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Archive for the ‘School Building’ CategorySon La schoolWednesday, August 31st, 2022
#AmbassadorKnapper: “Congratulations to VNHELP and the Rotary Club of San Jose that is inaugurating a newly built school in Sơn La. It is always good to see the many contributions that Americans are making to the U.S.-Vietnam partnership!”
A heart-warming video about a VNHelp’s mission: Open a new elementary school in Son La. August 12, 2022, on YouTube.
Ban Tin Toc SchoolsSaturday, August 8th, 2020
Son La is a picturesque, wooded and mountainous region in the Northwest of Vietnam, bordering Laos on its South side. The population is composed of ethnic Thai, Xinh Mun, Muong, Hmong, and Kinh people, whose lives harmonize with and depend on the natural resources of the land. Many families are poor: they mostly subsist from maize crops, but lack many basic amenities such as irrigation for their farms, electricity, clean water, roads, medical facilities, and schools.
Tu Nang commune has 24 villages with 2,026 households (8,721 people). The old Ban Tin Toc school had no classroom; instead it borrowed a space from a community building, and was all that the area’s children (around 77 3-5 year olds) had for many years. While there had been many requests to build a separate kindergarten submitted to local education committees, no budget ever materialized. A fervent wish of parents and community leaders was to have a safe, hygienic school for their children.
Groundbreaking for the new school occurred on August 15th, 2020. The construction was completed for 3 classrooms and a teacher room. The school has a capacity of 75 to 100 students. It was inaugurated and handed over to the teachers and community leaders in November. They, along with the parents and schoolchildren, were elated, for now they had a beautiful, new, safe and hygienic kindergarten, close to where they were living.
Our sincere thanks go to Ms. Mai Dolch in California, who provided the fund for construction, and Gieo Tin Yeu Charity Group in Hanoi, who supplied the new furniture for the school.
Kien GiangMonday, April 27th, 2020
We are very proud to announce the completion of yet another school building project undertaken in Vietnam, even in this difficult COVID-19 time. This is a pre-school in the commune of Vĩnh Phước B, Gò Quao district, Kiên Giang province, a remote and rural area 155 miles South-West of Saigon.
The new kindergarten has 4 classrooms, 1 teacher’s room, 5 restrooms, electricity, running water; all built and furnished according to modern standards. It’ll meet the urgent needs of approximately 155 kindergarteners, 8 teachers, and 2 support staff. The construction started in April 2020 and completed in July. On September 5th the school opened to welcome excited young children and their parents to the first day of 2020-2021 school year. Partnering with VNHelp for this project is Lee’s Sandwiches, who provided 50% of the construction cost, and VNHelp funded the rest. We are delighted and thankful to be able to provide a safe learning facility for the young of this Kiên Giang community for many years to come.
Giuc Tuong Kindergarten in Kien Giang ProvinceMonday, March 28th, 2016On Feb 20, 2016, VNHelp opened another school – Giuc Tuong Kindergarten in Kien Giang Province. VNHelp’s Executive Director, Thu Do, Mr. Huong Le of Lee Laundromat and Rotary Club of San Jose attended the opening ceremony. There were a a hug e crowd of students and parents joining the ceremony and they were all so excited about this new school.
Children performing at the ceremony Cute faces!
Sponsors handing out backpacks to students Ribbon cutting ceremony
VNHelp opened 2 new schools in Feb 2016Friday, March 18th, 2016On Feb 19, VNHelp opened one new school, and on Feb 20 VNHelp opened another one. The constructions of these schools were funded by Mr Huong Le with the dollar-to-dollar matching fund from VNHelp. The furniture, internal equipment, and playground equipment were purchased by the fund from the Rotary Club of San Jose. Mr. Huong Le represents Lee Laundromat, of which he is the owner. Mrs. Jean Rose represents the Rotary Club of San Jose. The students, teachers, parents, and local officials were so happy and appreciated the new schools.
Huong gave backpacks to students Thu is handing out a cash gift to 12 teachers
VNHelp logo at the roof of the school Excited about the new school!
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