Today we visited a small school (Peace Village) for mentally challenged/physically disabled children. The building was old, but they had a PT room and dorm rooms (beds are hard cots with rattan mats) - but the children seemed happy and well cared for.
Lunch was the same- soup, cucumber and carrot salad with pork, spring rolls, meat, shrimp, and morning glory greens. All aboard the bus for Haiphong - a large port and city. We arrived late to the orphanage in Haiphong so it was already dark and the children were eating dinner. They lived in eight "home-style" cottages with about 8 children in each cottage, a mom, sometimes a dad. It was nice to see older children helping younger children. Again, the buildings were old but had a warm feeling. The kids were allowed to stay until they turned 18. Son Michael has a program for 18 yr olds to be trained for a job. Many of the children came back to the orphanage to volunteer to help.
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| Peace Village |
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| Peace Village |
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| Bringing toys and supplies to the orphanage |
On the return trip to the hotel from dinner, we got stuck in the hugest traffic jam of trucks for about 1 hour. Way worse than here!!!
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