(VOVWORLD)-Many young people have made good use of technology to help the community. One example is managing social networking sites for community volunteer work that improves the lives of poor students and others in difficult circumstances.
 Screen shot of the “Hanoi 5,000-Dong Meal” fanpage (Photo: VOV2) |
“I heard about the ‘Hanoi 5,000-Dong Meal’ club through a viral clip on TikTok. At that time, the club was recruiting volunteers, so I signed up for the communications team and have now become its administrator. I volunteered because I want to help disadvantaged people and this is a place where I can get to know and work with others who share my ideals.”
This is the story of Nguyen Thi Kieu Trang, the administrator of the fan page of the “Hanoi 5,000-Dong Meal” club, which has 24,000 followers. The club cooks and serves meals to poor patients in Hanoi and awards monthly scholarships to students who are trying to get an education despite life difficulties.
Trang's job is to schedule weekly posts for media team members, design images for the posts, and publish articles praising young volunteers and their contributions to the community.
She is also in charge of connecting volunteers, benefactors, and people in particularly difficult circumstances.
Trang told VOV that the posts on the club’s fan page have inspired club members to keep on volunteering.
“The posts link benefactors in the community with the less fortunate to help them enjoy a better life and gain the confidence to overcome their circumstances,” Trang said.
 Members of the "Volunteer Student Club" (Photo: VOV2) |
Like Kieu Trang, students at the University of Sciences of Vietnam National University Hanoi are creating real values from the virtual world by serving as administrators of the fan page of the "Volunteer Student Club".
Type the club’s name on Google or Facebook and its fan page with 7,700 followers will appear, with information on donating warm blankets and gifts to disadvantaged people, giving scholarships to poor students, and fundraising on walking streets. The fan page has three administrators who have different functions but support each other.
Vu Thi Ngoc Linh, the head of the club, said she’s proud that the fan page has helped students direct their youth and enthusiasm toward charity activities over the past decade.
“The fan page has spread good things to everyone and connected people in need with benefactors and sponsors. In this era of rapidly expanding social networks, our fan page is a useful information channel. We develop virtual content that produces real values,” Linh noted.
As the number of people following and interacting with the club’s fan page has grown, more charitable activities have been organized.
One recent activity was a Lunar New Year holiday program in Ban Bong hamlet, Bao Ha commune, Lao Cai province.
Ly Thanh Son, Secretary of the Bao Yen district Youth Union, said the student volunteers gave the villagers a joyous spring reunion.
“The fan page regularly posts and shares the volunteer activities of club members who support and share the difficulties of disadvantaged people and children,” Son added.