If someone asks me about the most memorable experience in my student life at TVU – School of Foreign Languages, I am quite willing to talk about my trip when taking part in the Green Summer Volunteer Campaign.  This campaign started on 6^thJuly 2018, and it lasted for about one month. Students joining this campaign are divided into various teams working in a wide range of volunteering activities.

Like other teams, we have about 40 members in our team and we went to a remote area to do volunteer work. . Our destination is Cau Ngang Dictrict – A small town in Tra Vinh city. The living condition here is still difficult. We helped them to prune off branches, build and upgrade nearly 3km of rural roads, clean up the streets, and grow trees. Besides, we also joined in the volleyball exchanges with the locals after hard-working days. Although these activities were very strenuous, we all found it's a great feeling.

Nguyễn Thị Linh – A student of class DA15NNAB

In one month, we had done so many meaningful things to the local community that I've never done before. Everything was very novel and stimulating. Firstly, we had to learn how to behave ourselves with the locals, especially the elderly. This is quite a ‘difficult task’ for young people like us as we belong to different generations.  However, after a couple of days working together, we could get used to the way of living of local people. Since then, we found these people much friendlier than the urban residents.

In addition to the friendly people, the pace of life in here is quite slow and peaceful with fresh air of the countryside. I think this may be the reason why local people are so friendly and hospitable. Moreover, we had to learn how to stand on our feet. It means that we help ourselves arrange almost everything. We organized our work and we finally completed our mission well.

Obviously, the experience from this trip was fantastic and beyond my expectations. To be honest, I had decided to join this volunteer work just to get promotion in my grade. However, I realized that I could get much more than it. I could improve my communication skills, which is very important for my major. Besides, I have more new friends when working in a team with wonderful mates.

 To sum up, the experiences I gained from the campaign were meaningful and exciting. It would have been a great regret if I hadn't taken part in this Campaign. I hope to be able to participate in such meaningful campaigns in the future. I also definitely recommend future students of TVU – School of Foreign Languages join other interesting volunteer activities organised by the School.

Nguyễn Thị Linh – A student of class DA15NNAB who is wearing a baseball cap

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