Families of farmers in the rural village of Nam Son are often unable to meet their children’s needs. The time-consuming and arduous labor their fields require leave parents struggling to find a means of caring for their children during work hours.

There are no primary or secondary schools in Nam Son. Instead one inadequate room in the local meeting hall serves kindergarten students during half-day sessions. Unfortunately, this room lacks the space and equipment that are needed to accommodate all of the village’s impoverished children.

This project will fund the construction of a kindergarten facility that will ensure 40 young children have access to a safe and comfortable space where they can learn, grow, and achieve. Become a Citizen Philanthropist and partner with the families of Nam Song so that all of the village's young children can begin the academic careers equipped with the resources to improve their futures.

Nam Son is a poor village in Hoa Vang District, the largest rural district of Danang City. Poor farmers in Nam Son often do not make enough money to fully support their families; as a result, parents are unable to provide their children with adequate food or send them to school.

Nam Son’s families are constantly at risk of plunging into deeper poverty as a result of their village’s location and lack of basic services. Nam Son is continuing to recover from the devastation caused by the Vietnam War. During the war, Nam Sum served as a Viet Cong base, resulting in many of its surrounding fields being planted with mines. These mines continue to threaten residents and have lead to sections of the village's surrounding fields remaining unused. In addition, seasonal typhoons regularly flood the village, destroying crops and worsening difficult conditions. Since Nam Son lacks basic services such as health care and reliable water sources, its farmers are also left vulnerable to illnesses that can prevent them from performing the work their families depend on.

The villages' families also face the challenge of balancing their labors while caring for their children. There are no primary or secondary schools in Nam Son. Instead one inadequate room in the local meeting hall serves kindergarten students during half-day sessions. Unfortunately, it is too small to accommodate all of the village’s young children.

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Direct Impact of Your Project

• Provides 40 young children with a comfortable, safe, and specially designed space where they can develop physically, socially, and academically
• Enables 40 students to have the resources that will brighten the start of their school careers
• Ensures at least one teacher has full time employment
• Creates job opportunities for one engineer and 10 to 15 local laborers and masons

Extended Impact on Your Partner Community

• Allows the parents of 40 young children to work full time and earn the income needed to improve their families' lives
• Ensures the older siblings of new kindergarten students can continue to attend school rather than being forced to care for their brothers and sisters
• Enables the family members of 40 children to concentrate on becoming contributing members of their community