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Education Assistance Impact: One year closer to Thuy’s big dream
Thuy, who is in 6th grade, lives with her mother and grandmother. Her mother, Sang, has neurological problems. She is strong but struggles with coordination. She needs help with almost everything. Thuy doesn't know her father. The family lives in a small house with...
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Pig Raising Update: Hope for the Future Despite Going From Bad to Worse
In 2017 and 2018, the selling price of pigs dropped to a record low level, which caused many livestock households to experience big financial losses and to stop raising pigs. However, there were a few households still determined to raise pigs in moderation with the...
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Parenting Class Reaches Over 200 Women
Strong families lead to strong communities. With this in mind, we recently held a training on "The Role of the Family in Caring For and Educating Children" for 206 women in one Luc Nam community.The participants, who are all members of the local Women's Union,...
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Education Assistance Keeps Kids in School
For the last 15 years, every summer YWAM Mercy has raised funds to provide educational assistance to school-aged children in difficult circumstances in the areas where we work. Every July our staff spend a significant amount of their time visiting families and...
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Asparagus Model Offers Farmers a Higher Profit Crop Option
In recent years, YWAM Mercy Vietnam has been helping one community introduce new agricultural technologies and testing methods. We have implemented many crop models which show how raising different crops can bring higher profits than raising rice. This year the...
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Effective Communication and Negotiation Skills for Family Business
Without strong communication and negotiation skills, farmers may find it difficult to successfully navigate challenges such as securing capital, avoiding bad debt, accessing markets and even getting good family cooperation. YWAM Mercy Vietnam provides training in...
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Children’s Homes Update: Family Meetings and Study Results
Children in our three Homes finished their 2018 - 2019 school year in the last week of May with better results than the last school year. In the Vietnamese education system, students with an overall average score for all subjects from 8.0 to 10.0 are considered...
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Communication Night Reaches Community With Early Childhood Development Messages
Nothing draws a crowd like the chance to see friends and family perform on stage. This makes Communication Nights an especially effective tool for widely communicating community development messages in rural villages. A recent Communication Night intended to...
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Flower Growing Club Update: A New Season
Our flower growing club has just come through a successful winter season and is now looking ahead to summer.Previously people in the area only grew flowers to sell at Lunar New Year (in January or February). They were only familiar with winter flowers. Each summer...
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