Opening Ceremony, Friday 8th of September
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On Thursday we went to the flower market by taxi. Our friend Anh came with us to keep translate and also to keep the price low. She did a good job.
Like every year we were invited to the opening ceremony of the new school year at the HOPE SCHOOL FOR HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN in Binh Thanh district, Sai Gon.
Our new friend Tom came to our hotel at 8am and we arrived just in time for the opening ceremony to begin.
The flowers we ordered were already there.
At the beginning the girls performed a wonderful dance. Then the MC welcomed everyone and also named the guests.
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| Getting up ... and yes, there is photo of us !!! |
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| The girls were performing a traditional dance |
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| Uli handed the flowers over to Thanh, the principal. |
Then Thanh reported about the last school year, the difficulties and challenges the school and the teachers were facing.On the bright side a hearing aid company is now supporting the school and provide some free hearing aids for the students.
While all this was going on, the kids were a bit restless and talked to each other using sign language.
Then it was time for a drum roll and then the big BANG !!! School year OPEN !!!
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| Another performance by Hope School students |
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| Kids, parents and guests |
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| Reprimand ... why are you not wearing your school uniform |
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| Seven students won an award in a student competition. Congratulations |
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| Now it was our (Uli's ) turn to give a speech and Diep is translating | |
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| When you give flowers ... you receive flowers, and we did !!! |
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| We also support Nhu who is now at a vocational training school |
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| Nhu's mother saying thank you and how much she appreciated the support from CVSG |
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| The representative of parents thanked us ... but for the 1 time in English !!! |
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| "OUR LOT" ... the kids and students supported by CVSG !!! |
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| All the teachers in their traditional áo dài. |
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| After opening parents went a met with the teachers in the classroom |
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