Little NAM needs two hearing aids. Can you H E L P ???

UPDATE:
We like to thank all our supporters and everyone who donated time an money for Nam's hearing aid. Little Nam has now two hearing aids ... will provide photos when we see him in September.

Little NAM needs two hearing aids. Can you  H E L P  ???
At the Hope school for Hearing Impaired Children in Sai Gon we talked about NAM, a new student. His hearing loss is severe, Nam is only at pre-school but he does not have hearing aids. The earlier kids are supplied with hearing aids the better their chance is to speak naturally.

We investigated ... hearing aids must be designed and adjusted for every person for each ear individually. We then heard that little NAM needs two hearing aids, ONE costs about 11.500.000 VND ~ to $ 800.

Look at this bright little boy !

How can WE raise $ 1600 to be able to buy two hearing aids for little NAM ???

Nam speaking ... very hard if one can hardly hear !!! 

Nam is such a lovely little boy. Can you please H E L P us help him, thanks.

Quote for a hearing aid for little NAM.

Joy for the kids

 

As reported earlier, our friend came to our hotel to pick up children's clothes that were given to us in Australia. Here are some photos and also additional photos of the kids and their environment.

We can not thank our friends enough for donating those clothes.  

Girls are having fun on the HONDA

Beautiful girls beautiful clothes ...

Smiling faces ...

Amasing how one can bring joy to so many kids ...

They learn from an early age to help ...

Everyone has a snooze at lunch time ... even at school !!!

Going to Church on Sunday, sometimes even performing ... singing a song.

A pre-loved Lap top for Truc

Last year we gave Truc a pre-loved lap top. He is a great student, topping the class. As it can happen with any lap top ... Truc's stopped working and the repair job was way to expensive.
Truc finished high school this year and was accepted at uni to study electronics. He is already in Sai Gon and has started his first semester.

Lucky for Truc, a good friend of ours gave us an "as new" lap top. We knew Truc will have to use his lap top a lot at uni that is why we saved this lap top for him.

Truc with his "NEW LAP TOP"

Truc came to our hotel to pick up his lap top. As you can see, he's got a bright smile on his face, why wouldn't he !!! 
We then discussed his HOC / HEX fee support for him. He was happy for us to pay the HOC fees for him.

Truc left a shy, but happy man !!! Miss Lam from our hotel helped with the translation.

Meeting Nhung @ Tu Du Peace Village

Nhung is very talented ... water colour painting

This morning we had another meeting at the Peace Village. We met with Dr. Chau,  waiting for Nhung. Nhung is disabled, she lost her lower leg to cancer when she was younger. There was a massive traffic gem in Tu Duc district this morning so she arrived a little late.

When Nhung arrived we had a nice chat. Our friend Hoan was translating for us ... when she was not on the phone and texting at the same time ... She is one BUSY woman.

Nhung, she was held up in a traffic gem

Nhung's entry papers to university

Together we worked out the HOC fee, as it is called in VN. Nhung's mother came to live with her in Sai Gon. Their flat is close to campus, but Nhung has to catch a bus to get there. We agreed to pay the monthly bus ticket of VND 240.000.

We worked out the cost of her HEX fees per semester plus bus fare

All in all we will pay 5.000.000 VND for each semester, which then includes public transport to and from uni. Nhung was very happy ... she is also looking for a job to earn some money. 

How good is that ??? All in all a very good outcome, thanks for coming. Nhung thanked us for the ongoing support she has received over the past three years.

Bye bye Nhung and Hoan ...

Meeting with Jane

Meeting Jane again. We got in contact with Jane through our friend Mark Pham. Mark and Jane went to high school together. We have been friends with Jane on face book for some time but never met in the flesh ... except on the first Sunday at church and then we went with our 2015 support crew ... "the Nguyen Sisters" for lunch.
Jane helped us organise the Christian books we handed out to the kids in the Mekong delta and here in Sai Gon. She is a good source for new ideas and she works / volunteers doing a lot of different things.
Jane was unable to come to our farewell party that is we we did not just meet, we went for dinner with her.
She is looking forward to be part of our support team again in 2016. 

