Sunday, October 24, 2010

Sometimes the little things aren't quite so small….

When we established the  Christine Edith Sponsorship Program   we wanted to help children in need of education and medical care…
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But we also wanted to help with the extras, bus fares, food for the parent waiting for days or weeks at the hospital… All those little extras outside of the medical and educational expenses, the little things that put so much pressure on a family living in poverty.
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Yesterday, a lady contacted Toan, her daughter is one of our sponsored children, she suffers from a thyroid condition and malnutrition. The doctors have recently told the family that she won’t make it and she will die soon.
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The mother asked if ACCV could please pay for some photos of her daughter for the family to have in the future. They don’t have any money and they would like to have a photograph of their child to remember her when she passes.
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Sometimes the little things aren’t quite so small, they're huge.
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Hope all's well in your world.

Kind regards

Alison & Rose 


 
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Friday, October 8, 2010

A Brighter Tomorrow...

The major focus of our trip this time was to organise and host the ACCV - A Brighter Tomorrow fundraiser. It was a big day...

 It began with a group of delightful young volunteers.
They donned our caps and flags...

 And they headed out into the streets of Hanoi...

 They rode around to spread the word of our Brighter
Tomorrow Program and event...

They continued riding until the rains came.
And the Hanoi rains, they really came....

But our event went right ahead as planned....
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Chau, Dat and the rest of the ACCV team were all ready to go...

Drum circle...


Fire twirlers...


We had a great music line up with local  bands "The Brass Monkies"...

 And "The Props"...


The place was jumping for  a while...


Our blind students really enjoyed themselves...
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We raised a few thousand dollars for our program at the Children's Hospital, we managed to successfully promote who we are and what we do, and we had a great time. It was a good night all around.


Hope all's well in your world.

Kind regards

Alison & Rose 


 
(please drop us a quick email so we can acknowledge your kindness)