In the Kimbezi community, a village where villagers earn less than .50 cents per day, poverty looms as a persistent challenge faced by its 3,200 residents.
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Project 43 | Kyandulu Primary School
jgonzalesbda2024-11-08T01:32:52+00:00The school was built in 1994, and its conditions have severely deteriorated over the years. The majority of these families struggle to survive on less than a dollar per day.
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Project 44 | Ivingoni Primary School
jgonzalesbda2024-11-08T01:35:29+00:00Our team has discovered Ivingoni Primary School has serious infrastructure issues, including hazardous asbestos roofing that collects rainwater, posing a risk to the students.
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Project 45 | Typhoon & Flood Relief
jgonzalesbda2024-11-08T02:04:57+00:00The recent Yagi flood in northern Vietnam have devastated the region and many families have lost everything. Many children in flood-stricken areas struggle to return to school.
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Project 46 | Huu Khuong School
augustine2024-11-08T03:35:41+00:00Huu Khuong School is located in the furthest part of Nghe An, which requires taking a boat to the village. In this area, 86% of the population lives below poverty.
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Project 47 | Sang Lay Bridge
augustine2024-11-08T05:07:57+00:00Sang Lay community has suffered greatly from frequent typhoons, leading to flash floods and landslides that have destroyed three essential bridges.
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Project 34 | Compassionate Charitable Home
jgonzalesbda2024-03-17T07:06:34+00:00Yeu Thi Hoang is a widower who is struggling to raise four young children. Their current home is more than 20 year-old and is severely deteriorating.
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Project 35 | Compassionate Charitable Home
jgonzalesbda2024-03-17T07:07:02+00:00Upon being introduced to the heartfelt life story of Ms. Nguyen Thi Linh by our project supervisor, we were deeply moved and compelled to help this family.
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Project 36 | Mua Xuan Elementary School
jgonzalesbda2024-03-17T07:08:10+00:00Son Thuy village is one of the farthest and poorest communities in Thanh Hoa province. Mua Xuan school was built in 1990 and the structure has severely deteriorated.
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Project 37 | Cha Nga Elementary School
jgonzalesbda2024-03-17T07:08:36+00:00Cha Nga School was built in 1999, and 89% of the population here live below poverty level. In this part of the remote village, villagers still do not have access to electricity.
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Project 38 |Nhon Mai School
jgonzalesbda2024-03-17T07:09:02+00:00This remote area presents its own set of challenges, with 75% of the villagers enduring the hardships of deep poverty, and the treacherous terrains further complicate the lives of the residents.
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Project 39 |Pa Xoan 2 Elementary School
jgonzalesbda2024-03-17T07:09:28+00:00Pa Xoan 2 Elementary School is located in Dien Bien province, near the border of Laos. Due to its challenging geographical location, the focus in this region is on agricultural.
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Project 40 |Mai Thi Ho Preschool
jgonzalesbda2024-03-17T07:10:00+00:00Mai Thi Ho Preschool is situated in a highland border area that is facing economic hardships, challenging geographical conditions, and limited mineral resources.
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Project 41 | Compassionate Charitable Home
jgonzalesbda2024-03-17T07:34:07+00:00It is truly a privilege for LSF to collaborate with Tran Boelsterli again on the construction of her fifth compassionate charitable home, this time benefiting the deserving family of Vang A Linh in Sapa, Vietnam.
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Project 26 | Compassionate Charity Home (2022)
augustine2024-01-19T21:48:18+00:00Life for the young couple, Giang A Lu and Thao Thi Pang, has not been easy as Giang is suffering from kidney disease. Their dream is to have a safe and loving home to raise their two young children, but this grand wish has been so far-out-of-reach until now.
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Project 27 | Chieng Noi School (2022)
augustine2024-02-25T06:23:44+00:00This is one of the poorest communities in Son La with more than 60% of the villagers living in deep poverty. Nearly 80% of the land is mountainous and much of the population lives below the poverty line and relies heavily on basic subsistence farming for their livelihood.
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Project 28 | Pang Sang Elementary School (2022)
augustine2024-02-25T06:25:15+00:00Pang Sang School is located 11km away from town in one of the poorest communities in Son La with more than 80% of the villagers living in deep poverty.
