by Paige Stringer | Oct 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life that no man can sincerely improve himself and his world without trying to help another.”Thuy, Thiep, and Ha benefited from privileged teacher training opportunities...
by Paige Stringer | Oct 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Thuy, the Director of Thuan An, and I have been working through the long list of details that need to be ironed out for the teacher training workshop next summer. With 85 teachers, 15 experts, 8 interpreters anticipated to travel to Thuan An for the one-month event,...
by Paige Stringer | Oct 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
I hope you enjoy this video interview that is now posted on the Global Foundation’s website. In it, Thuy, the Director of Thuan An, explains why this teacher training program that our organizations are working to implement is so important to the future of deaf...
by Paige Stringer | Oct 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
It seemed fitting that on the 999th anniversary of Hanoi’s liberation from invading armies, I paid a visit to an old soldier. Viet Hong Lam Pham traded his gun for a paintbrush almost 40 years ago after being deafened during an American bombing raid during the Vietnam...
by Paige Stringer | Oct 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
Our friends at the NGO Caritas graciously set up a meeting for me at a school for disabled children in a province about 2.5 hours away from Hanoi. The Vice-Dean of Special Education at Hanoi University, joined me on the trip. To have 5 hours round-trip in a car with...
