Student volunteers teach swimming to children in mountainous commune of Thanh Chuong

Thanh Chuong is a mountainous district bordering Laos. The economic conditions and lives of people in many communes, especially remote communes in border areas, are still difficult.

This summer, 4 volunteer student teams from universities registered to participate in volunteer activities in the locality. The two teams that returned to deploy their tasks the earliest were the Student Volunteer Team of the Faculty of Law - Vinh University and the Association of Nghe Tinh Compatriots of the University of Transport Technology - Academy of Posts and Telecommunications Technology.

SVTN opens free English classes attracting a large number of students to participate.

The SVTN team of the Faculty of Law, Vinh University, consisting of 18 students, participated in volunteer activities in Thanh Thuy commune. The program lasted for 20 days, from June 26 to July 16.

In recent days, the SVTN team has coordinated with the local commune Youth Union to organize training on Team work; organize summer activities with children; clean houses and gardens for families with preferential policies, village roads, youth roads, and medicinal herb gardens at the health station; coordinate with the Youth Shock Team and the Commune Military Committee to participate in forest fire prevention and control.

Propagating drowning prevention and teaching swimming to children in Thanh Thuy commune.

The SVTN team also organized propaganda on drowning prevention for children, practiced swimming lessons, and first aid for drowning at the Spillway Dam. This is an important content, receiving enthusiastic response from local people. In the coming days, the team will continue the activities of "Joining hands to build new rural areas", doing irrigation traffic, dredging canals and supporting people in villages to organize road construction...

SVTN team helps Mr. Dinh Anh Tuan's family in Thanh Huong commune harvest acacia.

At the same time, in Thanh Huong commune, the SVTN team of Nghe Tinh Fellow Countrymen Association, University of Transport Technology and Academy of Posts and Telecommunications Technology has 21 students from Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces participating. In recent days, the team has also coordinated with the local commune Youth Union to organize the distribution of rural roads with a total length of more than 7 km, remove black spots of waste in the area; repair a village cultural house, build a sports playground for children, clean up Hoa Quan Palace Relics...

SVTN team gives gifts to families in difficult circumstances in Thanh Huong commune.

In particular, the SVTN team organized fun activities for children, integrated communication and propaganda on drowning prevention; organized labor to help the family of Mr. Dinh Anh Tuan - a poor household in hamlet 7, harvest more than 15 tons of acacia in the hot sun. In order to share and encourage families in difficult circumstances, the team also visited and gave 12 gifts worth 3 million VND to poor students and households in the area.

The joy of participating in collective activities of student volunteers.

The activities of the SVTN teams of the Faculty of Law - Vinh University, the Nghe Tinh Association of the University of Transport Technology - Academy of Posts and Telecommunications Technology and the youth of the localities not only have practical significance for the people in the area, but also leave a good impression of the pioneering role of the youth.

Student Pham Tuan Khai - Captain of the Student Volunteer Team of the Faculty of Law - Vinh University shared: "We are very happy to be able to participate in volunteer activities in the locality, hoping to contribute a small part in helping people in the border area. For us, this volunteer trip is a valuable and interesting practical experience, leaving many lessons and beautiful memories."