(Baonghean.vn) - Only 2 days left until Tet, the bustling atmosphere of welcoming Spring is everywhere.SOS village Vinh, where orphans and homeless children are taken in, the atmosphere seems to be more bustling and warmer.
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| On the days before Tet, coming to the SOS Children's Village in Vinh city, it is not difficult to see bright smiles and the bustling atmosphere in each family is enough to dispel the cold rain of winter in Nghe An. |
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| During Tet holiday, it is not difficult to see children helping their mothers in the SOS village decorate their houses and clean up the special houses here. Each family in the SOS village will have a mother, in addition to aunts to help the mother take care of the children when the children are sick or the mother is away from home. |
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| Nguyen Viet Chien is helping his mother clean the house to welcome Tet. Chien has celebrated 7 Tets at SOS. This is the happiest time for him when all 10 siblings in the family gather together, get new clothes from their mother, receive lucky money and have fun together, Chien said. |
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| Tet is also the time when some relatives of the children in the SOS village come to visit, such as Mr. Tran Van Chat, the grandfather of two sisters Tran Thi Ly and Tran Van Bao. Ly and Bao are orphans, their grandparents are old and weak, their family is poor and cannot afford to raise their grandchildren, so they send both of them to the SOS village. All year round, the grandparents save up some money to buy some cakes and snacks and cycle from Nghi Lien commune to visit their grandchildren before Tet to help them feel less lonely. |
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| Ms. Le Thi Ngan, mother of 10 children at the Xoai tree house, said that not all of her children have relatives visiting them during the Tet holiday. However, none of the children here are sad because they have their mothers, aunts and other siblings by their side. |
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| On these occasions, families often organize Chung cake wrapping, house cleaning, shopping for clothes... to let their children feel the Tet atmosphere and strengthen the bond between family members, Ms. Ngan shared. |
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| While the older siblings and mother wrap the cakes, the children will sit by and watch and help. |
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| In the flickering firelight around the pot of banh chung, each family member began to tell stories about their life and studies during the past year. The smell of banh chung, the sound of laughter and chatter next to the crackling of firewood seemed to bring the spring atmosphere closer under the special roofs, where the children, although not of the same blood, were as close as brothers. |
Thuc Anh - Chu Thanh
