Turn summer vacation into an experiential “semester”

Students from Bau Ham commune participate in volunteer activities with the Green Summer volunteer team of the Forestry University branch in Dong Nai. Photo: Nga Son

Students of Bau Ham commune participate in volunteer activities with the Green Summer volunteer team of the Forestry University branch in Dong Nai . Photo: Nga Son

Apply learned knowledge and skills into practice

This is the third summer vacation that Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Ha, a 4th year student, English Language Faculty, Lac Hong University (Tran Bien Ward) has participated in the Green Summer Volunteer Campaign (MHX).

Ms. Ha said: As a student of the English Language Faculty, all three times she participated in the MHX Volunteer Campaign, she was assigned to be in charge of the Green Shirt Tutor class. During the MHX Volunteer Campaign in 2023 and 2024, she joined the province's Green Shirt Tutor team, in charge of teaching English for free to disadvantaged children living in Tan Phong Ward (now Tan Trieu Ward).

This year, in the MHX Volunteer Campaign organized by the Youth Union and the School Association in Tan An commune, Ms. Ha is in charge of the Green Shirt Tutor class at Tan An Kindergarten. The school has 2 campuses, of which campus 1 is about 7km from campus 2. This road has a large number of trucks running continuously, which is quite dangerous. With the desire to bring opportunities to access English to all children at the 2 campuses, Ms. Ha and a number of volunteers 3 times a week after teaching at campus 1, go to teach at campus 2.

“It is quite difficult for preschool children to concentrate on studying. We consider this an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills they have learned in practice, so we overcome this by dividing them into small groups, letting them study and play at the same time, helping them approach English in the most natural way,” said Ms. Ha.

For Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nhan, a third-year student at the Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Dong Nai Branch of the Forestry University, the MHX Volunteer Campaign is not only an opportunity to contribute, but also an opportunity to apply the knowledge learned into real life.

Secretary of Lac Hong University Youth Union TRUONG LE BAO TRINH said: In addition to students and alumni, this year's MHX Volunteer Campaign also attracts new students to participate.

Mr. Nhan said: The MHX volunteer campaign organized by the Youth Union and Student Association of the Forestry University branch in Dong Nai in Bau Ham commune recently, he was able to participate in many meaningful activities. In particular, he personally, as a student of the Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, was very active in tree planting, environmental sanitation, propaganda about waste classification, environmental protection, etc. Through these activities, he contributed to propagating and raising people's awareness of the importance of protecting natural resources and the environment.

: Green Summer Volunteers of Lac Hong University teach English for free to children of Tan An Kindergarten (campus 2, Cay Xoai Hamlet). Photo: Nga Son

Green Summer volunteers from Lac Hong University teach English for free to children at Tan An Kindergarten (campus 2, Cay Xoai Hamlet). Photo: Nga Son

Try new and difficult things

For many students, participating in the Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign is also an opportunity to go to new lands and try new and difficult jobs.

To avoid a summer vacation that would be wasted, this year, instead of staying home to rest, Nguyen Binh Gia Nhu, a student of class 11A7 at Thong Nhat A High School (Trang Bom commune), registered to join the volunteer team to support the operation of the two-level local government in Trang Bom commune.

According to Gia Nhu, this is a new and strange job that she is participating in. But after being guided by the staff at Trang Bom Commune Public Administration Service Center, Gia Nhu was able to visualize what needed to be done and quickly got involved. Notably, after only a few days, she was entrusted with the task of leading the volunteer team to support people to carry out administrative procedures at Trang Bom Commune Public Administration Service Center.

Gia Nhu said: After a month of volunteering to support at the Trang Bom Commune Public Administration Service Center, I have a better understanding of how state administrative agencies operate, how to carry out some simple administrative procedures to guide relatives and friends to do right at home. At the same time, I have more social relationships, other necessary life skills...

As a former student of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Lac Hong University, Mr. Le Trong Dai still spends time participating in the MHX Volunteer Campaign in Tan An commune. Mr. Dai said: This is the 4th time he has participated in the MHX Volunteer Campaign. During the 4 times participating in the MHX Campaign, he has been to many places, doing different youth projects and tasks.

Among them, the project that Mr. Dai remembers most is lighting up the countryside roads in Binh Hoa commune (now Tan Trieu ward) in 2023. As students who were only familiar with books, he and his friends personally cleared the land, cleared the grass and erected street lights..., helping people travel more safely at night. Not only contributing through projects and tasks, each campaign season, he was able to travel, explore and learn more about the land and local people...

Mr. Dai believes that every young person should give themselves the opportunity to participate in volunteer activities to turn summer vacation into a "semester" to gain experience and grow more mature.

Nga Son

Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/xa-hoi/202507/bien-ky-nghi-he-thanh-hoc-ky-trai-nghiem-4e2271f/