A group of Hanoi students have donated VND50m (USD2,100) to flood victims in the central region after earning money from their painting exhibition.
Pham Tuan Anh, editor-in-chief of Dantri, (middle) receives the donation to the flood victims from the students on December 21.
Pham Tuan Anh, editor-in-chief of Dantri, thanked the students for their support through the newspaper's charity fund.The money was raised from their painting exhibition, Touch, held on December 19 at Casa Italia Restaurant. All of the money raised at the exhibition was donated to people in need. Many students and teachers also came to show their support. A total of 100 paintings were sold at the exhibition.
As of December 22, they earned VND237m (USD10,200). VND50m has been donated to the flood victims. The rest of the money will be used for various charity activities.
Students raise fund for flood victims via painting exhibition.
Phuong Linh, head of the organisation board said, "We want to bring some warmth and encouragement to the people in the central region after such a natural disaster. We prepared for the exhibition two months ago. Five workshops were held with the participation of many students from the University of Industrial Fine Arts. We then selected the most outstanding paintings for the exhibition. The British International School Hanoi also donated paintings of former students."According to Linh, their group only had four members at first. The lack of personnel gave them difficulties when holding painting workshops. After their idea became known, they received much support from other students, family, school and sponsors and were able to select 20 quality paintings for the exhibition.
"Our primary purpose was to provide to the flood victims in the central region and children at National Children's Hospital. This is the first time we’ve held such an event ourselves so we faced many challenges," Linh said. "This will be a high-school experience that I'll never forget. We can only say thank you to everyone that gave us support."