SEPTEMBER WORDS FROM TRISH
As we have just begun the new School Year (2011 – 2012) – just a few words to alert you to the many activities happening within our projects and which are accredited to the outreach and attention of many donors who have given so generously over the months of this year. Your help, interest and encouragement comes at a crucial time when school begins again and the needs of children in our care are critical and vital.
The Loreto Team is deeply aware that our bighearted friends are the basis of our activities for poor and disabled kids in Vietnam. When they have an opportunity to improve their (educational) lives, then families benefit too. In fact – communities thrive.
With these points below, I am merely making brief mention of all that YOU can assume to have positively achieved for the kids in the care of the Loreto Program. I invite you to explore in greater depth – the many new articles on our website and know what powerful energy you are giving to thousands of Vietnamese kids.
- uniforms, scholarships, “School Packs” for students (over 1,500) in our rural schools thus improving their (prolonged) attendance of school
- sustaining curriculum areas of Vocational Training, art, music, sport and library to broaden programs of study for intellectually challenged kids
- sustaining nutritional support, medical cover and transport to/from school for disabled and poor children in disadvantaged rural areas who would otherwise ‘drop out’ of school
- equipping Play-Based Activity Rooms for “Sunrise Special School” and the ‘School for the Blind’ to assist with rehabilitation and therapy for children with multiple disabilities
- constructional revamping of run-down educational areas of many schools to create brighter and more stimulating learning environments
- desk-tops/furniture for vision-impaired and hearing impaired students: eagerly anticipated for some time and which have now created information technology as a reality
- sport’s uniforms for hundreds of poor children (never had them before)
- swimming program, pool repairs and excursions for disadvantaged kids in our care to broaden their outlook of life
- construction and equipping of three new kindergartens in severely remote and isolated countryside environs of Vietnam: intolerable poverty will be eliminated and young children will no longer have to wander uselessly – but they will now be able to attend Early Educational Centres
As we ‘open’ many doors of need and try to ‘answer’ the needs – we discover more to do! Don’t hesitate to contact the Loreto Team if you need to know more information.
Thank you for all that you do on behalf of poor and disabled kids in Vietnam.
Trish (Franklin) AO: CEO
