May 19, 2014 by ECO Vietnam Group

1306 – Our Door Project

Time: 27May – 2June( 6 Days)

Place: Phuong Thinh, Dong Thap

Members: 50 Students of Paya Lebar Methodist Girls School

Achievement:

– Built 1 ECO Toiet.
– Road building (1.3km)
– English Teaching.

In the week from 27/5/2012 to 06/02/2013 , OUR DOOR project by ECO Vietnam Group ( EVG ) collaborated with the Paya Lebar Methodist Girls School , Singapore took place in Phuong Thinh commune , Cao Lanh district , Dong Thap province , OUR DOOR is a project aimed at helping and improving the lives of local people in Phuong Thinh .

In just 7 short days, nearly 70 volunteers actively perform many diverse activities such as teaching , building toilets , flagstone paths , visiting the poor , cultural night organized cultural exchange By the his enthusiasm , the volunteers have brought joy to the children and partly to share the difficulties of the people here through practical work .

Another interesting point of the project is English class of volunteers . The class attracted the local students . With lively teaching methods and friendly , the classes were enthusiastic children . The teaching session was short but had laid many beautiful feelings between the volunteers and the children , the tears of parting day linger .

Also in OUR DOOR this project, the volunteers were spread over 1km stone for the children’s travelling to school easier during the rainy season. Understanding the significance of this activity, the militia he, locals have tools to help support the volunteers performed better job.

In addition, the enthusiastic volunteers also participate in building toilets for poor households in the commune Phuong Thinh. Although inexperienced but mentally rolling his discharge was helping girls overcome the Methodist PayaLebar initial surprise and complete 1 toilet last working day at Thinh Phuong.

Saying goodbye, what remains on the shoulders of volunteers no longer just a backpack, but it is the crystallization beautiful, valuable lessons come from the journey Phuong Thinh, friendship and memories of their will not be forgotten.

May 19, 2014 by ECO Vietnam Group

1305 – Green Clinic Project

Time: 23May-01Jun( 6 Days)

Place: Gia Bac, Lam Dong

Members: 10 Students of NUS Medicine School

Achievement:

– 750 villagers receive the treatment from doctors, pharmacists and medical students.
– Survey on health

From 23.05.2013 until 06.01.2013 , GREEN CLINIC project by ECO Vietnam Group ( EVG ) in collaboration with Team Operation Medicine from NUS Yong Loo Yin School of Medicine , Singapore took place in an atmosphere rich warmth of love and compassion . Held in Gia Bac , Di Linh district , Lam Dong province is a project to help improve the health and life of the local people here .

In just 5 short days , the spirit of youthful enthusiasm and thirst for building , community development , 16 volunteers ( volunteers ) come from Vietnam and Singapore with the support of six Vietnamese doctors South , they have done a lot of work meaning for people ‘s lives Gia Bac . These include the typical activities in this project such as stations and dispensing free medical examination , carried out a home visit to each household as well as advocacy survey and measure blood pressure check and people visiting households poor .

Right from the first moment arrived in Ho Chi Minh City , the volunteers were quickly carried out the purchase of medicines and medical supplies needed to prepare for the examination in Gia Bac station .

In the first day at Gia Bac , the volunteers and doctors have started right away with examination work at the station and found free medicines to the people . Only 3 exams , but more than 760 people had blood pressure measured , examined and medicines , in the laudable efforts of the group . This is an opportunity for volunteers to be close to the original people , to understand , to create sympathy where people and create more favorable conditions in the later survey date .

The volunteers measure people’s blood pressure

End the job search at the station, the volunteers conducted Vietnam and Singapore trips to visit each household living in 5 villages and advocacy, guidance, sending information leaflets on health care and proper hygiene. At the same time blood pressure measured every survey people and get information, bandaged the wound healing skin if any.

Besides, the volunteers also visited the households in disadvantaged areas. The trip was not only small help bring physical and spiritual families, but it also makes each of you have the opportunity to volunteer and learn more close to Gia Bac.

May 19, 2014 by ECO Vietnam Group

1304 – Healthcare Campaign Project

Time: 20May-2June(14 Days)

Place: Gia Bac, Lam Dong

Members:o2 Students of NTU – SMU

Achievement:

– 180 water filter.
– 1 ECO Toilet.
-English Teaching

Project Healthcare Campaign was a cooperation project between EVG and the two high schools: SMU and NTU Singapore. Within 10 days at Gia Bac public library, 22 Singaporean volunteers and 4 Vietnamese volunteers contributed greatly to the community here, helping improve the living standard of the locals, especially health problem.

One of the most outstanding missions that the volunteers of Healthcare campaign project accomplished was to building toilets for the locals

As for teaching task, the volunteers already taught 2 classes at Gia Bac primary schools: 5A1 and 5A2.

The volunteers also distributed 180 water filter machines to poor families at Gia Bac

We successfully organized a cultural exchange night in the presence of more than 100 students along with teachers and local authority.

Leaving Gia Bac after 10 days, what still remained was wonderful memories they would never forget. Returning to HCM city, they had a chance to relax and visit many tourist attractions such as: Ben Thanh market, War Remnants museum, the tunnels of Cu Chi.

