Great Community Support Attended the Khai Tri Dedication Ceremony

We had a great Dedication Ceremony at Khai Tri Orphange on January 19th The community support was wonderful and representatives from Chicago included: Dirk, Tom, Kristen & Wesley, Jody, Scout, Corinne, Adam and Kathy.

Khai Tri Dedication Ceremony (Jan 19, 2008)

We had a great turn out from Winnetka-Northfield Rotary Club and members of the An Giang, Province community for the dedication ceremony. During the dedication ceremony our group distributed over 400 pounds of slightly used clothes, school supplies, beany babies, candy to all the kids and brought five computers and tables for the innovaation center. we plan to post more pictures shortly. Many thanks to everyone who as helped this dream become a reality.

Chuck Theusch and a 11 Person Delegation Visits Khai Tri Kids

Chuck Theusch and Dick Espy lead the Library Project of Vietnam (LOVNP). delagation which included The Video Works of Kansas City who are in Vietnam capturing hi-def video for creating a new DVD.

MEETING: SATURDAY, DEC 8, 2007, 11:30
KHAI TRI ORPHANAGE
AN GIANG PROVINCE, VIETNAM

PRESENT:
LOVNP PROJECT TRIP #23 2007
DELEGATION (11 people)
VICE-DIRECTOR, KHAI TRI
4 ADMIN. & TEACHING STAFF
NGA, JOHN, & LOUIS NGUYEN AND PHONG HUYNH (Tom's family)

Chuck (LOV) and Thanh (Vice-Director, Khai Tri) updated the Memo of Understanding with the following terms:

• GRANT IS $21,000
• Library shall be used solely for e-learning programs and innovations as may be agreed between Khai Tri & Rotary Club of Winnetka-Northfield
• Dedication & Signage shall be designed by Rotary Club of Winnetka-Northfield
• LOVNP will included Khai Tri in its continuing support program

KhaiTri Kids First Computer Lesson with e-LearningForKids.org

Tom Nguyen (Winnetka, IL) has a class of KhaiTri kids taking their first computer lesson using one of the online education courses from http://www.e-learningforkids.org/. Tom was amazed on how they had no clue how to use a computers and the kids thought learning was like playing a game. The kids loved learning with a computer and are eager to learn more.

Tom with the KhaiTri Kids in front of the library

Oct 27, 2007 - Tom Nguyen visiting from Winnetka with the KhaiTri kids checking the project before the upcoming Jan '08 dedication.

School Library and Computer-based Classroom Almost Completed

Tom is in Vietnam preparing for our Jan '08 trip. He took the picture below of the nearly completed school libary.

"We Always Come Back" DVD from Library Project of Vietnam (LOV) Video

Last week, Chuck Theusch, one of the more significant contributor to this project gave an update at the Rotary Club of Winnetka-Northfield. During the meeting, Chuck shared with me a copy of a recent DVD they created explaining how they are helping the children through out Vietnam.

You can watch the video by clicking this link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mseGfJLq8o