As scheduled and very urgently, everyone in the Green Living volunteer group shook hands to distribute the gifts. Being able to join hands to do useful things makes everyone smile, all the fatigue has disappeared.
With the aim of further spreading the spirit for a warm Christmas season for the poor, the Green Living group and volunteers in many places have brought more than 700 gifts to those in need.
Each gift the group gave away included cakes, warm clothes, fresh milk, face masks and wind oil. In the cold of the late night fog, more than 100 young people are divided into 7 groups that spread across the roads from the inner city to the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City. The clock was at 12 o'clock at night, but all the caves and alleyways of the city seemed to be warmed by love.
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Mr. Ho Thanh Thao (Binh Thanh District) - Chairman of the Green Living Club - shared: "Don't worry too much about what you will get and lose when doing these activities, just get up and go. The million people sitting out there are sure to have people who really need a shirt in the cold night. "
"Will not contribute anything to the community if we keep thinking about negative things. And as long as we give to the right people, it is a happiness" - Mr. Thao added.
Coming to the program with her 7-year-old son very early, Ms. Pham Nhi Thanh (Binh Thanh District) said that she wanted through this activity to let her children see the lives of the working poor. Thereby, helping children appreciate what they have, sharing and understanding the value that giving is also a way to happiness.
Although Saigon is in winter, but along the major roads like Cach Mang Thang 8 (District 1), Dinh Tien Hoang (Phu Nhuan District), Phan Dang Luu (Binh Thanh District), people are very It is easy to see the image of the homeless and the poor working in the middle of the "earth-shining screen".
During the night, Ms. Chi Hoa - the elderly, deaf, mute woman - was sitting with her dog on the doorstep of a closed grocery store, where she would stay tonight. Chirping of joy when accepting the gift, Ms. Hoa tried to signal her, moving her lips as if saying thank you.
Not enough, Ms. Hoa also embraced the warm shirt she received, smiling as if to express her gratitude to everyone.
In order not to leave any circumstances behind, there are many ways young people run back and forth many times. Small alleys are also searched by you so that those who need it will be handed over.
Uncle Tran Quang Hung (53 years old) was pulling a tricycle loaded with scrap in the middle of the night. They probably also need it ".
Not only stopping at the charity programs for the warm Christmas season, the group also organized many activities to "light up the fire" shared by young people such as collecting rubbish from the beach, Tet for children ... The lucky money is a way to raise funds to fund the program to bring Tet back to children with special circumstances that the group will organize in the near future.