Thanks and Blessings to you Jane. 

Uli and Jane at Margharitas

I love Xuan Mai - or - visiting the Tu Du Peace Village

Visiting the Peace Village again. It's always good to see the progress, how the kids have grown and how many of them are now going to school.
But there are others who can, for various reasons, not go to school. This visit the school kids were not back yet ... 

Thao was happy to see us again ...

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He is trying to hold up Thao ... but he could not !!!

Tobias, a journalist from Denmark is feeding one of the girls

Diep is in a good mood ... just laughing.

Thao is practicing her writing, she is seven years old and is attending school ...

Diep is using thongs for her hands when she moves around ...

Xuan Mai ... she found a spot in my heart. She will never walk, her bones are too weak and deformed.

Xuan Mai playing hide and seek !!!

Can't help but loving her !!! I will be back !!!

Some babies in this room have terrible deformities ... 

Hiep is now part of the support team, helping and feeding others

See you all tomorrow again !!!

Interviewing the Hope School Kids

After the shopping spree with 21 hearing impaired students we all went to the meeting room and had a "SHOW & TELL" session and interviewed them at the same time.

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The boys ... they bought fish sauce and other cooking additives

Thu bought a T-shirt and some pimple cream among other things.

 Then it was time for SHOW & TELL. Anh was the first cab off the rank.

Then it was Nhat's turn ... his mum will be happy to see what he bought. 

Fish sauce ... and what else ???

... a pair of shoes, well done.

Trang bought some facial cream and ...

Yes, some sushi. Well done ... but where is the pimple cream ???

A racing car and a pair of shoes ... well done Nam.

Yes, Nam managed to spend the lot ... no money left !!!

We can not show all the 21 students here. A picture tells more than a 1000 words.

HIGHLIGHTS:

He bought this hat with the writing: "DO YOU LOVE ME"

He had no idea what it meant. Diep translated it for him ... and everyone was laughing !!!

Then we asked him weather he has a girlfriend ... so he could show her the hat ... that's when he cracked up laughing !!!

Hai got a book with stories from the Bible.

All in all a good, but exhausting morning. The kids thanked us for our support and said they hope to see us again next year.

Shoping with 21 Hope school students

Highlights of our second shopping experience with 21 students from the Hope school for Hearing Impaired children, Binh Thanh District, Sai Gon.
 

All the kids and students with their precious goodies.

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Today was a big day. First load the taxi with 200 exercise books and other presents, off to the CBA ... Which Bank??? Collonwealth Bank. Picking up 21 envelops with 250.000 VND, one for each student. Sprinting back to the taxi ... off to the Hope school. 

Kids were already waiting when we arrived.

The twins Thu and Trang

Vice principal Diep handing out the envelops writing the name on each one

Happy little kindergarten kid !!!

Having lots of fun while waiting for a taxi

Having lots of fun while waiting for a taxi

A quick group photo ... and then the fun started

Those two again ... not clear which way they want to go first !!!

Boys buying fish sauce ...  and other groceries.

Working out how much they have spent already ...

At the cash register ...

Do I have enough money ???

A new hat ??? May be not ... I'm not sure what the writing means !!!

Do we need this ???

Trang: "I don't like it"

Asking for someone's opinion !!!

Anh checking out the specials ...

Wait your turn ... Teacher looking after the money for the little ones.

Coming down the escalator

Oh no, there is competition ... another photographer !!!

Group photo before we split in three groups = three taxis !!!

In the taxi back to Hope school.

All in all a very pleasant experience and the kids all bought useful stuff for mum to cook them their favorite meal ... and the girls had anti pimple creams among other things.  

Will do it again next year !!!