CURRENT NEWS
We’re Back!
Visiting the Children's Home to encourage and check in with the children After being locked down for many months, the situation in Hanoi has improved and now we are able to go back out to visit project sites. We are planning many activities for the last quarter to...
Hoai Duc Village Shares Its Bounty With Neighbors During COVID Lockdown
YWAM Mercy has been working in one Hoai Duc village for the last few years, helping farmers increase their income and provide safe farm products for consumers. This village has the advantage of being an agricultural production hub situated very close to the Hanoi city...
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...
CURRENT NEWS – FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
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...
CURRENT NEWS – ECONOMIC EMPOWEREMENT
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...
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...
Calf Brings Highest Price Ever in YWAM Mercy Cow-bank
They say good things come in small packages and that was certainly the case with Mr. Vuong's cow. Mr. Vuong and his wife joined a YWAM Mercy Opportunity Team in 2019 hoping for the chance to raise a cow to increase their income. They live with their son in a very...
CURRENT NEWS – ENVIRONMENT AND SANITATION
Prospering Despite the Pandemic
Demand for safe, high-quality vegetables is increasing along with their market price. The suburban farmers involved in YWAM Mercy’s safe-farming model benefit from their strategic location which is close enough to city so pandemic regulations still allow them to bring...
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...
Hydroponics: A Solution for Suburban Farmers
Vietnam needs to replace unsafe and unproductive farming practices which pollute the environment and damage people’s health. Hydroponics may be part of the solution.Hydroponics is a method of growing plants in a nutrient-rich water-based environment. It has many...
CURRENT NEWS – BY LOCATION
BA VI
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...
LUC NAM
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...
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...
HOAI DUC
Hoai Duc Village Shares Its Bounty With Neighbors During COVID Lockdown
YWAM Mercy has been working in one Hoai Duc village for the last few years, helping farmers increase their income and provide safe farm products for consumers. This village has the advantage of being an agricultural production hub situated very close to the Hanoi city...
Community Learns Six Life Aspects For Success
Helping people to set goals and plan for the future builds stronger communities. When people think only about the present and earning enough money for daily expenses it has a negative effect on individuals and their families, especially the children because then life...