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Project 29 | Suoi Cheo School (2022)
augustine2024-02-25T06:25:52+00:00Suoi Cheo School was built in 1999 and has severely deteriorated over the years. During the rainy season, the old school collapsed and the children have been learning in the village’s culture house since last year.
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Project 30 | Ta Pu Chu Elementary School (2022)
jgonzalesbda2024-02-25T06:26:34+00:00The school is located deep in the mountain (85km/4 hours drive from the city), and the path to the school is traveled through unpaved, dirt roads. This school was built in 2001 and the infrastructure is severely deteriorated.
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Project 31 | Ta Nhinh Bridge (2022)
jgonzalesbda2024-02-25T06:27:12+00:00The new steel bridge serves as the link to 7 others villages and will benefit over 40,000 people. The bridge will help with transportation as well as increasing access to trade between the villages, and improve many lives.
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Project 32 | Na Vien Elementary School (2022)
jgonzalesbda2024-02-25T06:27:51+00:00Celebrating the grand-opening of two more new classrooms at Na Vien School is our greatest joy, as this is the 1st school that LSF had built 5 years ago in 2018.
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Project 33 | Keo Con Pre-school (2022)
jgonzalesbda2024-02-25T06:28:45+00:00 The poverty rate among ethnic minorities in Son La is 73% and the extreme poverty rate is at high as 44.5%. Ethnic minorities in the region is terribly disadvantage.
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Project 17 | Central Vietnam Flood Relief (2021)
jgonzalesbda2024-01-19T21:47:21+00:00The recent back-to-back floods in Central Vietnam have devastated the region and many families have lost everything. Many children in flood-stricken areas struggle to return to school. Many parents cannot afford the cost of school supplies for their children.
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Project 18 | Ban Bon Preschool (2021)
jgonzalesbda2024-02-25T06:13:05+00:00The ethnic minorities in the region are terribly disadvantaged due to the lack of access to education, infrastructure, transportation, and healthcare. Many children in small villages have to walk a long distance of 3-5 miles each day to a different village to go to school.
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Project 19 | Con Huat Preschool (2021)
augustine2024-02-25T06:14:18+00:00The students at Phieng Khoai village were left without a school in the last 2 years, as the conditions of the old Con Huat school have deteriorated so severely that it was no longer safe to use. Parents, teachers, and students are desperately in need of a new school.
Project 20 | Hoa Dao Preschool (2021)
augustine2024-02-25T06:16:53+00:00The village is located 425km away from the city center and 85% of the Chieng Khay’s households live below the poverty level. The students face many learning challenges since the school conditions are severely deteriorated exposing them to the elements.
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Project 21 | Na San Preschool (2021)
augustine2024-02-25T06:18:03+00:00Our work continues in Son La, as it is one of the poorest provinces in Vietnam. Son La has a high number of temporary schools where students are learning in overcrowded, rundown, and unsafe classrooms. The extreme poverty rate among ethnic minorities in the area is 73%.
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Project 22 | Kengdu I Elementary School (2021)
augustine2024-02-25T06:19:15+00:00Kengdu is one of the the poorest and farthest villages in Nghe An with 96% of the population live below poverty and many households are still without electricity. 100% of its population is made up of ethnic minorities (Hmong and Tay).
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Project 23 | Compassionate Charity Home (2021)
augustine2024-02-25T06:19:56+00:00Chau Thi Te is a widower who’s currently raising 3 young children on her own. Her husband has passed away while collecting woods in the mountain several years ago.
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Project 24 | Na Hy Elementary School (2021)
augustine2024-02-25T06:20:48+00:00The poor classroom conditions at the current Na Hy School are gravely affecting the learning and teaching experience for the students and teachers.
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Project 9 | Diem Truong Thon 2 Preschool & Elementary School (2020)
augustine2024-01-19T21:46:57+00:00For the young children at Diem Truong Thon 2 located in Tra Vinh Commune - Quang Nam Province of Vietnam, their biggest wish is to have a new school. With your help, their wish have come true!
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Project 10 | Nam Nghep Preschool (2020)
augustine2024-02-25T05:53:06+00:00The LSF team has worked with the Board of Education in Son La to identify Nam Nghep Preschool as one of the schools that is in need of rebuilding due to its deteriorating conditions. During the winter season, preschoolers suffered from severe cold temperature.
