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Sep 23, 2017 / 11:35

“Garbage Master” falls in love with Hanoi

Nguyen Tung - Thanh Binh

As a pioneer in social activities and is founder with community projects in Hanoi such as “For victims of agent orange”, “green Sunday” and others, in recent years, Pham Van Toi – “the elder brother” of the national charity club has contributed to the community and created positive influences to others. A young man who falls in love with Hanoi and is called “the garbage master”.

Pham Van Toi - the "Garbage Master".
Pham Van Toi - the "Garbage Master".
Talking with us, Toi considers himself as a sensitive guy with special attraction to victims of agent orange. Therefore, since 2009, he has participated in charity works. After that, he himself founded the national charity club, with an aim to call thousands of young people doing charity works for victims of agent orange. According to Toi, they have to suffer the most than anyone else. Without them, without their parents, we will not have our life as of today, with the current peace, so that we should appreciate this. “Really, when you see people suffering and with bad luck right after being born, not only me but others will try to make up for them” – Toi shared. Since the foundation of the national charity club, many fundraising activities have been carried out, which bring practical benefits and send a message of “relieve the pain for agent orange victims”. More than 1,000 presents with value of approx. 2 billion VND have been gifted to the unlucky. 

Noticing graduate students lack soft skills when looking for jobs, since September 2015, Toi frequently organizes training courses and career orientation for free with him being the teacher. His classes have benefited hundreds of students to have better opportunities looking for jobs. 
 
Pham Van Toi and his national charity club.
Pham Van Toi and his national charity club.
With the current situation of environmental pollution in Hanoi, Toi always look for solutions to help the community and environment. At the end of February in 2017, Toi along with volunteers have founded the project “green Sunday” with the aim to remove illegal dumping sites in Hanoi and call for each households to put garbage in the right places. Every two weeks, Toi along with 200 members of the national charity club call for people to collect trash. At present and with 8 times, national charity club has cleaned 21 dumping sites in Hanoi at Pham Van Dong street, Trung Kinh street. At Nhue river and To Lich river, he and his club has frequent clean trash along the river banks. In these activities, their works have received supports from the government, citizens and especially James Joseph Kendall, a foreigner famous for his trash collection activity. 
 
Toi's project "green Sunday" attracts hundreds of young people.
Toi's project "green Sunday" attracts hundreds of young people.
At first, their trash collection activity has faced difficulties due to misunderstandings from the local officers. However, after knowing their good will, the local government and community have joined their works to make the local area cleaner and more beautiful. 

Trash collection activity of the national charity club has become famous and a lot of young people contract to join when they have free time. According to Toi, this is aimed to raise young people’s awareness in environmental protection, at the same time sending a message to people not dumping garbage everywhere, as the environment is facing serous risks from pollution. Until now, his goal is along with the national charity club to clean trash and make the most modern high way in Vietnam – Thang Long highway to become more beautiful and clean. 

“I do this for the community and a greener and more beautiful Hanoi. I want everyone to raise awareness about environmental protection, and it is for ourselves and the next generations” – Toi said. 

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