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Save the Families Souls
The development of the website of Save the Children`s Souls is ready now, please have a look. Thanks to all who supported us, this is a very important step for our future.
Many greetings to all of you from Chris…
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Dear beloved friends,
now i present you a video about our project visit in Pa Nor village in Luang Prabang Province, Laos P.D.R. We`ve already started to support our village in building a school and also we support them to get new access points for clean water; decreased waiting time at taps; drinking water and toilet facilities in the village. We set off to our village on
26/07/2010 and had some discussions with the village leaders. After that we visited the projects and could have a look at what they’ve done since our last visit. The school is nearly built and the water system is already installed. Now they build a big water reservoir in the middle of the village. Our project runs succsessfully and the village is building up its own future. Pann and I are also happy to see what only a short support can do for the families in this village. With our organisation Save the Children`s Souls Pann and I are looking forward to support other villages in this area, too. Please, my friends, help us to find donors willing to support our projects, thank you all so much.
Many greetings and have a nice day, Christian.
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Taken minutes of the first meeting concerning the work with Ha Tinh’s street children
date: 16th June, 2010
time: 4:00 p.m.
present: (see below)
today’s purpose:
– general overview about the situation of street children living in Ha Tinh
– collecting ideas on what to do to help them
– assigning tasks that are first to be done
4:10 p.m.: opening
– brief introduction given by Chris
– today our intention is to collect ideas; which kind of work is possible?
– Cooperation with DOLISA (Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs)
– Chris has already gained experience in working with street children, during his time in Idonesia
– it’s important to start our work immediately because stays in Ha Tinh only 6 more months
– our aim: to make a conception on how to work with the street children here, this conception is supposed to be put into action even without Chris‘ presence in Ha Tinh
– we’re depending on voluntarily work to make sure the started work will be continued even without Chris
– presentation of today’s aim (see above)
4:25 p.m.: Anh Dung (representative of DOLISA, Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs )
– talks about the present situation of street children in Ha Tinh
– during day and night the children are begging for money, there’s a certain place near the bus station where they have to hand it to a certain woman
→ yet we don’t know: why do they behave like that and what’s going on with that
money?
→ but if we want to change anything at all it’s not only necessary to work with the
children, we have to cooperate with that woman, too (because she depends on the
children’s income, if we cause trouble with her it will be to our disadvantage
– start-up idea: working with the children by talking to them, playing with them etc.
→ this way we won’t change their situation but step by step we will understand more
about it
4.40 p.m.: Christian talks about his experiences in working with street children in Indonesia
→ but the situation here is completely a different one
→ our first task will be to raise awareness of the street children’s problems and to
ensure that their basic needs are pleased
4.50 p.m.: Christian introduces all the attendants:
→ Christian Volker Ide, working for the DED in Ha Tinh
→ Dung, working for DOLISA (Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs) Ha Tinh
→ Loan and Thu, working at the school for the disabled in Ha Tinh City
→ Ngoc, Dean of the English department in Ha Tinh University
→ Long, reporter for HA Tinh TV
→ Truong, knows a lot about the children’s situation
→ Huyen, Linh, Nga, Jakob, Alex
5.00 p.m.: further information about the children’s situation, given by Dung
– since Ha Tinh hasn’t been too industrialized yet the situation is not as serious as in other places
– mainly there are two groups:
1. children from Ha Tinh districts coming to Ha Tinh City
2. children from Ha Tinh going to other provinces
– both of these groups need support
– yet there is already some cooperation with mass organisations (Women’s union) and some European organisation (in Ky Anh)
– he agrees with Chris‘ ideas, too
– yet we have to decide how to continue our work: we could use the conception drafted by DOLISA and develop it further
5.15 p.m.: Long announces that he can help us by providing us with information about the children’s situation and by producing some documentation to be shown on TV
5.20 p.m.: Summary
– firstly: collecting information and material about the street children’s situation, based on this a documentation can be produced
– Huyen proposed to cooperate with Ha Tinh University to start some small projects
– yet we have no organisations to cooperate with
→ what has to be done to find some?
→ 1. the documentation
→ 2. further information about the children’s situation, draft given by DOLISA
→ 3. support by volunteers and mass organisations
→ 4. based on these issues we can draft a conception on how to work with the children
→ 5. this will be sent to different organisations to receive money
– → after we’ve received some funding we can start our work
– further ideas: collecting old books and toys for the children providing space to sleep and some food to traumatise children, we already have a small amount of money, next time we have to decide what to do with it.
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The problem of street children is one of the most pressing social problems
in Vietnam. The sight of children selling chewing gum in restaurants or shining
shoes in street corners has become familiar. People sometimes call them roaming
kids or “dust of life.” Although the problem is well known, the dynamic
mechanism that prompts these children to drop out of school and go selling in
the street is yet to be analyzed deeply or comprehensively. Such causes as dire
poverty and parents’ divorce may be common to the street children problem in
all developing countries, but other causes may be that Ha Tinh experiencing an enormous social and economic transformation.
Children end up on the street for a variety of reasons. For some, the
street is an escape from broken families or domestic violence. For others, street
life is a means of supplementing family income, passing time, and even having
fun. In addition, the breakdown of traditional family values, educational zeal,
and community structure leaves a large number of children without necessary
care and support for their sound growth and development.
Children who work or live on the streets do not have full knowledge
of their rights and are often unaware of risks in unguided urban life. Many of
them are under the stress of day-to-day living. Some use alcohol
to relieve the stress and to forget painful experiences. Others are trained to
become professional beggars. Disabled children may be sold to strangers who force them tobeg on streets. Girls seem to be in particular danger as the target of sexual
assault and exploitation.
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