by Nga Nguyen
It didn’t take me long to notice how thoughtful the organizers were, and how much care they put into everything little thing they did. I was totally moved.
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by Dalton Bui & Jacqueline Hoang
As a kid, I hated going to Vietnamese school and learning Vietnamese. I thought it was dumb since I lived in America. As I grew up, I never thought much about my education in the Vietnamese language, in fact, I often took it for granted. That is, until Jacqueline and I met and spoke with Trang standing alone in the schoolyard.
by Catherine Prescott
If you care to look, you can always find talent and one of the saddest things for me is when you see that talent go to waste. Albert Einstein is quoted as saying “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
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by Sibylle Katona
I have joined Sunflower Mission for the first time this year as part of the team from FabLab of Da Nang, where I am currently interning from France. It has also been my first real experience in voluntary work, even if we didn’t participate to the painting. I am so grateful to have been a part of this amazing experience. It gives me hope for the future of education in Vietnam and other parts of the world where people actively work too.
by Kyra Burke
Although these past two days have been nothing short of challenging, today felt like the greatest challenge of them all. My morning consisted of scraping the paint off of the tiles and sweeping the floors in order to make the classrooms look presentable for the seas of students who have would be arriving the next day.
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by Emily Nguyen
In art, harmony is an element used often to bring together the piece and make it complete. I was always aware of the bustling city of Saigon, densely packed with tall buildings and shops which threatened to overthrow the nature. I was never aware of nature residing with city life in Vietnam until given the opportunity to join Sunflower Mission for the first time. This harmony in art can apparently be found with nature and man-made structures just as I hope it will between Sunflower Mission and the locals this weekend.
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