The 17th Don Chuo Non Scholarship Ceremony, combined with the Launch Ceremony of Tam Dak Lak Lak Foundation, took place and was successful, this morning, Monday, January 8, 2024, at TH-ThCS-High School Hoang Viet, Ho Chi Minh City. Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak Province.
(Buon Ma Thuot)— On January 8, 2024, Tu Tam Dak Lak Association held the 17th Dap Chua Non Scholarship Ceremony for 121 students from 15 city districts in Dak Lak province. Also here, the Tu Tam Dak Lak Foundation was officially announced and put into operation. Accompanying the event, with the coordination of Dak Lak Education and Training Department, and Hoang Viet TH-High School (42 Pham Hung, Tan)
An, Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak). Journalist Hoang Thien Nga, who along with Dr. Tran Dinh Hoanh co-founded the Young Banana Drop Scholarship program, Head of the Organizing Committee of 17 Non Banana Drop Scholarship Ceremonies from 2012 to date, said:
“Preparing for the 17th Don Chuo Non Scholarship Ceremony, Tu Tam Dak Lak Association has received 126 applications from more than 100 schools in 15 city districts in the province. The Program Organizing Committee reviewed and reviewed 121 cases worthy of recognition as bright examples of learning and industriousness. Of these, 15 students received Special Scholarships (5 million VND/piece, gifts, Certificates), 104 students received Extraordinary Scholarships (3 million VND/gift, certificate). There are 2 students who received special medical care assistance, each of whom was awarded VND20 million, funded by the Tu Tam Dak Lak Association for 100 million VND in 2024. The list of students approved for the scholarship shows that whether orphans, disabled, or critically ill, the will to live optimally and overcome difficulties remains the primary determinant, in order to affirm the vitality and inner strength of each individual, before receiving outside help.”
The Young Banana Drop Scholarship Program has been growing over the years, with great contributions from donors. Units that have been persistent companions for many years, such as the French-Vietnamese Friendship Association in Choisy Le Roi Region, Nam Tay Highlands Petroleum Company, Dang Phong Import Export Service Trading Production Co., Dak Lak Agriculture and PTNT Branch, Trung Nguyen Legend Group, “Love Ride” of Long Van Limousine Bus Station, Poverty Fund The love of a patriotic Vietnamese community in the United States, personally Mr. Le Dinh Hien-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hoang Viet University and many other individuals, such as the family of two sisters Tran Quy Ky Thu-Tran Phuc Uyen Nhi, Mrs. Truong Thi Mung Tho-Banh Nhi Hanoi , the Ham Phat Lao, the son of the Elephant King Ama Kong. Ms. Phan Thi Huong 47 years ago was the head teacher of the 6B class of Tiannga school poverty, and now she is also a scholarship sponsor, with a commitment since the award of this scholarship, which is coming, every year her family transfers in support of the scholarship of VND 20 million.
Incredibly valuable is the enduring charitable heart of a wounded soldier, whose family has never ceased to struggle, for the past 10 years, who has been steadily saving 1⁄3 of the invalids allowance per month, in order to contribute to the scholarship program. He was determined to remain anonymous, so we can only call him by the nickname Mr. Bao Tung Binh. Very significant, is the case of Nguyen Dung Hieu — a student who received the first Don Chuo Non Scholarship 12 years ago. When he has been working and earning a salary, regularly for the past five years, he also gives the Young Banana Drop Scholarship every year, both encouraging the later classes of children, and showing gratitude for life.
With 17 occasions of holding the Young Banana Spring Scholarship Ceremony, the Program has supported, encouraged and disseminated thousands of examples of school creativity in 3 provinces of Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, and built homes for the poor and educated without housing. In addition to the amount of scholarships and gifts awarded worth 4.7 billion VND, the Program also contributes to the education of the young generation to live beautifully, to make many contributions to the community, to cultivate the love of their homeland and country.
About the Young Banana Drop Scholarship:
In 2012, from the profits and sales of the book Positive Thinking Changes Life (third edition) by Mr. Tran Dinh Hoanh, PhD, a lawyer working and living in the United States, and the press signing book “Paradox on the Backward River” by journalist Hoang Thien Nga — Head of the Tien Phong Newspaper Representative Board in the Central Highlands region, about VND 100 million was contributed to the founding of the Tien Phong newspaper. Do Chua Non Scholarship Program, which specializes in helping poor students and students studying in the Central Highlands region. The criterion for awarding, is that the students must be truly “Curious-Adult-Extraordinary”, in order to have a positive effect on the children's class. In September 2012, the first Don Chua Non Scholarship was awarded to Nguyen Dung Hieu, 9th grade student, Doan Thi Dien Junior High School (Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province).
In addition to the scholarship money and the accompanying meaningful gift, the Young Banana Drop Scholarship Certificate with the slogan “positive thinking every day” is always taken care of in order to become a beautiful memory, to encourage the poor to learn and strengthen their will to overcome difficulties, like fresh green banana drops rising straight into the sky free, steady and strong, because a brighter future. At the 17th Dap Chua Non Scholarship Ceremony, representatives of the provincial leadership also performed the ceremony of announcing the decision to establish the Tu Tam Dak Lak Foundation, recognizing the Foundation's Management Board, so that the Tam Dak Lak Foundation officially launched and started to operate. This is the Charitable Foundation of the Tu Tam Dak Lak Association, with an initial deposit of 1.3 billion VND contributed by benefactors, organized and operated in accordance with the provisions of Decree 93/2019/ND-CP, with the aim of supporting victims seriously affected by natural disasters, fires, epidemics, accidents and especially poor and vulnerable people They need the help of society. The Tu Tam Dak Lak Foundation also participates in activities for the goals of sustainable development, building a civilized society, such as contributing to the protection of the environment, awarding scholarships, training life skills, bringing many good values to the younger generation, not for profit goals. The Chairman of the Foundation Management Board is Ms. Vo Thi Thien Nga (journalist Hoang Thien Nga). The two Vice Presidents are Mr. Nguyen Thanh Long and Ms. Nguyen Hoang Thien Thao.
It is a reliable address for the implementation of humanitarian and charitable activities in a professional, orderly, transparent and reputable manner in the Central Highlands.
Orientation: to attract and gather many resources at home and abroad, and to build the ever-growing Tu Tam Dak Lak Foundation, bringing many charitable values to the community, in terms of charity and humanity.
