Glocal Ventures

New Chapter at GVI Written by: Vu Manh Tan, Project Director  Time is flying and a New Year is coming! I am eagerly anticipating this New Year ‘s coming with excitement feeling at all levels. It is obviously that our Father is leading and guiding me to the plan He has made. I am also glad [...]

    Merry Christmas!   What does Christmas mean to you? To me, it means “love”: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). Christmas Day reminds me about the reason why my Savior was born [...]

    “I want to wish you a Merry Christmas / I want to wish you a Merry Christmas, I want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart…..” (I am singing this song, Feliz Navidad, while I am writing this letter…) To my friends, When I first learned about Christmas, [...]

          Hi everybody, Thank you all for coming and serving the people here in Vietnam. I hope all of you are doing well and that you will come back here again and again. Working and being with you is such a sweet blessing to me. Seeing you guys serving my people [...]

            Christmas is coming real soon. It is a special time for everyone to review what has happened in their lives during the past year. 2010 was a very special year for my family because we started walking on the same spiritual path to experience love and faith together. This kind [...]

- by Hoang Thi Bic, administrator and newest member of GVI’s team I met NorthWood teams years ago when I was a waitress at Alfrescos restaurant. I was so appreciative of what they were doing for Vietnamese people, especially for the kids. I was deeply impressed by their kindness (I thought to myself, “I am [...]

- 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 [...]

GVI is very happy to welcome Hoang Thi Bic to our team! NorthWood volunteers first met Bic years ago when she worked Alfresco’s restaurant, a favourite hangout of our volunteers in Hanoi (every team eats there at least once a trip!). She worked in a number of capacities with the Alfresco’s group and eventually landed [...]