NEWS ARCHIVE – FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
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...
“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...
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...
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,...
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...
Training Teachers to Inspire a Love for Reading in Their Students
Well-trained teachers are the key to inspire a strong reading habit in their students. To equip teachers, 70 primary and secondary school teachers from three Hoai Duc schools came together for four-days of training in July as part of our goal to establish...
Education Assistance Impact: Phuong Anh Looks to Education to Unlock her Dream
Phuong Anh approaches her studies with enthusiasm and always attains the title of "excellent" student, scoring among the very best in the school. Besides studying, Phuong Anh helps her parents to do the housework and takes care of her brother. Phuong Anh's parents...
Education Assistance Impact: School Supplies Mean Kieu Trang Can Keep Studying
Trang (pictured above with her grandmother) and her sister live with their grandparents in a small Bac Giang village. Study isn't easy for shy Trang but she works very hard in school and helps her grandmother at home. After her parents divorced in 2014, Trang's...