our first visit to families

families in Vietnam has been working in Vietnam for only a couple of years. in that short time they set up many successful programs. One of them places children who previously were working on the street back in school or in school for the first time. the only condition is the child's family agrees and participates in having the child attend school- basically- send them there. As we were formulating our dream of 5L fund and getting to know staff and volunteers associated with FIV, we visited some of these families. Some stories are so personal that I cannot publish them here. FIV has a newsletter if you want more info. My 8 year old daughter, Lelan came with us. She is young to see this level of poverty. however she saw the support and happiness that came from our visit and the friendship generated by Hoa's visit. while it made poverty real, it made helping itself, hopeful and real.