Tuesday, 12/11/2013 15:58 (GMT+7)
(CPV) – On November 10, the Sunflower Festival “For child cancer patients” 2013 was held at the Hanoi Students Cultural House, 37 Tran Binh Trong street.
This annual event, one of “Thuy’s dreams program” activities, which is co-organised by Tuoi Tre Newspaper, Vietnam Youth Union and the Cancer Patient Assistance Fund (Ministry of Health), attracts around 5,000 people including youth, benefactors and sponsors.
Many activities were held during the day, including making a sunflower field, exhibiting paintings drawn by children with cancer, giving scholarships to child patients cured of the disease, raising funds for patients, performing arts, praising volunteering activities, and showing gratitude for sponsors.
At the event, 61 scholarships, each worth VND5 million, were granted to Hanoi children who recovered from cancer.
The Sunflower Festival will help to share the efforts and dreams of child cancer patients with the community. It will also contribute to increasing community awareness about cancer.
Following are some images from the Sunflower Festival "For child cancer patients" 2013.
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From early morning, a large number of volunteers participated
to make a sunflower field |
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Sunflowers were arranged at the gate of the Hanoi Students Cultural House |
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Exhibiting paintings drawn by children with cancer |
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Many performing arts by the children at the festival |
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Many children with cancer attended the Sunflower Festival |
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Giving scholarships for disadvantaged children whose cancer
has been cured to return to school |
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The program drew the participation of singer Thai Thuy Linh |
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Despite the rain, many volunteers from universities and academies of Hanoi
actively participated to support the program |
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Benefactors bought paintings to support the child cancer patients |
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Humanitarian blood donations in support of patients suffering from serious diseases |