Blazing Summer 2018 Program – Bù Gia Mập, Bình Phước

Summer is at the door; the flame trees are blooming in fiery red clusters, and cicadas are buzzing loudly everywhere. Students are going through their end-of-term exams, eagerly getting ready for the end of the school year.

Summer is the time when children get to play to their hearts' content, after 9 months of hard work at their school desks…I/

SURVEY RESULTS

Summer is also the season when Y Tam volunteers make field trips to primary schools in mountainous ethnic minority areas. This year, Y Tam chose Phú Nghĩa commune, Bù Gia Mập district, Bình Phước for its survey. During the field survey, we found that 100% of the primary schools here have no play area for children. The children mostly just play simple, crude homemade games at home.

Creating play areas for children is a real need, especially this summer. Since a play area can be built from used materials, costs little, is easy to make and protects the environment…, Y Tam is piloting the first model at the satellite site of Hoàng Diệu School in Phú Nghĩa commune, Bù Gia Mập, Bình Phước.

We hope this will become a model that can be applied and replicated at nearby school sites, giving children in remote areas more chances to play.

In addition, since June is the Month of Action for Children, Y Tam will also organize a play day for more than 200 children at the school site and help repair 2 run-down primary schools.
These are the activities that will be carried out in the Blazing Summer 2018 program on 16-17/6/2018

II/ DETAILED PLAN

1/ Building a recycled play area with 9 games
– Total cost 14,800,000 VND; see the detailed estimate for each game below

NO.	GAME	MATERIALS	COST
1	Car-tire crawl tunnel	6 old car tires,	600.000₫
		2 kg of cement,
		1 cubic meter of sand,
2	Walking on upright logs	5 wooden posts	2.000.000₫
3	Pull-up bar	4 iron posts 2m2x6cmx12cm	2.500.000₫
		2 iron bars 2mx6x12
		2 bars 5mx6x12
		7 round tubes, 27cm in diameter,
		Cement for the post footings, bolt fitting
4	Rope-hung log bridge	6 wooden posts 10 to 15cm in diameter, 1.5 to 2m long	1.200.000₫
		3 poles, 2m
		2 poles, 1.5m, 8 to 10cm in diameter
		10 log pieces 8 to 10cm in diameter
		40 m of rope
		Nails, screws
5	Tire climbing wall – rope net	12 motorbike tires	2.500.000₫
		6 wooden poles 2.5m long, 10 to 15cm in diameter
		2 poles, 2m, 10 to 15cm
		5m of woven netting
		Screws, wire
6	4 seesaws	2 car wheels	4.500.000₫
		20m of 6×12 timber
7	6 swings	30m of rope
		3 wheels
		3 wooden poles
8	5 tire horses	car tires and wood
9	Car-tire bridge	5 car tires
	Paint for all the games		1.000.000₫
	Painting tools		500.000₫

2/ Repairing 2 run-down primary satellite school sites: 7,000,000 VND
– Waterproofing one school site
– Repairing, repainting and re-plastering one school site
– Repairing students' desks and chairs

3/ Organizing a children's festival with games and giving 200 gifts and storybooks to the children: 8,500,000 VND
– Cooking 200 servings of bánh canh noodle soup and sâm herbal drink: 1,500,000 VND
– Materials for 6 game booths: 2,000,000 VND
– 200 gifts of cakes, candy, milk, used storybooks…: 5,000,000 VND

4/ Transportation:

– 1 45-seat coach: 7,000,000 VND
– 1 cargo truck: 2,200,000 VND

TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROGRAM: (Total 1+2+3+4): 39,500,500 VND

III/ TRANSPORTATION, TIME AND LOCATION

1/ Transportation: 45-seat coach

2/ Tentative schedule: Departing from Ho Chi Minh City on Friday evening, 15/6, and returning on Sunday afternoon, 17/6/2018 (the organizing team will send you the detailed itinerary later)

3/ Meeting point: No. X1, CMT8 Apartment Complex, Thép Mới Street (near the Hoàng Hoa Thám – Trường Chinh intersection), Ward 12, Tân Bình District, Ho Chi Minh City.

IV/ REGISTER TO JOIN THE PROGRAM

The program needs 45 members and volunteers to sign up and join hands with Y Tam to build the recycled play area, repair the schools and organize a children's festival for the little ones of the ethnic minority community.
You are sure to relive your childhood with a blazing summer alongside Y Tam

1/ Registration

– To sign up for the program, please register at this link: (being updated)
Or contact the Head of Human Resources: Nguyễn Ngọc, phone: 0986 203 736
– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nguyenngoc81

– Head of Communications: Trần Thị Cầm: 0903 745 942
– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cam.tran.779857

2/ Participation fee

– The participation fee for each member is 250,000 VND (covering transportation + meals).

V/ SUPPORT THE PROGRAM

Investing in education and in children's development is Y Tam's mission. Y Tam pursues this work because we believe that education and children's development are what will change communities, now and in the future.

However, to carry out this mission, Y Tam greatly needs the support of sponsors in the form of funds, in-kind donations and effort.

Your helping hand is helping Y Tam build and change communities and make them more sustainable.

ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM CAN BE SENT TO:

Y Tam Volunteer Organization

Operating office address: No. X1, CMT8 Apartment Complex, Thép Mới Street (near the Hoàng Hoa Thám – Trường Chinh intersection), Ward 12, Tân Bình District, Ho Chi Minh City.
Phone: 098 567 4772 – 0934 197 772

Bank accounts:

1/ DongA Bank: Account number: 0101607577 – Account name: Đào Thị Minh Lệ, Branch: 343 Lê Văn Sỹ Street – District 3 – Ho Chi Minh City

2/ Vietcombank: Account number: 044 1000 664 969 – Account name: Đào Thị Minh Lệ, Card issued at: 188B Lê Văn Sỹ Street, Ward 10, Phú Nhuận District, Ho Chi Minh City, Tân Bình District Branch.

3/ Vietinbank: Account number: 107001354465 – Account name: Đào Thị Minh Lệ, Issuing branch address: 207 Lê Văn Sỹ Street – District 3 – Ho Chi Minh City

4/ Agribank: Account number: 1606 205 971 141 – Account name: Đào Thị Minh Lệ, An Phú Branch.

Note: When transferring, please clearly state: Donor's name + Support for Blazing Summer

Sincerely
Y Tam Volunteer Organization