Our Proposal

Dear friends and family,

I am developing an educational sector for the disabled children's daycare in Vietnam and asking for help in gathering school supplies. Ben ( another volunteer), Xuong ( a Speech pathologist at the hospital) and I, are working together to establish better means of communication between the staff, children, and volunteers. Many of the children at the daycare are suffering from Cerebral Palsy, Autism, and other neurological disorders and/or developmental delay that hinder them from going to a typical Vietnamese school. These children are very bright and have a lot of potential but their circumstances don't allow them to reach their full potential. The daycare provides very little stimulation to help these children learn, communicate, and become self-sufficient individuals. Therefore, we are working create our own mini-school to stimulate the minds of these bright individuals. To do this though, we need your help.

I have included pictures and descriptions of the current daycare, and then examples of what we are going to create ( modeled after an Australian kindergarten classroom).

I have been extremely blessed to have the support of my friends and family that helped me raise over $2,000 to sponsor my trip to Vietnam. I was shocked to hear that people were still asking to help!!! Since I've had many people express their continued desire to help,  I believe that donating craft supplies and toys are the best means of helping us establish this school.

supplies: notebooks, pencils, crafts, construction paper, Velcro. Money for laminating costs ect, to help construct "key-word sign" booklets that the children can use to communicate via pictures and sign language.
and toys: dollhouse figurines or characters to encourage imagination and role play, mesh balls and textured objects and/or books for sensory integration, blocks to improve fine motor skills, and tissue paper for craft projects.

I am taking a short visit home, to Rochester--yippie :), and will be collecting donations to help reduce any shipping costs. If you would like to contribute, please contact me via 585-747-6811 between September to October and I will personally pick the supplies up or you can send them to my home address 54 Hillbridge Circle, Rochester NY 14612.
Thank you for all of your support:)