By Sara Nerone | Founder
Dear Friends,
Thank you so much for your continued support of our after school strings program in Vietnam. As many of you know, the program started while my daughters and I were living in Vietnam in 2012, when a local student approached one of my daughters and asked if she could please teach him to play the violin. At that time, she taught him as much as she knew for the eight months that we were there, and from there, our program took off.
We became a licensed non-profit when we returned home to the states and eventually became licensed in Vietnam as well. Both of my daughters growing up had the greatest experience and opportunity to be a part of the string program at their school in Rhode Island, and be part of a great summer strings program in our home town. We wanted the students in the local community in Cam Duc, Vietnam, where we lived to have a similar after school opportunity, with both strings and art. This is how it all began, and we are so thrilled that you have worked with us to continue this program for the past six years.
All of the kids in our program have excelled in their daily lives, some have gotten into college and others on their way. Those students who are attending college are still playing their instruments and still a part of our program. They’ve created strong bonds between their peer students and mentors to the younger ones.
We have a number of new, young students who have joined our program that are doing so well. Thanks to your support we were able to send our top high student to Saigon for nine weeks this summer to take intensive training with a violin teacher there. He has recently returned home, but we have not had a chance to hear him play yet, but I’m sure that he learned so much. He was very excited for the opportunity to go to the city and learn; his mom says that his violin has become his life from morning to night.
Thank you again-and we hope that you enjoy the photos of the kids!
Sara
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