NEWS ARCHIVE – FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Making Troi Cakes: Fun Family Tradition Celebrated in Children’s Homes
Celebrating traditional festivals helps keep children connected to their community and culture. On the third day of the third lunar month, Vietnamese celebrate Tet Han Thuc or Cold Foods Festival. Children all over Vietnam, but especially in the north, enjoy making...
Dung’s First Tet in the Children’s Home
DUNG (pronounced "Zoom", 11 years-old, in blue jacket) joined one of YWAM Mercy's community-based Children's Homes last October. He is one of 15 children who entered the three Homes in 2021. His life has been difficult up to this point. Knowing his mother had...
15 New Children Enter Children’s Homes
Some of the children who have recently entered the Homes and have yet to be sponsored At the end of 2021 YWAM Mercy welcomed 15 new children to our three community-based Children's Homes after they were found to be in unsafe situations by local leaders and other...
Supporting A Young Mother and Her Family
Duyen’s family is barely surviving. Before COVID, her mother worked in an industrial zone, leaving early in the morning and arriving home late each evening so her father had the responsibility for caring for her and her two younger sisters. He also tried to earn extra...
Education Assistance Impact: Your Support Gives Hao Hope
Hao (8) and his mother live with his grandparents. In addition to farming a small plot of land in Luc Nam, Hao's mother also works at a wood factory in their village. She has a goiter. Her health is not good, and she is often sick, yet she's the only one in the family...
Education Assistance Impact: A Heart to Help Mom, Now and in the Future
Photos: An preparing dinner and waiting for her Mom to return home from work. NOTE: She broke her arm when she slipped on a wet mossy area in the schoolyard. It's healing well. An (7) lives with her mother in a small house in Luc Nam. Her father died from liver...
Education Assistance Impact: Student’s Wish for New Textbooks & Schoolbag
Quynh Hoa (7) lives with her father and grandparents in a small house her grandparent's own in Luc Nam. In the cramped, dark house there are no valuable items. They also own a small rice field near the house, but her grandparents are elderly and can no longer work....
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...
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...