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Fun and Festive Atmosphere at Children’s Homes Making Traditional Troi Cakes
Celebrating holidays makes for special childhood memories. In April, the children in our three community-based Children's Homes made TROI cakes as part of the "Cold Food Festival", one of the traditional holidays celebrated not only in Vietnam but also in many other...
Vietnam Pandemic Update: Facilities Enhanced by YWAM Mercy Converted to Isolation Wards
Primary School Library Updated by YWAM Mercy Becomes Isolation Facility for F1 CasesThe pandemic hit Vietnam once again in late April and early May 2021. Two communities in Luc Nam, where YWAM Mercy works, are both heavily affected. Many people living in these...
Reading Campaign: Libraries Provide Activities In Addition to Books
YWAM Mercy Vietnam aims to help children establish strong reading habits. Our child-friendly libraries provide both engaging books and many activities to encourage reading. Teachers are trained on how to incorporate reading lessons into the school day. They are also...
Children’s Home Garden Teaches Valuable Life Skills
Children in the countryside usually learn to garden alongside their parents. These skills are essential to life in rural Vietnam, so, in each of our Children’s Homes, we provide land for a garden. Because of the Tet Holiday and a second COVID-19 outbreak, one Home's...
Cowbank Update: Lumpy Skin Disease Now Under Control
Between December 2020 and January 2021, Luc Nam villagers discovered a strange disease which affected some of the cows in our cowbank. Our consultant from the Agricultural University, Mr. Thanh, came to investigate, identifying the hard bumps under the cow's skin as...
Farmers Leverage Social Media to Reach Customers Despite Pandemic
Farmers faced a big problem this year. The weeks leading up to Lunar New Year (Tet) are their biggest time for selling, but just a few weeks before this peak season, the country went into lockdown once again. People were required to stay in their local area making it...
COVID Can’t Stop Christmas In the Children’s Homes
Christmas came to YWAM Mercy's community-based Children’s Homes with fun and celebration despite the challenges COVID brought in 2020. HIF's Hanoi City Partners helped us coordinate collection of 50 shoebox gifts, one for each child in our three Homes. Although...
Child-friendly Library Delights and Educates Student
Luong in her school's new library with a new favorite book, Tips For You To Enjoy ReadingSetting up the child-friendly library is one of the greatest improvement steps at our school. I really like our library!Until recently, Luong's school did not have a library. All...
Farmers’ Eyes Opened to New Income Opportunities Through Study Tour
Visiting a successful suburban high-tech farm providing vegetables for city consumption.Hanoi is growing at a rapid rate. Areas that used to been zoned for agriculture are quickly becoming new suburbs which is decreasing cultivatable land. This transition presents a...