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Children’s Homes Birthday Party: A special time to celebrate every child!
Many people around the world celebrate birthdays as a special day marking a person's arrival into the world. But birthday cakes, parties, presents and the Happy Birthday song can seem strange for children in mountainous and rural areas of Vietnam since celebrating...
Lunar New Year in the Children’s Homes
Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrates the end of winter and welcomes spring in Asian countries. It usually occurs in January or February. For most Vietnamese, and the children in YWAM Mercy's three Children’s Homes, making traditional CHUNG cakes is a special time to cook...
Mid-Autumn Festival Brings Joy and Smiles to Children’s Homes
In Vietnam, mid-Autumn Festival is always a special day for children. Kids excitedly decorate a tray of fruits, carry star-shaped lights together and enjoy a delightful lion dance. This year, children in YWAM Mercy's Community-based Children’s Homes had a meaningful...
Education Assistance Impact: Nguyet
Nguyet is 11 years old and in 5th grade. She, her younger brother and her father all suffer with illnesses. They live with her 70-year-old grandmother. The only member of the family able to work and make an income is Nguyet's mother. Although her parent's can't help...
Education Assistance Impact: Thuong
Thuong was born in 2010 in one of the most crowded and impoverished villages in her area. She has four siblings. Her house was badly degraded so, the Government Fund and the Youth Union supported her family to repair their house. Her father has a heart and liver...
Goat Farmers Gain Access to Experts, Visit Successful Goat-raising Operation
Animal-raising provides sustainable increases in income and a path out of poverty. It also takes some skill to be successful. In our experience, visiting a location to see successful farmers brings the biggest change. For this reason, YWAM Mercy and SSCD organized a...
Making Troi Cakes: Fun Family Tradition Celebrated in Children’s Homes
Celebrating traditional festivals helps keep children connected to their community and culture. On the third day of the third lunar month, Vietnamese celebrate Tet Han Thuc or Cold Foods Festival. Children all over Vietnam, but especially in the north, enjoy making...
Goat Raising Offers Families a Viable Business Model
When Mr. Thu arrived back in Vietnam, after working in Cyprus as a foreign worker, he was looking for viable ways to provide for his family. His wife had been successfully raising pigs for a number of years, after taking part in YWAM Mercy’s Opportunity Team. She...
Dung’s First Tet in the Children’s Home
DUNG (pronounced "Zoom", 11 years-old, in blue jacket) joined one of YWAM Mercy's community-based Children's Homes last October. He is one of 15 children who entered the three Homes in 2021. His life has been difficult up to this point. Knowing his mother had...