In almost two years, teaching staff in the Tay Ho Primary School in Phuoc Ninh Ward, Hai Chau District, Da Nang, have set up a COVID-19 kitchen to provide free meals for the poor every month. This is a meaningful activity in line with the 12^th Political Bureau’s Directive 05/CT/TW on promoting the study and following of President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality and lifestyle.

Initiated by a teacher in the Tay Ho Primary School two years ago, the charity programme to offer free meals for the needy people has to date attracted the participation of a number of staff members in this school. This charity activity has been registed as part of the school’s movements in response to the nationwide campaign to promote the study and following of President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality and lifestyle. Picture was taken on June 18. Photo: L.P

This charity activity has been conducted regularly every month. During the school year and summer break, teaching staff in the Tay Ho Primary School have worked together to shop for food, prepare meals to offer food aid to more than 200 poor people. In the photo: Teachers prepare free meals for poor workers. Photo: L.P

The charity programme costs about 5 million VND each, and it is funded by donations from the school’s teaching staff and parents of the school’s pupils. In the photo: Teacher Truong Vinh Dang adds a box of milk to each portion of meal for the poor. Photo: L.P

The food menu is quite diverse, including vermicelli, Quang noodles, rice, and steamed rice rolls. The healthy and safe meals are prepared by the school’s teaching staff. Photo: L.P

Free meals are offered to low-earning workers, including lottery ticket sellers, motorbike taxi drivers, cyclo riders, scavengers, people with disabilities, and those who need help. Photo: L.P

Every day, Mrs. Do Thi Hong, 68, from Thang Binh District, Quang Nam Province, pushes her cart to search for plastic bottles in rubbish bins in Da Nang to cash in for herself, and she earns daily several tens of thousands of Vietnamese dongs. She smiles brightly when receiving free food to save VND 20,000 dong for her lunch. Photo: L.P

The school’s teaching staff are offering free meals to the needy people and wishing them a good lunch. The recipients say thank you by nodding their head and smiling behind the mask. A little too much is just enough for food donors and recipients amid scorching heat in Da Nang in the light of COVID-19 Photo: L.P

 Reporting by LAM PHUONG – Translating by H.L