A US freelance writer traveled toVietnam for her work and discovered a cause so personal that sheestablished a foundation to help raise funds for deaf children inVietnam.
Paige Stringer was working on an article about customized vacationswhen she traveled to Vietnam last year. Born hard of hearing, shevolunteered at Thuan An Centre in southern Binh Duong province for deafchildren for two and a half weeks.
She observed a distinct difference between the limitations of the school and her personal experience growing up in the US .
“A lot of hearing aids were old and outdated,” Stringer was quoted byNorthwest Asian Weekly as saying. She also found that Thuan An Centrelacked the proper training and resources needed to assist children withhearing problems.
She also learned that most deaf and hearing impaired children inVietnam did not receive an education past the 7 th grade. This preventsthem from attending college or learning any vocational skills whichwould assist them in developing a career.
This year, Stringer established the Global Foundation for Children withHearing Loss - a nonprofit organisation that is designed to provideresources to children so that they may be able to obtain the necessaryeducation and equipment to function as independent adults. She hopesthat the initial work done in Vietnam will lead to sponsored programmesin other countries.
The foundation would provide a month-long teacher training workshop atthe Thuan An Centre. The workshop will bring together 80 teachers inVietnam with 10 visiting experts who work in the areas ofauditory-verbal and deaf education./.
Paige Stringer was working on an article about customized vacationswhen she traveled to Vietnam last year. Born hard of hearing, shevolunteered at Thuan An Centre in southern Binh Duong province for deafchildren for two and a half weeks.
She observed a distinct difference between the limitations of the school and her personal experience growing up in the US .
“A lot of hearing aids were old and outdated,” Stringer was quoted byNorthwest Asian Weekly as saying. She also found that Thuan An Centrelacked the proper training and resources needed to assist children withhearing problems.
She also learned that most deaf and hearing impaired children inVietnam did not receive an education past the 7 th grade. This preventsthem from attending college or learning any vocational skills whichwould assist them in developing a career.
This year, Stringer established the Global Foundation for Children withHearing Loss - a nonprofit organisation that is designed to provideresources to children so that they may be able to obtain the necessaryeducation and equipment to function as independent adults. She hopesthat the initial work done in Vietnam will lead to sponsored programmesin other countries.
The foundation would provide a month-long teacher training workshop atthe Thuan An Centre. The workshop will bring together 80 teachers inVietnam with 10 visiting experts who work in the areas ofauditory-verbal and deaf education./.
