Stories
trip to Dong Xanh park
A local amusement park called Dong Xanh , a short…Nothing beats the smell of freshly baked bread
It was one of my proudest moments at Thien An…Installation of bakery at Thien An
Tuesday morning a truck arrived from Saigon full of equipment…Bakers continue the training at Metro
After having completed their first week of training at Interflour’s…School yard for school in South Vietnam completed
Nothing is more rewarding than supporting a project which makes…Bakers from Pleiku getting trained at Interflour
The training of our 4 bakers at the flowermill of…Pleiku
Pleiku is a quiet town in central Vietnam, located in the nation's Central Highland region. It is the capital of the Gia Lai Province; it is inhabited primarily by Kinh or ethnic Vietnamese but also by large ethnic minority groups like the Bahnar and the Jairai, sometimes known as the Montagnards.
Due to its fertile soil the Central Highlands are covered with large coffee and rubber plantations. Not so long ago however the area consisted mainly of large forests and was inhabited by several ethnic minorities who for centuries long have lived from hunting and fishing.
Because of their century long isolation all minority groups like the Jairai have their own language and culture. Many of them live nowadays in small communities in very poor villages wedged between the plantations. It is needless to say that these people need all the help they can get to keep up with the inevitable developments and progress in Vietnam.
Only education, to start with the learning of the Vietnamese language, will enable the minorities to assimilate and become part of the contemporary society.
