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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...
“Celebrating Family” Training Changes Family Atmosphere
When I received the invitation from my wife to attend the training course "Celebrating Family", I thought: "Oh, good! Family! A family full of good things. There is nothing like a community of residents, where all households are civilized and good. How good family...
Helping Local People Farm Profitably In Light Of Urbanization
Hanoi is rapidly expanding. Farming areas that have traditionally been on the outskirts of the city are now considered suburbs and some farmland is being converted to industrial use. Continuing to farm in this urbanizing environment requires prepared leadership and...
Small Supports Improve Quality of Life For Families With Special Needs
In 2009, we began helping one rural community in Ba Vi to improve care and education for their youngest residents by equipping preschools and providing training for parents and teachers. While working in the area, we met several families who had children with special...
Community Learns That Progress Starts With Developing People
Because of YWAM Mercy's involvement, one Ba Vi community has learned to focus first on investing in people, rather than infrastructure. YWAM Mercy has been working here on-and-off for the past 20 years and recently local leaders asked us to help them assess their...
Education Assistance Impact: Newly Widowed Mother & Son Encouraged by Gift of School Supplies
Phuoc (pictured above receiving his school supplies) gets excellent marks in school and enjoys studying very much. Unfortunately, a few days before our team of staff and local leaders visited his home to find out what supplies he needed for the upcoming school year,...
Safe Farming Models Expand Despite Pandemic
We have made a plan to expand safe-farming models to new families. Fortunately, we had a window in Vietnam where there were no COVID cases and we were able to go to the village and identify new farmers with the right conditions to trial growing grafted tomatoes and...
Education Assistance Impact: Dialysis Can’t Dampen Nam’s Love for School
Nam (pictured above with his father) was born with thalassemia, a genetic blood disease that often causes serious consequences to internal organs due to the destruction of red blood cells leading to anemia. Nam is a member of the Muong ethnic group, of which 22% are...