NEWS ARCHIVE – FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Donor Support Over 10 Years Helps Loi’s Confidence Soar
Helping individuals to develop leads to the healthy development of communities and nations. YWAM Mercy Vietnam has been helping Loi's family develop since she was a small child in 2010 (photo above, Loi in pink). The youngest of three sisters, Loi inherited an eye...
Local Trainer Team Mobilizes Community to Care For Children
To care for a child, the care of the whole community is needed. With this belief, YWAM Mercy helped one Ba Vi village build a local trainer team to mobilize parents, families, schools and the whole community in caring for children. The 16 women selected represent 16...
Child-Friendly Libraries Encourage Reading Habit for Children
Reading impacts every aspect of a child's education. YWAM Mercy wants to give opportunity for children in rural areas to improve their reading through interesting books in an attractive place to read. With support from the Hanoi International Women’s Club (HIWC) we...
Autumn Moon Festival in the Children’s Homes
Children in Vietnam look forward to the Mid-Autumn Festival every year. This is a traditional festival celebrating another autumn moon and has a special focus on children, with moon cakes to eat and colorful star lanterns which are sometimes carried in a small parade....
Educational Assistance Update: You Helped 490 Children Stay in School
The school year 2019-2020 has just begun and YWAM Mercy has completed giving school supplies to children-in-difficult-circumstances in the areas where we work Thanks to the generosity of you, our donors. Every year we meet many children who are at-risk of dropping out...
Educational Assistance Impact: Your Gifts Keep Her Going
Each year, when I receive a gift from YWAM Mercy before the new school year, I am very happy and touched. I wish the sponsors good health! I hope they continue to send us new book bags, notebooks, and uniforms next year. Nhi has much to overcome, but she enjoys school...
Education Assistance Impact: An Opportunity for Nam
It’s a common story. Nam’s parents divorced. Afterwards, his father went to work in China. His mother remarried and left Nam and his brother with their grandmother since they would not be accepted in her new family. Neither parent provides for the boys financially,...
Education Assistance Impact: One year closer to Thuy’s big dream
Thuy, who is in 6th grade, lives with her mother and grandmother. Her mother, Sang, has neurological problems. She is strong but struggles with coordination. She needs help with almost everything. Thuy doesn't know her father. The family lives in a small house with...
Positive Disciple Strengthens Parent-Child Connection
As part of our Early Childhood Development projects we organize training courses to improve professional skills for preschool teachers and also provide seminars for parents and community members to help them develop helpful child care skills that will strengthen the...