StarKids and World Vision are helping rural communities in Vietnam fight poverty and malnourishment, one family at a time. By Kervin Mathew. In the Dien Bien province of north-west Vietnam, Dong Ty’s everyday meals of salt-flavoured rice rarely saw a hint of meat or vegetables….
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StarKids donations are helping communities put an end to child malnutrition. Here, Margaret Spencer shares one mother’s story. High in the lush green mountains of north-east Vietnam, the sound of a toddler’s laughter fills the air. Two-year-old Nhat Anh is excitedly chasing chickens in his…
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One child and his family are seeing a brighter future through StarKids’ projects helping vulnerable children in Vietnam. “I feel lucky because I’m a sponsored child,” says 14-year-old Khanh. My life has changed a lot.” Khanh, a student in a mountainous province of Vietnam, is…
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StarKids donations helped this young family in Vietnam overcome adversity. After years suffering from diabetes, Cai’s husband passed away in 2015, leaving her to raise two small daughters. Even before this tragedy, the family struggled to grow enough rice on their small farm to last…
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Small things can spark big change. In Trà Bồng district in southern Vietnam, one woman is supporting the health of children in her community through a unique business model. A few years ago, Yến was struggling. Job shortages forced her husband to take on seasonal…
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Mothers in Vietnam are learning top tips through a nutrition club. In Vietnam’s Phuoc Son District, Giang Thi Ly Ly leads a StarKids-supported nutrition club. She teaches mothers about antenatal care, vaccination and supplementary feeding for children. When Ly first took on the role, she…
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Farming families adopt organic methods for a healthy future San’s family in Vietnam have gone green, adopting organic farming methods to protect the environment and live healthier lives. As farmers, they rely on the land – so they know how important it is to protect…
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StarKids has helped build lasting change to fight human trafficking. Thinh’s community, in Vietnam’s Quang Nam province, is just one of many to have benefited from World Vision’s StarKids-supported anti-trafficking initiative. Like many teens, Thinh loved computer gaming. But his favourite pastime took a tragic…
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How do you stop a youth from being trafficked? In Vietnam, World Vision and StarKids is proving that a bit of education goes a long way. Human traffickers have many tricks to enlist workers they can then exploit. They use manipulation, threats, intimidation and false…
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