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Duong Thi Phuoc is an ethnic Nung studying in grade 2 in Song Ray commune, Cam My district, Dong Nai province. Her family is living in a dilapidated house on impoverished land that can not grow anything. Both her parents are also hired laborers by cassava processing for low income workers. Sometimes they are jobless and their life feels miserable. Phuoc is busy taking care of her two younger sisters. She takes advantage of their nap hour and tries to use this time to study; this, with her only hope that if she studies well she will become a teacher.
The story above is just one in more than three thousand cases that we have encountered and helped. It has been almost 16 years since the first 10 kilos of rice was given out.
With US$75/year you can help us to
- Enable them to go to school
- Help them receive the education they need
- Give them a fair start in life
Your sponsored child will receive
- 10 kg of rice every month
- A new school uniform each year
- Books and pens at the start of the school year
- Extra support in time of need or crisis - for example a bicycle
Who is your sponsored child
The poorest children are introduced to SCC through our Vietnamese partners (teachers, charity schools, orphanages and local government authorities such as Education Departments and the Women's Union). We then visit the family to assess their poverty using a specially designed survey form to choose speedily and efficiently, impartially and objectively, the most disadvantaged children. The children do not need to be clever to be chosen nor do they have to pass any test - they just need to be eager to learn.
- Sponsor a child NOW
- More about the programme
- See our plan for 2006-2008