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Children’s Homes Members Enjoy Time With Extended-Family During Summer Holidays
The 2017-2018 school year ended May 27th, and children in our three community-based Children's Homes started their summer holiday during which most will spend some time with their extended-families. These extended families don't have the capacity or resources to...
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Training Helps Local Leaders Manage their Time More Effectively
When we work in a community, we not only focus on improving living conditions for families living in poverty, but we also work to strengthen community networks. This includes training for local leaders to improve their ability to lead to the benefit of all residents....
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Regular Training Supports Cowbank Success
In one area of Luc Nam, twenty-five (25) families have received cows from the cowbank in their community set up by YWAM Mercy Vietnam and local leaders. The majority of people living in this area are from ethnic minorities who do not speak Vietnamese as their...
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Training Encourages “Developing a Reading Habit” for Students, Parents and Teachers
Reading is very important for everybody, but especially for children in that it affects their ability to learn and thrive in the future. However, children will not develop the habit of reading if their parents do not often spend time reading with them and providing an...
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Crowdfunding Effort Underway to Keep Vietnamese Children in School
With your help at least 650 children in areas of Hanoi and Bac Giang Province where we are already working on other poverty alleviation projects will receive the needed supplies to continue their education for the 2018-2019 school year. Learn...
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Playing Football to Help Children in our Homes go to Summer Camp
Saturday afternoon, May 5, 2018, at Hanoi Sports Training Centre, a charity football (soccer) tournament was organized by the German Embassy, Football Total, the Vietnam Football Federation and YWAM Mercy Vietnam. The goal was to raise VND 150 million (US$6637) to...
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Conference on Teenagers Helps Parents Relate Effectively With Their Children
One-hundred and twenty rural farmers came together April 14th and 15th in one community in Bac Giang Province to learn about caring for and educating teenagers. In our assessment of this community, we saw a real need for assisting parents and grandparents in knowing...
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Evaluation Shows Biogas Effort Hampered by Pork Price Crisis
Besides monitoring the impact of our work while it is going on, we also do a thorough evaluation at the end of every phase to see what went right, what could be improved, and how to move forward. Recently, we evaluated our biogas work from February 2014 to February...
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A New Take on Troi Cakes in the Children’s Home
The 2018 "Cold Food Festival" brought a new and exciting experience to the children and staff of our community-based Children’s Home with the uniquely colored TROI cakes. Vietnamese children look forward to eating cold TROI cakes on the third day of the third month on...
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