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Microfinance – A First Impression

The last thing I did before leaving Australia to take up a 7-month volunteer assignment through the Australian Volunteers Programme, was to meet with my university professors. We discussed our working paper on modeling contracting processes in microfinance. One of them sardonically said, “and maybe when you get back, we can write about what actually …

New international volunteer supports Hearts For Hue in Microfinance Program

Australian volunteers for international Development Program, is a Government initiative. The program offers a range of opportunities for the Australian community to share skills and foster linkages with people and organizations in developing countries: to make a difference as part of Australia’s overseas aid program. In Vietnam, Hearts for Hue is very pleased to welcome …

Community Service Program May 2019

From 29th April to 13th  May 2019, three groups of more than 70 SMU students under the assistance of Hearts For Hue came to Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam to conduct three different projects which are:

–      Project Phoniksa IV (SMU) at Quang Cong Kindergarten, Quang Quang Dien district.

–      Project Hue Dream IX (SMU) at Huong Xuan Primary School, Huong Tra District

–      Project Triveria VI (SMU) at Quang Thanh Primary School, Quang Dien District

May: Mr Tran Van Sinh

According to local authorities, the family of Mr Tran Van Sinh is one of the poorest households in Huong Van  Commune, Huong Tra Town. He and his wife Hoang Thi Suong work as farmers planting and cultivating rice and peanuts. Recently, the peanuts crop has been seriously affected due to the unusually hot weather. Their …