Huoi Quang 1 School site
Huoi Quang 1 Hamlet, home to 72 households and 492 residents, is inhabited entirely by H'mong ethnic people who primarily rely on farming for their livelihood. With low incomes and poor road access, many children have to walk for hours through rough mountain paths to reach school, and teachers often struggle to persuade families to let their children attend classes.
Lo Thi Hang, a homeroom teacher of Class 2A6, said that due to a lack of facilities, the school has had to convert an old, dilapidated classroom into a temporary kitchen. Every day, parents take turns preparing lunches for the students, with food costs partly supported by a charity group.
Teacher Lo Thi Hang during a class
The school has three teachers, all of whom are women, who live on site and can only return home on weekends due to the long distance. The most senior teacher has been working here for over 15 years.
Huoi Quang 1 is one of six satellite campuses of Ma Thi Ho Semi-boarding Primary School for Ethnic Students, and is also the most disadvantaged, according to Principal Tran Trung Nhan.
Located approximately 13 kilometres from the main campus, the school is accessible only by steep, winding mountain roads that are often blocked by landslides and mud during the rainy season, making it difficult to transport supplies and construction materials.
The classrooms are in severe disrepair, with leaking tin roofs, cracked plaster walls, and broken bamboo partitions. During the rainy season, water seeps through, while winters are bitterly cold. The floors are damaged and uneven.
The school's facilities have badly deteriorated.
Although electricity is available, it is unstable, and the school has no access to clean water. Water is piped from nearby streams through plastic hoses. There is no proper kitchen or dining area, so students have lunch in their classrooms and nap on mats laid out on the bare floors.
Despite repeated proposals to local authorities, funding remains insufficient to rebuild the school. Teachers and students are now appealing for help from Dantri/Dtinews readers and donors to construct two permanent classrooms, along with a kitchen, dining room, and dormitory, to provide the children with safe and healthy learning conditions.
Teachers also hope for additional facilities, such as a staff house, toilets, playground, and essential learning equipment, including blackboards, televisions, desks, and chairs, to help students learn and grow in a safe and nurturing environment.
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