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Project 11 | Phieng Pong Primary School (2020)
augustine2024-02-25T05:54:11+00:00 The poverty rate among ethnic minorities in Son La is 73% and the extreme poverty rate is at high as 44.5%. Ethnic minorities in the region is terribly disadvantaged due to the lack of access to education, infrastructure, transportation, and healthcare.
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Project 12 | Huoi Tong Elementary School (2020)
augustine2024-02-25T05:55:24+00:00Nghe An province is home to a big number of ethnic minorities who are marginalized due to their ethnicity and also because many live in remote areas. Close to 80% of the population resides in rural areas. Life for poor families and children is full of hardship.
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Project 13 | Huoi Pho Elementary School (2020)
augustine2024-02-25T05:56:32+00:00As this province is devastated by typhoons, mudslides, and flooding each year, many of the schools in the rural mountainous areas are damaged and/or severely deteriorating. The Lotus School Foundation is pleased to help these children with a new school.
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Project 14 | Xop Nhuc Elementary School (2020)
augustine2024-02-25T05:57:28+00:00The school is severely deteriorated with heavy cracks throughout the roof and walls making it an unsafe environment to learn. The children are constantly exposing to harsh weather conditions, especially during the winter time when the temperature can drop to below 0.
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Project 15 | Compassionate Charity Home (2020)
augustine2024-02-25T05:58:30+00:00Little So Giang is a three-year-old ethnic Hmong girl who normally accompanies her mother on the weekend to sell trinkets to the tourists at a Sapa center. Find out how an incredible meeting with a stranger would forever change her life as well as those in her family.
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Project 16 | Phieng Cam Preschool (2020)
augustine2024-02-25T05:59:43+00:00It has been every villager's dream to have a new school for their children in the last 10 years. A recent major tropical storm further damaged the school building making it a very unsafe environment for 100 preschoolers at Phieng Cam School.
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Project 3 | Chi Thi Elementary School (2019)
jgonzalesbda2024-01-19T21:46:27+00:00Chi Thi Elementary School is located deep in the mountain. The path to the school requires cutting through the mountainside on a motorbike, traveling on a very rocky and bumpy road stretching 45 miles.
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Project 4 | Lau Mong Elementary School (2019)
jgonzalesbda2024-02-07T15:42:05+00:00Lau Mong Elementary School is listed as the top 10 poorest schools in Yen Minh - Ha Giang province. The school is located in a rural area deep and high in the mountain, 130km away from the nearest town.
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Project 5 | Khau Lang Elementary School (2019)
jgonzalesbda2024-02-07T15:39:37+00:00Khau Lang School is located in a rural area deep in the mountain, with more than 160 miles away from town. The school currently doesn't have electricity and it is located far away from the village's wells. The students at Khau Lang school are 100% ethnic minority Nung.
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Project 6 | Ha Xi (formerly Pa U #1) School (2019)
jgonzalesbda2024-02-07T15:38:00+00:00Lai Chau is among one of the poorest provinces in Vietnam, with more than 70% of the population living below the poverty line. The school infrastructure is unstable with severely deteriorated, which makes it a very dangerous learning environment.
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Project 7 | Na Cuong 2A Preschool (2019)
jgonzalesbda2024-02-07T15:36:36+00:00Ha Giang is among one of the poorest provinces in Vietnam, as it has mountainous topography with the least agricultural development opportunity. In Na Cuong commune, 80% of the villagers currently do not have access to electricity.
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Project 8 | Lung Quoc Preschool (2019)
augustine2024-02-07T15:31:42+00:00Our work continues in Ha Giang, as it is one of the poorest and least developed provinces in Vietnam. Ha Giang Province still has a high number of "temporary schools" where students are learning in overcrowded, rundown, and unsafe classrooms.
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Project 1 | Chieng Kheo Primary School (2018)
jgonzalesbda2024-02-07T15:44:14+00:00The school is located in one of the poorest provinces in Vietnam with an estimated 80% of the land is mountainous and much of the populace live below the poverty line.
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Project 2 | Thao Lung Elementary School (2018)
jgonzalesbda2024-02-07T15:23:38+00:00Thao Lung Elementary School is located in Giap Trung-Bac Me of Ha Giang province. Due to the limited space, only 60 children out of 109 can attend the school in the village.
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