The Thuy Bang High School Library

This week Liz Henderson has been asked to make a statement at the Grand Opening of Thuy Bang High School Library. This library was funded in a partnership between Think About the Children and Global Village Foundation, Le Ly Haslip's new foundation working with rural schools in Viet Nam.

Le Ly is the original creator of East Meets West Foundation, the largest foundation functioning in Viet Nam, with millions of dollars funded each year. She also was the subject of a film titled When Heaven and Earth Changed Places. I'm not sure you can find a more influencial Vietnamese American lady.

We've taken the opportunity to fund a mobile library for A Loui. It will first go to the Primary school next to our Early Childhood Education Center. Then it will move to other Primary schools in the A Loui area.

This weekend was a special time. I received an email from Viet Nam plus pictures announcing that the school we have worked so hard to build in Viet Nam is now a reality. The village of A loui will be the location. The open space in the picture will be the location of our Early Childhood Education Center for kids prior to kindergarten. There is a primary school next door with 80 children.

Our original goal was to build in Quang Tri Province, on the old DMZ. The frustration eventualluy forced us to move our plan south a bit. Our contact was a very special man and his daughter Vi. We met these two through Doug Young. They have a farm near Hue. What a blessing this has been to meet these people.

I can't wait to post pictures of the school.

A Loui is west of Hue on the Laos border. The hills you see in the picture are in Laos.