CHEER Projects - Building Schools

In 2002 one-third of all Vietnamese children did not make it to grade 5 because their families were poor and could not afford to pay the costs of their education. By building kindergartens, a joint effort between villagers and CHEER, we plan to give children from poor families a head start in their education.

Since 2001, with the generous donation of four CHEER supporters, we have built 5 kindergartens to accommodate more than 500 children in Quang Tri and Thua Thien - Hue Provinces, Central Viet Nam. The children at these kindergartens sing and dance, make art, and play games. They eat a hot lunch and take naps at noon. They return home in the late afternoon.

Kindergartens

In 2001, the first three kindergartens were built in Ai Tu Quang Tri: KP4, Tan Pho and Lam Xuan Dong.

Each school houses 30-45 children.

Study Corners

Rural children in Viet Nam live in homes where they have no place of their own to do homework. More often than not, there is only one table, which is used by the family for everything from eating to working.

In 1998, CHEER started the Study Corner project: A desk, chair, and bookshelf provided to children to study. Hundreds of students have received the Study Corners, including 100 children in Phu Mau and Hong Kim elementary schools.

Teacher Le Thi Lan and the first “study corner” recipient at Binh Dien School

Binh Dien Village, A Luoi Province

Award ceremony at Phu Mau 1 elementary school, July 2004

A student with her “study corner”

Loading the “study corner” on the bicycle and bringing it home