They said goodbye to Vietnam on one rainy day. Healthcare campaign came to an end with many beautiful memories, with the friendships had just formed. But the journey to help Gia Bac was still on its way. We are young, free and enthusiastic, we still keep on going and grow up. We hope to see each other again, at Gia Bac, on one sunny day.

May 19, 2014 by ECO Vietnam Group

1303 – Blue Bubble Project

Time: 18May-5Jun(18 Days)

Place: An Hiep, Ben Tre

Members: 18 Students of NUS- Mam Xanh

Achievement:

English Teaching

Built 800m2 of school yard

May 19, 2014 by ECO Vietnam Group

1302 – Spring Sprout Project

Time: 28Apri-11Mayl(14 Days)

Place: An Hiep, Ben Tre

Members: 40 Students of FIDES- SMU

Achievement:

English Teaching

Built 800m2 of school yard

So Spring Sprout Project in An Hiep Commune , Ba Tri District , Ben Tre Province has entered the implementation of the first day . Maybe with any project , unfamiliarity , and new difficulty is the inevitable . And Spring Sprout is not an exception. Fortunately . in this work the first day , everything went pretty smoothly.

As for construction, today you have embarked on land fill to flatten the pitch . However, this is a job that requires a lot of time and energy of people and will significantly affect the progress of the project . So everyone decided to rent a bulldozer tomorrow can embark on concrete yard .

As for teaching , the school was opened exciting fun game with H2O – a kind of cat-and- mouse game of Vietnam – volunteers from Singapore with the support of the volunteers VN . Thanks to this attractive activities that the pupils of four layers 1 and 2 of primary school Year 1 1 An agreement was feeling less shy when initially exposed to the ” teacher ” new to mingle into the game , as well as later periods . During school hours , the English alphabet are inherently monotonic , this vividly conveyed to them through the song ” ABC ” and the connection works as recognizing letters and words .

As for housework and cooking , the volunteers did not seem to encounter any difficulties with the enthusiastic support from her school principal . The bearing deep dish delicious Vietnam were volunteers Singapore enthusiastic ” response ” .

Hopefully, the next day would be the day enthusiastic , playful ; more experiences and memories for everyone .

November 5, 2013 by ECO Vietnam Group

Sharing

“GiaBac trip is a platform which I achieved many practical lessons without being taught in school, participated in teamwork, and established many new relationshipS with local volunteers and international volunteers coming from Duman High School in Singapore.

All of my memories in GiaBac will be everlasting in my whole mind. It always reminds me the role of youth in my community nowadays.”

Kim Ngan, Participant from Vietnam

“I witness the poverty…how people actually survive with just a few US dollars per day,…., how confined they are such that they don’t know what is happening outside the world, how cruel and harsh reality can be at the other side of the world and so on.

But through this trip, i have really learnt a lot about the significance of service, which has really changed my outlook on life for the better. I think it is really time to review my role in my community, i want to be more active.”

Student from Saint Andrew Junior College, Singapore

“The conviction to help his community has made Harry Pham the founder, an outstanding youth leader in my eyes. He is always willing to give of his time to ensure that our students have a meaningful community project as well as provide

opportunities for their growth. His tireless work in Vietnam to change the mindsets of the youths and undergraduates in servant leadership is a Herculean task that he has taken on without any complaint and at great personal sacrifices.

I am proud to call Harry a friend, someone who shares my ideal of making the world a better place, one youth at a time.”

Lily Chua, Head of Humanities and History Department of Nanyang Girls’ High School

As soon as we got to say “Hello”, the next moment we were holding back saying “Goodbye”. Everything within me yearns to go back to Phuong Thinh and continue working in the hearts of the children there, to give them greater hope of a better future. But I will not cry my heart out at this – for I know that the children there now know that there are people who care for them and love them, which is all they need to have their dreams fulfilled.

The only words that are left for me to say are “Thank You”. Thank you to everyone who made this trip possible, thank you to all the volunteers who came with us, thank you to the children who taught us so much more than we could give you, and thank you everyone else who joined me in this trip. I will cherish both the bitter and sweet memories of the time we had in Phuong Thinh.

(Joel Fluffy Pony Tan, Hwa Chong student – Pass On Project)

House for Hope was an unforgettable and hectic experience, the amount of sweat, hard work or even the minute details such as the sudden attack of an enormous centipede, were more than what I could have imagined. Despite this, at the end I felt a great sense of satisfaction when I saw the smile of happiness and gratefulness from the house owner, Ka Hoi. Although it was probably just a simple gesture of appreciation, it made me feel all our effort was worthwhile.

(Winnie Peck, Saint Advocate, Young For Cause Project 2011)

Indubitably, if there was one thing particularly meaningful I took away from this trip, it is appreciation of whatever I have. I left Singapore as an insatiable individual, but making friends with the kids and Vietnamese volunteers improved my character.

The frustrating reality of our measly 6-day Vietnam trip did nothing to help the situation. That said, I will stop crying my heart out, take what I need and be on my way. Here is a sincere thank-you to everyone who has made this trip a positive experience. Much as I’d like to round this up with something extraordinarily cheesy, I am just glad to have been part of this trip since the very first step, that’s all. Adios and peace out.

I miss all the kids and volunteers.

(Max Yoong, Hwa Chong student – Pass On Project)