Lantern Festival 2018.

22/9/2018

We thought that with the rain tonight, we would not be able to hold the lantern procession and Mid-Autumn fun with the children…

And yet the children still came, some in hats, some in raincoats, some wrapped in jackets, arriving in ever greater numbers. They were looking forward to the campfire and to lighting their lanterns.

The Y Tam volunteers could not let the children down. Never mind the rain: we went around asking for dry firewood for the campfire, since all of ours had got soaked.
30 minutes later, the rain eased, the fire was blazing and the lanterns were lit!!!!

If you had seen more than 400 lanterns glowing in the night, you would understand how Y Tam felt at that moment: it was both sacred and deeply moving. A beauty that tugs at your heart!

Our hearts went out to the children: when the rain was heavy, they all had to crowd into the school corridors until it eased before they could go out into the yard to play. They kept on playing and did not want to go home at all.

The children and their parents had never seen lanterns like Y Tam's before, and watching the children cradle and treasure their lanterns made us incredibly happy 
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23/9/2018

This morning, more than 500 of Y Tam's little guests continued to enjoy the Mid-Autumn festival, with a breakfast of bánh canh noodle soup and herbal sâm drink, games at the folk game booths, performances, lô tô (bingo)…

Mid-Autumn is the children's season, so Y Tam wants them to fully enjoy the most beautiful, meaningful and memorable childhood memories of their lives.

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Looking back at the LANTERN FESTIVAL 2018, Y Tam:

– Held a moonlit lantern procession for more than 400 children in Đăk Buk So commune
– Cooked 500 servings of bánh canh and herbal drink
– Gave 350 sets of notebooks to primary school children at Đăk Buk So school
– Handed out cakes, candy and milk to 350 primary school children and 200 kindergarten children
– Ran 10 folk game booths and bingo with prizes
– Put on performances for the children
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Y Tam was able to make the program such a complete success thanks to the contributions of our donors and volunteers. Y Tam therefore wishes to express its gratitude to:
– All the donors who contributed funds and in-kind donations to the program
– The members and volunteers who took part in the program, and those back home, who gave their youthful energy alongside Y Tam.
– The teachers and local leaders of Đăk Buk So commune

– The Tuy Đức District Youth Union, Đăk Nông
And above all, Y Tam thanks our more than 500 little guests and their parents, who came to the Mid-Autumn festival and lit lanterns with Y Tam.

Finally, Y Tam wishes you all good health, and wishes the children diligence and success in their studies.

- Y Tam invites you to see all the photos of the program at: https://bit.ly/2IMMonD

Sincerely!