Highland Spring Festival 2018 – Đăk Ngo – Đăk Nông

I/ PURPOSE AND MEANING

Đoàn Kết village is one of the poorest villages in Đắc Ngo commune, Tuy Đức district, Đắc Nông province. 99% of its people are H’Mông who migrated here from Điện Biên, Lai Châu and Sơn La from the 2000s onward.
We traveled more than 30 km of forest roads to reach the village. By then it was dusk, and we spent the night at the home of the village head. He told us a great deal about the villagers' lives, and the next morning he took us to visit families in the village.

We realized that the distance and the difficult roads have, to some extent, limited the villagers' access to health care and education. The village has no clinic yet; when someone falls ill, they are rarely taken to one because the nearest clinic is quite far away, and in some cases people were taken there but could not be treated in time…

Faced with these hardships, Y Tam has drawn up longer-term plans to support the villagers, such as building a clinic. This will take more time, however, and Y Tam has already proposed it to the local authorities, in the hope that it can get under way early next year.

For now, with just over a month to go until Tết (Lunar New Year), Y Tam hopes to bring the villagers a truly warm and joyful Tết. This year's Highland Spring Festival will be held in Đoàn Kết village on 3-4/2/2018 (18-19/12/2017 on the lunar calendar)

The program includes: repairing a primary school with 7 classrooms, cleaning up the village, wrapping bánh tét (sticky rice cakes), folk game stalls, giving Tết gifts, a campfire party…

II/ FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES

1/ Repainting and repairing 7 classrooms at the Đoàn Kết village primary school:

Estimated cost: about 5,000,000 VND
– Repaint everything
– Replace broken glass
– Patch damaged spots with cement

2/ Holding a spring festival for the children and villagers:

Estimated cost: about 15,000,000 VND
– Wrap 200 rolls of bánh tét to give to the villagers
– Cook 200 bowls of bánh canh (noodle soup) for the children attending the festival
– A spring campfire party
– Set up 12 folk game stalls with prizes

3/ Giving Tết gifts to the villagers and children:

Estimated cost: about 17,700,000 VND

– Give 127 Tết gifts to 127 families in hardship; each gift includes cooking oil, sugar, fish sauce… with an estimated value of about 100,000 VND x 127 = 12,700,000 VND

– Give gifts to 400 children: cakes, candy, milk… about 5,000,000 VND

III/ ESTIMATED TOTAL BUDGET AND IN-KIND DONATIONS FOR THE PROGRAM:

1/ School repairs: 5,000,000 VND
2/ Spring festival: 15,000,000 VND
3/ Tết gifts for the children and villagers: 17,700,000 VND
4/ Truck transport: 2,000,000 VND
5/ Passenger transport: 7,000,000 VND
4/ Estimated contingency costs: 3,000,000 VND

–=> ESTIMATED TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM: 49,700,000 VND

III/ TRANSPORTATION, TIME AND PLACE

1/ Transportation: 30-seat coach

2/ Planned schedule:

Friday evening, 2/02/2018 (solar calendar)

+ 10 p.m.: gather at the Y Tam office and set off for Đăk Nông

Saturday, 3/02/2018

+ 3 a.m.: arrive and assemble at the primary school
+ 3:30 – 6:30 a.m.: rest, freshen up, breakfast
+ 7:00 – 11:30 a.m.: paint and repair the school
+ 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: rest and lunch.
+ 1:00 p.m.: one team wraps bánh tét while another helps the villagers clean up the village
+ 6:00 p.m.: cook the bánh tét, campfire, games with the children

Sunday, 04/02/2018

+ 4:00 – 6:00 a.m.: prepare festival logistics
+ 7:00 – 11:30 a.m.: hold the spring festival, give gifts to the children and villagers
+ 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.: Y Tam wrap-up meeting
+ 2:00 p.m.: board the coach back to Saigon
+ 7:00 p.m.: arrive in Saigon

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/ SIGN UP FOR THE PROGRAM

The program needs many members and volunteers to sign up and join hands with Y Tam to paint and repair the school and hold a truly meaningful spring festival for the children and villagers here.
1/ Sign up via this link: http://bit.ly/2EwLQjo

Or contact:

– 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 200,000 VND (covering transport + meals).

V/ SUPPORT THE PROGRAM

ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROGRAM CAN BE SENT TO:

Y Tam Volunteer Organization
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 – 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, 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 – 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 state clearly: Donor's name + Support for the spring program

Sincerely
Y Tam Volunteer Organization