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Mother's Day made easy...
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- Created on Friday, 03 May 2013 10:29
- Written by Alison
Mother's Day is coming around again. It's always a day I look forward to, being suitably spoiled and surrounded by my family. But there's a part of me that can't help but think about the mothers I know in Vietnam, who face enormous challenges. A difficult part of ACCV's work is the sad desperation we see on the faces of mothers with seriously ill children, with no resources to help them. This mother's day we are hoping to make their lives a little easier. So if you haven't done your mother's day shopping yet, and you can't decide on a gift, we can help...
"This Mother’s Day, instead of flowers or jewellery for the special women in your life, why not give the best gift of all – the gift of helping improve the lives of those less fortunate in Vietnam.
Take a bite out of poverty...
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- Created on Tuesday, 30 April 2013 12:26
- Written by Alison
A couple of months ago I was contacted by a delightful young lady named Julie Nguyen, who had been reading about ACCV and the work we are doing. In her own words she was “ touched, moved and inspired by the possibilities and opportunities that ACCV creates for young blind and seriously ill children in Vietnam. She explained that while she is not in a position to donate money herself, she would like to take action and create a community project to generate money and support for ACCV. And she did just that!
Meeting the challenges head on…
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- Created on Monday, 22 April 2013 10:52
- Written by Alison
Life is fairly challenging for a young blind person in Vietnam, but miss Hong meets these challenges with grace and determination on a daily basis.
Hong is busy going to work, school and spending time helping other young blind people with any issues they might face. Life’s busy, but she’s enjoying the challenge, and this week was more challenging than most...
Doing it for themselves…
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- Created on Tuesday, 26 March 2013 10:27
- Written by Alison
This has to be one of the happiest, proudest posts I’ve made since ACCV began.
Many of you have followed the journey of Quan and Hong since we first met them back in 2007. At that time they were both very withdrawn young people. They had been isolated at home for a number of years since they lost their sight (aged 10 and 14 respectively). In 2007 they wanted nothing more than an opportunity to build a life for themselves. And boy, they certainly have!
With a song in her heart...
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- Created on Monday, 04 March 2013 05:14
- Written by Alison
When we were in Hanoi we went to visit Sau and Nhi, who I wrote about recently. We were expecting it to be quite a tough visit as they’ve been through such a difficult time and little Nhi’s cancer is terminal. We expected to spend the day with a heavy heart. Boy, were we wrong!