WELCOME TO HEARTS FOR HUE’S SEPTEMBER 2020 NEWSLETTER
Dear Donors, Colleagues, and Friends,
First of all, Hearts For Hue would like to send our warmest greetings and best wishes to all of you and express our sincere thanks for your support of disadvantaged people in Vietnam. We would like to share with you an overview of what our organization was doing from August to September 2020. Please take a look at our project highlights below:
Ngay Mai Scholarship – Light up the future
Since 2018 Ngay mai Scholarships seeks to focus on the education of children of disadvantaged families in Thua Thien Hue.
Education is the key for a brighter future. We strongly believe that education along with support and motivation are the ways to transform a life from poverty to prosperity. That is why supporting the education of children from disadvantaged families it is a priority for us. See more
Ensure environmental sanitation for ethnic minority community in Hong Ha Commune
Hearts For Hue is very pleased to announce that The DOVE Fund (USA) has approved the project “ TO ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION FOR THE ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITY IN HONG HA.” Thanks to the sponsorship, Hearts For Hue will build new 50 hygienic latrines included bathroom for 50 families in Hong Ha commune with a total fund of 23,913 USD.
Located about 50 km away from the center of Hue city, Hong Ha is a mountainous commune of A Luoi district, with a population of 1,800 people in 450 households. The main ethnicities are TaOi, KaTu and Paco, make up 85% of the population.
The sanitation is one of the challenges for local people and local authorities, as nearly 60% of households do not have hygienic latrines. Most of them use homemade latrines which made from temporary materials or go directly to rivers or streams. This has exerted negative affected on the environment and the health of local people. Through a recent survey, we found that most of local people are very eager to have a hygienic latrine with bathrooms, but they do not have enough money to build. See more
VESAF Scholarship in the academic year 2020 – 2021
Under the sponsorship of VESAF, NFP, Hearts For Hue has supported scholarships for 156 underprivileged students from Hue University, Vinh Phu Secondary School, Ha Trung Highschool and Xuan Loc Elementary School of the 2020 – 2021 academic year. These students, all of whom are from families experiencing severe financial and/or medical hardship, were awarded scholarships for their strong academic performance. The VESAF Scholarship Program 2020 -2021 sponsors 156 students who are qualified with the following criteria: Good and laborious students (a), good conduct (b), coming from disadvantaged families or confronting financial and medical difficulties (c), and are residing in Thua Thien Hue or coming from Quang Nam province (d). The value of each scholarship is as following:
Elementary school: 50 USD per student per year
Secondary school: 100 USD per student per year See more
Training on hygienic construction in Quang Nham Commune
As part of our “Promoting the hygiene and sanitation in Quang Nham Commune”, Hearts For Hue, supported by The PiCCA and in collaboration with Quang Nham People’s Committee, are working together to improve the sanitation conditions in A Luoi.
On 23rd September, Mr. Hồ Văn Ngực, vice chairman of the Quang Nham Commune People’s committee, Mr. Truong Trong Khanh, chairman of Hearts for Hue, and a trainer Mr Hoàng from the construction company, taught 30 local people on how to construct hygienic latrines. The training opened with a discussion about the negative impacts of open human waste. Next, composting latrines and their benefits were discussed. After gathering opinions and ideas from the participants, Mr. Hoàng offered some of the advantages of composting latrines, such as: See more
Storm Noul Disaster Relief Fund
On Friday 18th September, Hue was hit by Storm Noul. Noul is the largest storm to have hit Hue in recent years, and wreaked havoc across the province. At least 6 people died, many more were injured and approximately 2,000 homes were destroyed or badly damaged.
The rural poor were the most effected. Their houses are least able to resist the storm; many have lost their roofs and walls. Unfortunately, local authorities will be least able to assist the rural poor in the recovery process.
The local people have “one more time” suffered the Negative Economic Shock after Covid 19 as the storm has destroyed crops and their houses. Some households have to borrow money or respond by eating less to save money in order to repair their house. See more
Once again, Hearts For Hue would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the donors for their great concern for the less fortunate people of our community. We hope that the cooperation between the donors and Hearts for Hue will grow even closer and more sustainable in the future. We wish you and your family good health, happiness, and prosperity.
Hearts For Hue
