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What?

This project will provide the needed funding for 10 disadvantaged children to complete their education from 6th to the 9th grade so that they are prepared to pass the mandatory high school entrance exams and acquire skills to advance to a bright future. Scholarships will provide:

• School Fees
• School Activities
• Health Care Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Textbooks
• Notebooks
• School Uniforms
• Reference Books, Pens, & Other Supplies

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Why?

The fees associated with schooling in Vietnam can often make education unaffordable. Without an education, these children face a future of continued poverty and are vulnerable to an array of difficult life circumstances such as trafficking, drug abuse, and unemployment. Children in lower secondary grade, which begins in 6th grade, are particularly at-risk. By the time 6th grade is reached 41% of males and 43% of females do not attend school. These children stop studying and learning when they are only eleven years old!

There is no better investment to create a self-sufficient future for a child than to provide an education.

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How?

Children of Vietnam will work with local officials and school personnel to identify 10 children who meet the following criteria:
• Children of poor families with income per month under 700.000 VND ($40 USD)
• Orphan children or those living with only one parent or with a relative
• Children whose parents have health or disability problems
• 50% of scholarship recipients will be female

Once identified, Children of Vietnam staff will meet with each child and his/her parents to confirm their commitment. The scholarship will be renewed each year from 6th to 9th grade as long as the child attends school and receives good grades. Children of Vietnam staff will monitor the child’s progress through cooperation with the school.

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History of Tay Son Secondary School

Hai Chau is an urban district of Danang. Yet many of its residents are unable to take advantage of available school and medical services due to their poverty. Their homes, in poor repair, are tucked into the corners of Hai Chau. If they are lucky, extended family members have offered to share their homes. The poorest, without an education, earn meager incomes as street venders and lottery ticket sellers. Many are single parent households or have disabled family members. Increasing the challenges of this district and its residents, is a legacy of the Vietnam War. Dioxin/Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant once stored in barrels at the former US Airbase located in the heart of Hai Chau, seeps into the environment and waterways causing third generation birth defects and increasing the financial needs of many families already too poor to send their children to school.

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Average household income

40

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Community Population: 1,537

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Climate

Hai Chau is located in a semi-tropical monsoon zone. Hai Chau experiences high temperatures and high levels of humidity; its average annual temperature is 25.9˚ Celsius. There are two seasons— a rainy season lasting from August to December and a dry season from January to July. Danang experiences its highest temperatures (28-30˚C) in June, July, and August and it’s lowest (18-23˚C) between December and February. Its temperate climate largely prevents cold spells in the region; when they occasionally occur, they are generally moderate and short.

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Challenges facing Tay Son Secondary School

Poverty and caring for people with disabilities

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Main Occupations

In Hai Chau, people have a range of occupations in commercial, administration and service sectors. However, the poorest, without an education, however, still earn a meager income as street venders, day laborers, and lottery ticket sellers. Many are unable to work due to a long-term illness or disability.

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Families living below poverty line

140

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