Building a border school, lighting up green dreams in the great forest of Da Nang

Solid schools in the great forest

Implementing the direction of General Secretary To Lam and the Government on investing in and consolidating the school system in border communes, a series of large-scale inter-level boarding schools have been drastically implemented in highland communes. Six inter-level schools have been synchronously invested and built in Da Nang border communes, including: Tay Giang Primary - Secondary Inter-level Boarding School with a total investment of nearly 280 billion VND, A Vuong School more than 301 billion VND, Hung Son School about 278.6 billion VND, and three key schools managed by management boards: Dak Pring more than 280 billion VND, La Eee 270.7 billion VND and La Dee more than 291.5 billion VND.

The imposing works springing up in the deep mountains and valleys are a great social security pillar, solving the educational problem for ethnic minorities living along the border line. This land is mainly home to the Co Tu ethnic people, with many living conditions, hindered by high mountains, deep streams and often facing natural disasters and landslides every rainy and flood season.

Surely those who witnessed the recent school opening day in Tay Giang have not yet recovered their emotions. Behind that big festival is the restless hearts of parents who are used to farming.

From the early morning mist, in Tr'lee village, Ms. Alang Thi Cat hurriedly comforted her children preparing for the long road to class. She sadly confided: "Today the sky hasn't shown anyone's face yet, it's only 4 o'clock, but my heart is already like fire. I rushed over to call my children, but some were sleepy, some were lazy to wake up, thinking that the road from Tr'lee down here is nearly ten kilometers, it's pitiful... Now that the boarding school is so spacious, we people are very happy. Especially in the rainy and flood season, high mountains or landslides, children used to drop out of school halfway, now with the care of teachers, people can rest assured and entrust everything".

Resonating with that belief, Ms. Bling Thi Me choked up and shared: "Initially, sending children to school also brought many worries and anxieties. But coming here and seeing the imposing facilities, seeing the teachers attentively taking care of every meal and sleep for the children, the worries in my heart have subsided, I only feel warm because my children now have a second full and complete home.

Border moonlit night

On the evening of September 23rd, at Tay Giang Primary and Secondary Boarding School (Tay Giang commune, Da Nang city), the Mid-Autumn Festival program "Moonlight everywhere" with the theme "Soldier's moon" officially took place. The highlight of the festival night was the launching ceremony of the "Ngân hà ước mơ" initiative that has realized hundreds of wishes of students.

Those are innocent confessions but containing countless hardships of childhood. Bo Lut Thi Thanh Ha (student of class 3/3 of Tay Giang Primary and Secondary Boarding School) expressed: "I just wish to have a really sturdy desk to sit and study every night, without being burdened anymore". Ho Thi Xuan Mai whispered: "I wish to have a bicycle so that the road to school in the rainy and flood season is less difficult".

Before the program, the organizers collected wish forms of children to realize at least 100 wishes, lighting a flame of hope on the path of literacy for children in mountainous areas.

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