Go to Vietnam with Sunflower Mission! Join us for Workcamp 2010!
Sunflower Mission is now accepting applications for the Workcamp 2010.
Send in your form and deposit today to secure one of the limited spots!
Costs for the 2-week trip will be $2,200 USD per person and includes roundtrip airfare from Houston to Saigon, in country hotel and transportation, 3 meals per day, and funds to buy school supplies and backpacks for the children.
The application deadline is MARCH 1, 2010. Youths under age 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
The team will be traveling in June to a school in the Phu Yen Province and will likely visit the beaches of Nha Trang as a side excursion. There are also tentative plans to visit a minority village in the region...
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Haiti Disaster And Reconstruction Fund
Dear Sunflower Mission members and friends,
No doubt you have heard of the catastrophic earthquake that struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti earlier this week. While the full extent of damages is still being assessed, the US and the world have begun to send in relief efforts. ...
2010 UH-VSA Charity Cultural Showcase
The Vietnamese Student Associations will be staging VEX, a variety and culture showcase to benefit Sunflower Mission, a local nonprofit that assists needy children of Vietnam by building schools and giving scholarships. ..
Universities rushing to offer more trendy study options
Universities releasing enrolment plans for 2010 are rushing to provide more fashionable study options.
Many member universities of the HCM City National University have announced new study options, including a medical faculty which plans to enroll 100 students in 2010.
MOET teaches life skills at schools
Phung Khac Binh, Director of the Students’ Affairs Department under the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), recently spoke about the ministry’s decision to teach life skills at general schools. Binh emphasized that, in the modern times, teaching both manners and scientific knowledge are very important...
Good manners disappear in modern Vietnam
Why do many young people nowadays fail to respect their elders, a long-held tradition among Vietnamese people? Why do they never exchange greetings? Why are some becoming dishonest and selfish? Tuoi Tre looks for answers...
