Bac Giang

On Sunday, the group left Hanoi for Bac Giang, a city in a province to the North of Hanoi, also named Bac Giang. Again, we used Hanoi's public bus system, which already brought us from the airport to Hanoi or got us aroung the city during our explorations. Using the bus can be very crowded but it is the cheapest means of transportation: The 2 hours bus drive to Bac Giang only cost us 19.000 VND per person (1 dollar).
Once arrived in Bac Giang, we could clearly see the difference between the more rural city and the metropole Hanoi.

The journey begins!

After nearly a year of organising and fundraising, all project members finally arrived in Hanoi. Except for two members, this is their first visit and the first few days were much needed to adapt to the extreme temperatures (39" C during midday). We also used the time for cultural explorations.

Traditional house of a vietnamese mountain tribe at the Ethnology museum.

Ho Chi Minh museum and mausoleum.

Fund raising Event in Berlin, Germany

On the 28th of December 2009, two members of the Vietnam Summer Project 2009 attended the annual meeting of the Vietnamese "Kinh Bac" Society Germany in Berlin, Germany. We were kindly given the chance to talk about the United World Colleges as well as Vietnam Summer Project 2009 in front of more than 200 members of the Society. In the following fund raising event, Vietnam Summer Project received the generous donation of 215,00 € from various members as well as 100,00 € from the Society!

In total, we have raised 315,00 € on one evening!

We sincerely thank all donors for their generosity!

Hoi Dong Huong Kinh Bac (the Vietnamese "Kinh Bac" Society Germany), Nguyen The Nghiep, Hoang Binh Dinh, Le Tuan Bac, Le Bach Yen, Ta Thi Kim Lien, Hans-Werner Hack, Nguyen Van Hau, Pham Ngoc Thai, Tran Phuong Anh,

Fund raising for Vietnam Project

The student group in Atlantic College has started to fund raise for the summer project. The first event was a scary film night on Halloween, where delicious cake was sold. :)
Project members producing posters to advertise the film night:

Twelve Students, Seven Countries, One Project!

We are twelve Atlantic College students who will work together and organize Vietnam Summer Project 2009! Throughout the school terms, we will organize various fund raising events in order to support our charity project. The project will happen from 29.06. - 25.07.2009! We will report on our fund raising activities as well as the project itself through this blog! Please visit regularly and stay updated!