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Hawaii Students Come to Share Aloha at SS3

Sunday, June 26th, 2011
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      In Hawaii the word Aloha is used in a similar fashion as the Vietnamese greeting of “Xin Chao,” but Aloha also can mean “love.”That is exactly what the 7 students from Hawaii brought with them, a lot of Aloha. In addition to a huge box of toys and school supplies, the “Hawaiians” [...]

A Beautiful Song Brings Tears

Monday, May 17th, 2010
Penny reads an English story to children at SS3 Orphanage

- by Dinh Thi Lan Huong “Fun Day” is a new project that GVI has recently initiated at SS3 Orphanage to teach children basic English and to build closer bonds with the kids through English games and songs, and by celebrating birthdays and having fun with them. It is repeated every 2 months. We had [...]

Two SS3 Orphans adopted by French families

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

GVI learned that two girls from Sponsor Society 3 (SS3) were adopted shortly after the Tet New Year Holiday in February. Trang (4) and Nga (5) have gone to France to live with their new families. The GVI staff met Trang of their first assessment visit to SS3 in July 2007. She had just arrived [...]