Groundbreaking ceremony of 'Beautiful School for Children' project in Thong Thu (Que Phong)

Currently, Thong Thu 1 Primary School has 3 campuses with 17 classes and 344 students, all of whom are ethnic minorities. Of which, Muong Piet campus of Thong Thu 1 Primary School has the worst facilities. Photo: TDNA

Muong Piet school, belonging to Thong Thu 1 Primary School, Thong Thu commune, is a school facing many difficulties in terms of facilities. The school currently has 9 classrooms, 7 degraded level 4 classrooms and 2 temporary classrooms, all of which have been degraded due to the impact of floods.

The distance from the commune center to the school is 10 km, from the district center to the school is 53 km. Up to now, it has received the attention of the Vietnam Volunteer Resource Center, which sponsored 430 million VND to build the project "Beautiful School for Children" with 2 classrooms, 1 office room, 1 restroom.

Representatives of sponsoring units presented the project sign to the school. Photo: TDNA

The school was built through the project “Strength 2000” – a project of the Central Youth Union aimed at directly implementing the construction of schools, bridges, and happy houses in disadvantaged localities.

Up to now, in addition to Muong Piet school, the "Strength 2000" program is also sponsoring Pa Ca kindergarten under Nam Can kindergarten, Nam Can commune, Ky Son district with a total support fund of 280 million VND and a happy house for students in difficult circumstances in Truong Son village, Nam Can commune, Ky Son district with a total value of 80 million VND.

Representatives of the Vietnam Volunteer Resource Information Center, Nghe An Provincial Youth Union, local leaders, the school and sponsors at the groundbreaking ceremony. Photo: TDNA

These are practical works to celebrate the 91st anniversary of the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26, 1931 - March 26, 2022), towards the 18th Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Nghe An province, the 12th National Congress of the Youth Union, term 2022-2027.

At the program, sponsors presented 205 sets of uniforms, 30 T-shirts and 2 boxes of children's books to the students. Photo: TDNA

At the groundbreaking ceremony, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union Thai Minh Sy expressed his sincere thanks to the sponsors and the 2000 Strength project for their support and financial resources to start the project. The investment in building the school is very important in improving the quality of teaching and learning in a difficult area like Thong Thu.

In order to complete the project soon, he hopes that the local Party Committee and government will pay attention to directing and urging the progress. At the same time, he will promote the role of youth in volunteer activities to participate in school construction days in the coming time.