Today was our last day meeting with community members and seeing the work in the field. I met with some parents of CWD today and heard their stories about how WV has supported them. We spent the afternoon with the ADP staff hearing about how they plan to incorporate PWD into their programming for next year and beyond, which is fantastic as this is what mainstreaming is all about. Ensuring that every facet of a project considers the needs of disabled people. In a...

What a difference a day makes. One day to just lie around and do absolutely nothing if you choose to. Aside from breakfast, we all stayed in our rooms today. Except for the fact that my air con wasn't working and I needed to change rooms, it was the perfect day. Once the weather cooled down a bit (it got to 38 degrees here today), Julie, Thurza and I walked down to the beach. The water is so warm it's like a bath, so I'm not sure how it really helps you coo...

So, I've been thinking how fortunate we have been to have free wi-fi in our rooms and very comfortable accommodation. Before I came away I had no idea what to expect, so have been very pleasantly surprised along this trip. That was until we reached Que Son. You'll see from the location of this blog that I'm not in Que Son, I'm in Danang. Here's the story, it's a bit long, but bear with me.... We left Phuoc Son at about 4pm yesterday and drove for 2 hours t...

Our plane was delayed from HCMC and we ended up taking off at 8:10pm and arriving in Danang at 9:10pm. The flight wasn't the best, I'm just glad it was a short one. Several components of that plane needed some WD40 stat! We collected our baggage and I saw a lady holding up a home made sign and recognised the World Vision logo instantly. Only, when we got closer, she had three names on the paper - Christine, Michelle and Catherine. So we just walked past thin...