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Our kids at the Thien An orphanage had a blast yesterday during the 10th edition of the sportsday.  DECO CRETE did a great job, bringing in new challenges and games and Phong and My turned out to be great animators. We thank all sponsors and the people from Deco Crete for giving the kids a […]

Live and Give has financed a quay wall to contain a stream which meanders through the domain at Thien An. The stream was eroding the embankments causing possible landslides. We are thankful to the family Gary and Christine Neiman for their continuous financial support, to keep Thien An a safe place. About Me At Live and

In the past 15 years, Live and Give has set up numerous schools and kindergartens on the poor country side of Vietnam. They are now government schools, built on public land. Live and Give has financed the construction, with the generous support of the brothers Neiman and their company Brutex The project and construction management

This morning I visited the village of Bong Lar, home of quite a few of our kids. The early Live and Give supporters may remember the girls Meo and Nhang, who have been at our boarding house since the start in 2010. Now these girls are studying in Hue with 6 other girls from the same village.

We opened the new public kindergarten in A Luoi, during a joyful ceremony. 70 kids mainly from the Paco minority from Central Vietnam will be taught the (extreme difficult) Vietnamese language, get a daily meal and play in this beautiful school, built respecting the Paco building tradition. Live and Give financed the 70.000 USD project

Live and Give and DECO CRETE organized the traditional beach weekend for the children of orphanages Thien An and Chi Lang. The kids had so much fun! We thank Michell, Ama Mé, Uyen, Bram Rutgers, Sophors, Rene Broos, Liam, Oliver and staff from the design company Kaze for helping to keep the kids safe. We