Greater Seattle Viet Nam Association

Bac Lieu Schoolhouse

GSVA will be contributing to a multipurpose school building in the Bac Lieu Province.

Excerpt of an email from Son Michael Pham, president of GSVA's board, while he was visiting Vietnam in May 2001:
"Earlier in the trip, I went to Bac Lieu village which is almost at the southern tip of the country. It is ONLY a 8 hours car trip, then a one hour trip on a small sampan. There I stayed in a Catholic village with a priest that I met before. I brought along a grant for scholarship from GSVA as well as a large supplies of new children clothes and school supplies. Life in the village is very simple, no electricity and lots of big hungry mosquitoes. As everywhere, the children in the village are full of curiousity and playful. One of the many highlights of my time there was the morning sampan ride with the kids to their school at 5:30am. When I left the next day, I brought along with a plea for help from the pastor Father Peter Chanh for funds to help him rebuilding the multi-purpose school house on the church ground. This building is falling down piece by piece from its age (1907), wind storms, and termites. I watched the kids played inside of the building as pieces of the ceiling ready to fall on them."

The old school building which was built in 1907.

Children in class in the old school building.

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