Early March 2009 will mark an important time for Think About the Children. Mike Youngblood, who was a member of the first Study Abroad in 2006, is returning to Viet Nam to creat a micro-loan program for each student's family in our A Luoi school.
Liz Henderson another student on the 2006 Study Abroad lives and teaches in Da Nang. She has found a USA NGO that arificially inseminates pigs. This is great for us and the A Luoi families. We have to buy only one pig. The families only have to feed one pig to get the litter of eight to twelve piglets.
With government approval, Mike will live in A Luoi and document the lives of our students and families. He'll be communicating with photos, TeacherTube videos, and Internet Video phone class to classrooms. What a great opportunity for USA students to see the plight of poor international students and then take the important step to do something about it.
Follow our blog in March to see Mike's progress. Thanks to all of the USA students who have funded Mike's work in addition to Mike's own very successful fundraising efforts.
Tom Murray
Saturday, February 14, 2009
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