Last night in Ho Chi Minh City.

Cheryl, me, Leigh and Freda in Ho Chi Minh City - we all arrived together at the beginning of July so it felt quite special to spend my last night with them.
Leigh and I.

volunteers and interpreters.

Photo of Amber and Kendall.
Photo of Freda and Cheryl
Photo of Tai, me and Linh.
Photo of me and Meghan.
Photo of me and Leigh.

Last night at GVN house.

Picture of Tai (know I have spelt this wrong)and Leigh.
Picture of Leigh - looking like she is advertising fruit juice.
Picture of everyone in gvn house.
Picture of me and Mrs Hahn (I am really going to miss her, she has the biggest heart.)
Picture of Hoa, Tai and Linh - our interpreters.

Last day at Home of Affection.

The kids here at Home of Affection are just great. I really hope that they all get an opportunity to get some vocational training or even be able to go to college and university. I hope to be kept up-to-date with what happens here.
Fundraised money got spent here and I know that the kids here were really grateful and thankful. Computer, internet connection, pingpong table, basketball hoop, fixing two swing chairs and paint, fix toilets in bathroom, install two lights, move lights where basketball hoop is, books for all kids here (a lot of them chose dictionaries, non fiction books on interests such as computers)feast for month of August and fruit for month of August, mirrors for rooms and bathrooms, wall clocks for all rooms, high school uniforms, stationary for school, textbooks, education for five children in kindergarten (special needs).

Disabled hospital - milk for a month.
Tam Thanh - fruit for July.

Last day at Home of Affection.

The door to the new computer room was locked so I had to take a photo through the window. The Youth Tour teenagers have been busy painting this room. The fundraised money paid for a computer and internet connection. This is great for the kids here to learn some computing and keyboarding skills which could help them get a job in the future as well as improve their english skills.
Mr Viet is also very keen on the kids being able to keep in contact with volunteers which is great.

Last day at Home of Affection.

Girls are sitting on fixed swing.

Basketball hoop at Home of Affection.

I bought this with fundraised money. Mr Huong put up the hoop and painted it.

school uniforms for children at Baby Orphanage.

Last day at the Baby Orphanage.

Work is getting started on the shelter. Kendall is going to keep me updated with the progress.

Last day at the Baby Orphanage.

Thankyou.

The children at the Baby Orphanage would like to say thankyou to everyone who has kindly donated money. The variety of things that have been bought for the Baby Orphanage will be of great use. Things that have been bought for the Baby Orphanage.
Feast for August, fruit for August, shelter for outdoor area, paid for half of cost for minibus to take Mothers to well organised orphanages in various places to be trained on good hygiene practises and other relevant training, school uniform, sandals for school, hats, raincoats, books - variety of picture books, dictionaries, atlases, hard books for toddlers, globe for classroom, shelves, badminton rackets, keyboard, dolls, cars, kaleidoscopes, viewers, lacing cards, building bricks, two scribe boards, extra money for food for a month for toddlers, 2 large mats for children to sit on and play or do physical play on, tables and chairs being made at carpentry class for orphanage, clock for classroom.

Letters from girls at Tam Thanh. Last day here.

1st letter
Dear teacher Mhairi
My name is Duyen. I am your student. You are not only my teacher but my mother. I was taught by you long enough to get to know you but now you have to leave for home. I don't have anything more to say but many thanks. I think that other students like me don't want you to go home and won't teach us anymore but it is so selfish of me. I know that you have to go home but I dont't want you to. When you go home please think of us. We will miss you a lot. If you have time we would love to hear from you and hopefully next year you can come back to teach us and come back to Tam Thanh with us. We will wait for you to come back. Goodbye Mhairi. Your student. Duyen

2nd letter
I am very happy to get to know you. Thankyou very much for teaching me the good lessons. I love Kanh Linh because she is kind and nice and has a lovely smile and you Mhairi are so pretty an very enthusiastic with us during your time here. I want to say thankyou for creating favourable conditions for us to learn english. I will miss you forever and I promise I will remember all your lessons. Hanh.

3rd letter
I am very happy to know you and Linh. You taught me lessons I haven't known before. I love Linh. She has a lovely smile like my aunt's and you Mhairi are very gentle to us.
I will miss you forever. Goodbye. Hanh.

picture
from Ha

Last day at Tam Thanh.

It was my last day at Tam Thanh. I took my class and Leigh's class (she was getting new computers set up - one of which we paid for) to the beach which is very near Tam Thanh classroom. We played some games and then it was time to come back and say goodbye. I found this difficult as this was my favourite placement. I gave each of the girls a little gift from me and I received some hair baubles and some lovely letters which Ly Chau translated to me later.