Youth Union members in Nghe An join hands to wrap banh chung to give to the poor
(Baonghean.vn) - With the desire to bring a more complete Tet to poor families, union members and students of Dien Chau, Con Cuong, and Tuong Duong districts gathered to wrap cakes to give to poor households.
* January 29, at the hall of hamlet 7B,Dien Trung commune (Dien Chau),Dozens of youth union members in green volunteer uniforms gathered to wrap banh chung to give to the poor. This is the first year the Commune Union has organized this activity and has wrapped 300 cakes. These cakes will be given to 150 poor households and students overcoming difficulties in the three communes of Dien Trung, Dien Loc, and Dien Thinh.
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Youth Union members of Dien Chau district participate in wrapping cakes for the poor in the locality. Photo: Quang An |
Ms. Ho Thi Tham - Secretary of the Youth Union of Dien Trung commune said that the funds for this activity were mobilized by the union members from many sources, mainly from philanthropists, mobilizing the people and drawing from the charity car wash fund of the commune union in 2018.
Quang An
* Previously, on January 27 and 28, 2019,Chi Khe commune union members (Con Cuong)contribute money to buy sticky rice and dong leaves to wrap banh chung to give to policy families and poor and near-poor households in Nam Dinh village.
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Chi Khe young people stay up all night to cook banh chung. Photo: Huu Vi |
On the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2019, Chi Khe youths gave gifts to 16 families with preferential policies and poor households. In addition to banh chung, these disadvantaged families also received gifts including clothes and cash donated by union members and youths.
You Wei
*Tuong Duong Secondary School for Ethnic Minority Boarding Studentsalso collaborated with volunteer groups to organize the program "Loving Tet" for more than 300 boarding students of the school. The program took place enthusiastically with many contents, in which the banh chung wrapping competition attracted a large number of students to participate.
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Besides wrapping banh chung and banh tet, many students beautifully wrapped croissant cakes - a familiar traditional cake of the Thai people. Photo: Dao Tho |
The contest also attracted many parents to come and anxiously watch their children wrap the cakes with the hope that their children would understand the value of work and the meaning of reunion during the traditional Tet holiday.
