By Ta My Linh | Project Coordinator
Dear our friends,
Ho Chi Minh city entered its fourth wave of Covid-19 at the start of May 2021, seeing its peek at 6.318 new cases on July, 26th. The health crisis has pushed many urban poor families in Ho Chi Minh city including the families in our program into deeper poverty.
Sine last July, we have given cash to the families monthly aiming to help them partly overcome difficulties during this hard times. Our staff also distribute food to two girls and their siblings who were stuck in lockdown areas while their parents were fighting with Covid-19 in hospital. Even the pandemic shows a little sign of slowing down currently, for these families, the crisis is far from over.
All students in the city started their remote learning in August, 2021. More often than not, the girls in the program don’t have good condition or environment when attending their online lessons, especially when home technology was lacking or was reliable. Some of them don’t have a smartphone to study. We will provide Calla, Rose and Peony with new smartphones to enable their learning next week. Our team is trying our best to help the girls financially and spiritually so as to stabilize their learning process until the back to school.
In August, our team also organized “Better Together” activity creating the chance for the girls to meet up and have great discussions via Zoom. We aware that during these months, most of the girls may feel stress and anxious, and might find it hard to understand what they are seeing on TV or how their parents or carers disturbed by COVID-19 impacts. Therefore, having a supportive and open discussion to help them understand about the virus, cope and protect themselves or even make positive contributions for others is important.
This month, we are thrilled to partner up with Hopebox, a social enterprise supporting women who have experienced gender based violence, to distribute mooncakes to the girls in program. Mid-Fall festival (“Tet Trung Thu” in Vietnamese) is a great time to reunite with loved ones and appreciate the significance of families and friends. During the pandemic, this kind of connection is even more important. The activity hopes to convey love and joy to the families and put a little smile on girls’ faces during this difficult times.
Last but not least, we would like to share with you a great news that Ivy has successfully applied for vocational training program of La Boulangerie Française, a social enterprise dedicated to training young people to become highly-skilled bakers. Our program introduced Ivy to the baking course after she completed high school and supported her during the applying process. It was such a good news to our team and encouraged to work even harder to help the vulnerable youth in program.
We could not accomplish these achievements without your support. Once again, thank you for being a part of our team of supporters that are making our missions realities.
As we go forward, we’ll be sure to keep you updated and know that we always value your questions, ideas and feedback. Please send us email via: vnaction@allianceantitrafic.org if you have any questions about our program.
We hope that you, your loved ones, and your colleagues will safe and well during this time.
Sincerely,
Alliance Anti-Trafic Vietnam Team
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