tri Le commune when they have bicycles to go to school. Photo: Hung Cuong

After nearly a month of calling for and mobilizing on social media, Mr. Nguyen Tat Tai brought 14 old bicycles to the school. Because they had not been used for a long time, the bicycles were rusty, so Mr. Tai and Mr. Nguyen Cong (a teacher at the same school) took advantage of their free time to repair, maintain and replace spare parts, then gave them to poor students.