On July 1, 2009, Jonathan, 10 years old, accompanied his parents, Mr. Peter Cuong Tran (Sunflower Mission’s former director and now advisor) and Mrs. Khanh Tran, to attend the completion ceremony for Vinh Hoa Elementary School in Kien Giang...

HOUSTON, TX – Sunflower Mission (SM) and VNHelp have completed building a 4-classroom school in Bac Lieu Province, VN. The completion ceremony for Cua Ga Elementary School was held on November 19, 2008.

Our overall goal for the school building program this year is 15 classrooms. This goal was established based on our ability to successfully deliver the projects in the rapid cost escalation environment and the planned 2008 fundraising effort. Our target areas for 2008 are Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Can Tho, and a province in the Central Highland such as Phu Yen.

In 2007, our focus for school projects continued to be in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam. Specifically we concentrated our efforts in the coastal province of Kien Giang and built a total of 20 classrooms in 10 schools throughout the province. In all, over 1000 students will benefit from these schools for years to come.

On December 8, I left Houston to fly back and spend 3 days in Viet Nam. The main purpose is to attend the completion ceremony for the 3 schools in the vicinity of Kien Giang that SM has just finished: Binh Giang 2 (4 classrooms), Nam Thai (2 classrooms) and Co Khia. (2 classrooms).

Sunflower Mission (SM) VN Project Coordinator, SM VN Scholarship Coordinator and SM supporters from Vietnam were at the Completion Ceremony. As usual, the students who attended the ceremony received gifts from the SM representatives.