Over the past 19 years, the UK’s Siloam Christian Ministries, also known as  the Siloam organisation, has given financial assistance to poor pupils from Da Nang and Quang Nam Province.  The aid has helped them to overcome their difficulties and to continue pursuing their dreams of studying.

Numerous long-term child sponsorship programmes have been implemented by the Siloam organisation since 1995.  The Siloam supporters usually fund about 200 needy children from the two localities every year, through the Da Nang Association of Charities and Children’s Rights Protection.  The value of this aid ranges from 6 million VND to 15 million VND per children per year, depending on the supporters’ financial situations.

Poor studious pupils being granted Siloam scholarships

The beneficiaries have sent letters to their supporters to report their study results every academic year.  Thanks to this, the sentimental ties between the Vietnamese children and their British benefactors have been further deepened.

Every year, on behalf of the Siloam organisation, the South East Asia Voluntary Representative, Mr Don Foster, and the Chief Representative of the organisation in Da Nang, Mr Tran Cong Duc, sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the city’s Association of Charities and Children’s Rights Protection to give support for the year ahead.  In 2014, in addition to its scholarships for needy children, the organisation will give 93 million VND to pupil Doan Thi Le Tham from Hoa Vang District’s Hoa Son Commune to help her family build a new house.  After a long absence, this is a reintroduction by the organisation of a support programme to help needy families build their new houses.

Thanks to the scholarships granted by the organisation, many poor studious children from the two localities now have a happy life.  They always express their deep gratitude to their British supporters for their meaningful assistance.