(Baonghean.vn) -Along with the joy of the new school year, students in the border commune of Nhon Mai (Tuong Duong) can now study with peace of mind, because the school has a new boarding house.
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| Nhon Mai Primary School is located in a particularly difficult area of Nhon Mai border commune. The school currently has 405 students, who are children of ethnic minorities: Mong, Kho Mu, Thai, of which dozens are in difficult circumstances, their houses are nearly 10 km away from the school, the road to get there is extremely difficult. To ensure their studies, the students have to stay in a boarding house built from bamboo and thatch, which is now degraded and unsafe. In the photo of the old boarding house. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| After a period of construction, the house has 4 rooms, total area is 72m2.2The spacious playground was completed just in time for the children to start the new school year. The total cost was 312 million VND, sponsored by the Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross Society and philanthropists from the city named after Uncle Ho. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| In the spacious and clean boarding house. It is known that this new school year, there will be more than 20 students from 5 grades staying in this house. In the photo: District leaders and the Department of Education and Training of Tuong Duong visited and encouraged the students on the occasion of the new school year. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Xong Ba Cho (Mong ethnic group), a 5th grader from Pha Mut village, shared: “A few years ago, we had to live in a thatched house. Every rainy season, it leaked. This year, we are very happy because we have a new, more beautiful house, so we don’t have to worry about the rainy season anymore.” Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Mr. Vu Dinh Hung - Principal of the school said, "In the 2017-2018 school year, 20 students from Pha Mut village will stay here and about 30 students from Xa Mat village will stay at noon and return in the afternoon." Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| The bright smiles of the children when living in the new boarding house. Hopefully this will be a motivation to help them study better. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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