Families in the rural hamlet of Xuan An are unable to meet their children’s needs. Most are farmers, and the time-consuming and arduous labor their fields require leave parents struggling to find a means of caring for their children during work hours.

These hardworking families also recognize education is key to ensuring their children lead better lives. As a result, they have established a temporary kindergarten in a government meetinghouse to address their children's needs. However, this facility is in serious disrepair and lacks the equipment and space to accommodate all of the village's children. Many families have resorted to sacrificing the income that could be earned by a parent or the education of an older sibling so that their young children are safe during the day.

This project will fund the construction of a kindergarten facility that will ensure 40 young children have access to a safe and comfortable space where they can learn, grow, and achieve. In the new kindergarten, children will be able to attend classes all day during which they will develop communication skills, learn their colors, letters, and numbers, and enjoy drawing, singing, and playing.

Become a Citizen Philanthropist and partner with the families of Xuan An so that all of the village's young children can begin their academic careers with the resources that will improve their futures and allow their parents to earn the income that will change their lives.

Xuan An is one of five rural villages located within the Thang Binh District of Vietnam's Quang Nam Province. It was established in 1975 to resettle individuals who had been displaced during the Vietnam War. The 319 residents of Xuan An are mostly farmers who live in in small houses that lack in-door toilets. The average family in the village earns less than a dollar a day and 93 of the most impoverished families earn less than $16 each month. In addition, health services are insufficient in Xuan An and transportation is limited to paths and narrow concrete roads that only accommodate foot, bicycle, or motorbike traffic. All of the village's families are at risk of descending into further poverty as a result of unsanitary conditions, limited water resources, and potential crop and house damage.

Even as the people of Xuan An struggle to house, feed, and clothe their families, they believe education is a means to a better life. They have set up a temporary kindergarten in a government meeting house that is in disrepair, poorly equipped, and too small to accommodate all of the village's 40 preschool children. Xuan An needs a kindergarten building to ensure all their children have access to a safe environment where they can prepare to enter first grade while their parents focus on earning an income to improve their lives.

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Direct Impact of Your Project

• Provides 40 young children with a safe and age-appropriate designed space where they can develop physically, socially, and academically
• Prepares 40 students to successfully enter primary school
• Ensures one teacher has full-time employment
• Creates job opportunities for one engineer and approximately 10 local laborers and masons

Extended Impact on Your Partner Community

• Allows the parents of preschool children to work full-time and earn the income needed to improve their families' lives
• Ensures older siblings of the kindergarten children can continue to attend school rather caring for their younger brothers and sisters
• Enables family members of preschool children to concentrate on becoming contributing members of their community