Literature teacher and her journey of bringing books and building houses for poor students

From the podium to volunteering

Graduated with the second prize in Literature from Dalat University, Hoang Thi Dieu Loan (born in 1984, from Quang Binh ) came to Gia Lai to start a career. After a year of teaching on contract in Chu Prong, she was recruited to Tran Quoc Tuan High School, Phu Thien Commune (Gia Lai).

In the first days of returning to school, while learning about local traditions, Ms. Dieu Loan had the opportunity to visit the revolutionary base in Chu A Thai commune. There, she was stunned by the poverty of many students who did not have enough food to eat, clothes to wear, and unfinished studies. Since then, she has always wondered how to help them have the opportunity to study so that they can return to build their homeland.

Without waiting for a miracle, Ms. Dieu Loan started helping poor students by donating old books and cans, and coordinating with the school to organize cultural activities to raise funds for education. A major milestone in her volunteer journey was in 2018, when she and 86 outstanding young people nationwide received the Ly Tu Trong Award. From this group, a liaison committee was established and carried out volunteer projects every year.

In addition to her teaching hours, Ms. Dieu Loan is always proactive in searching for and connecting with organizations and philanthropists to help poor students. From the Central Highlands, fate brought her to the Kind Hearts Fund in Hanoi . Since then, she has mobilized many resources to build and repair 12 new classrooms, many toilets, schoolyards, playgrounds, clean water systems, etc. These projects not only have material value but also nurture hope for many generations of students.

Lighting up the future of poor students

In addition, from 2023 to present, she has mobilized thousands of sets of textbooks, comics, notebooks, donated a library with more than 600 books and hundreds of gifts, bicycles, scholarships, phones, and handheld computers to poor students in the area.

In particularly difficult circumstances, teacher Dieu Loan does not stop at providing immediate support but always seeks long-term help so that students have the opportunity to rise up. Thanks to her connections, the teacher has accompanied and supported a student from the University of Medicine for 5 years with a total amount of more than 60 million VND; donated a pair of cows worth 18 million VND to a poor family with many children so that they have the means to develop their economy ; mobilized the construction of 4 houses for orphans in the area, helping them stabilize their lives. She also regularly visits and gives gifts to families with preferential policies and people with revolutionary contributions.

Recently, after Siu H' Suyn (whose homeroom teacher was the valedictorian of both C00 and C03 groups and had the highest graduation score in the whole school, Ms. Dieu Loan raised more than 48 million VND to help the orphaned female student have more conditions to enter university.

Sharing her joy in volunteering, Ms. Dieu Loan said: “What makes me happiest is that the students who have been helped after graduating still regularly ask about them, send their thanks and want to join them on the volunteer journey. Many of them who have stayed in their hometowns have also found stable jobs.”

Ms. Dieu Loan's efforts have been recognized with many noble awards such as: Ly Tu Trong Award and Certificate of Merit from the Central Youth Union in 2018; the title of National Outstanding Young Party Member in Studying and Following Uncle Ho's Teachings in 2019; Certificate of Merit from the Vietnam Youth Union in 2021 and 2023.

Not only actively participating in charity work, teacher Hoang Thi Dieu Loan also achieved many outstanding achievements in her teaching career. In 2013, she was recognized as an excellent teacher at Gia Lai high school level, achieved good results in training the provincial team of excellent students in Literature and guiding students to participate in provincial science and technology research competitions. For 10 consecutive years, she achieved the title of Emulation Fighter at the grassroots level and was awarded Certificates of Merit by the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee in 2013 and 2017.

Mr. Nguyen Chi Trung, Principal of Tran Quoc Tuan High School said: “Ms. Hoang Thi Dieu Loan has good professional and working capacity, is enthusiastic in movement activities, and excellently completes assigned tasks. In addition, Ms. Dieu Loan is always at the forefront of volunteer work, helping many disadvantaged students, and raising funds to build many valuable projects.”

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/co-giao-ngu-van-va-hanh-trinh-mang-sach-xay-nha-cho-hoc-sinh-ngheo-2427361.html