Thi Nghe Orphanage Viet Nam

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The pictures from French family.

They are parents of 2 vietnamese children, Lou adopted Hanoi oct 2007 and Mael adopted Ho Chi Minh Thi Nghe Phu my oct 2010.They met this year in july, their son was happy to see where he grew up.

Lana Condor

Adoption date: May 11, 1996.
Birthplace : Vietnam

She was born in Vietnam and her given name is Tran D**g Lan. In 1997 Bob and Mary Condor adopted Lana and a younger boy named Arthur, who is now Lana's brother. You can read about the story of their adoption in the Chicago Tribune Magazine.

In addition to being a professional actor, Lana is an accomplished dancer, and she has attended the renowned Joffrey Ballet School and Ailey/Performing Arts School and performs with the Los Angeles Ballet.

Lana lives in California and graduated Notre Dame Academy, a private, all-girls Catholic High School located in West Los Angeles, California, in May 2014. She was also named a California Arts Scholar in theatre for 2014. She played Amber Von Tussle in her high school's production of "Hairspray" and in 2013 was Leilani in the musical "Legally Blonde."

Lana will star in the upcoming Marvel film X-Men: Apocalypse, out in theaters May 27, 2016!

They adopted a little girl in Thi Nghe orphanage in january 2011
Her name is Alex Minh.Now she lives in Italy. The time flies.
Thank you so much Sonia.

from Children's Hope International

Kathy Dickinson
In April of this year, my daughter Grace Thuy, 13, and I returned to Vietnam for a homeland trip. We spent 3 weeks traveling around her beautiful birth country. We celebrated her 10th Forever Day and were able to visit her orphanage and spend a bit of time with our wonderful Thuy. She is as sweet as ever!

https://youtu.be/0p2Sksz4oW0
Thank Sonia for this video.
The Babies was adopted by parents come from over the world.

Phu My - Thi Nghe Orphanage Ho Chi Minh Vietnam Video 1 Date: November/December 2010 - Novembre/Dicembre 2010 Thanks to Project Chance from Australia !!! Visite their FB page: https://www.facebook.com/projectchanc...

Students come from Australia are playing with the autism children at Thi Nghe orphanage.

From volunteer.

Today was our first day at the orphanage. Out of 25 volunteers between two VPV dorms, only five of us were going to Thi Nghe. The rest either went to other orphanages or to teach at shelters.

The building looked modern outside, just like ordinary kindergarten. As we entered the first room, we saw a floor of mattresses covered with crippled helpless bodies in the same color pink striped PJs, as if it is a handicapped child’s prison. They hardly speak possibly due to never being given speech therapy. You look at them and wonder why did they get those illnesses, what for? You can’t really guess their ages, as they look small and clueless. Little bodies are sometimes sharing one crib. Heads are shaved so you can’t tell their gender. Their eyes are wandering with curiosity, some faces are smiling, you know that children are happy to get attention.

I am speechless, I want to cure them all and see them live independently and happily, but it’s impossible to do. What is the point in playing with them, making them happy for a moment, but then leaving them, knowing what kind of ending they are going to have either here or somewhere else?

Then we were told that children (about 60 of them) are on the floor in two rooms temporarily, because other rooms are being renovated. Andy said that this orphanage is better run than some other ones he knows, because it is sponsored by the government and has more standardized procedures in place.

I was very impressed with how good food was. Carers were very efficient in feeding children and changing their nappies. I also saw carers folding clean nappies and stacking them into big piles in the closet. It is a very smooth process of feeding children 5 times a day and bringing them to beds. Majority of the kids in these two rooms have cerebral palsy due to various reasons. Carers, busy with many duties, do not play with kids, which is not very educational or entertaining for the kids. Whenever carers have a free moment they sit in quiet or chat to each other.

Children and staff sleep after lunch. We returned to Peace House for lunch and we went back: feeding and playing again. We saw some other children who came for day care, almost all of them had Down syndrome. I fed about 5 children that day and when I looked into children’s eyes while feeding them, I saw their souls deep inside: pure and wonderous. What they need is love, which is not always available for them.

We don't know who are my
parents. But we always happy. We play together.

From : Letara Judd's diary
I had a great time volunteering in Ho Chi Minh City. Volunteering at one of the disabled orphanages was so rewarding. There was 11 of us volunteering at Thi Nghe orphanage while I was there. We would all catch the local bus around 8am. It was funny seeing the locals surprised to see us on the bus. There were 2 of us in each room and we would usually play with the kids and help feed them in the morning. We finished at about 11 for lunch. We would usually get some street food or Lotteria (Vietnamese fast food chain) where there was some aircon. Some times we would go back to the orphanage for a nap as well because all the kids would sleep around this time because its so hot. In the afternoon we would play with them some more, sometimes taking them out to the playground on the swings. As TET festival was coming up the staff were rehearsing a performance in the playground which was good to watch with the kids. We would help with feeding as well around 3 and usually finish at 4. I wanted to take some supplies to the orphanage as well but waited til I got there to see what they really needed. I ended up buying some soft toys at the markets for the kids to play with which they really enjoyed. I had taken some crayons the day before and they didn't really know what to do with them so I think toys is a great idea. Some of the other volunteers also went out and bought nappies as well. Most nights we would go to the night market in town, go out for dinner, go to the backpackers street for drinks and even went out to the movies and went bowling. I always felt 100% safe in Vietnam because most people are out on the streets late at night and are all very friendly. The staff were very helpful at the house and enjoyed coming to some of the projects with us and testing out their English skills. I had such a great time, cant wait to do it all over again.
(https://www.volunteerhq.org/volunteer-diaries/letara-judd)