My Family: The five members of my family live in a house provided by our local government. My parents sell their labor to other people in order to care for us. My two siblings and I are all going to school and this is a true burden on my parents. We do not even have our own source of water and have to use water from our neighbors. We do not have electricity at home, so in the evening we study with an oil lamp. Your sponsorship has such a positive effect on our
lives.

Wishes for the future: I want to get a stable job in the future.

My Family: My mother has had to care for my younger brother and I since my father left for another woman. We live in my uncle's small house. My mum, who received little education, tries her best to enable her two children to get a higher education than her. She works for hire, doing various jobs like mending fishnets or going fishing on the big reservoir in my area. Her income is very little and unstable. Rice is only bought erratically in my family.

Wishes for the future: I hope that I will find a stable job in the future.

My Family: This small house is just enough for my grandparents and I to live in. They aren't only my grandparents but also are my parents. Because after my father left us to follow another woman, my mother went away, too. I totally depend on their unstable income of my old grandparents. Although they are old, they still wok as hired labourers to earn some money for three of us.

Wishes for the future: I do hope that I can continue my studying in the future.

My Family: My parents have three children who are going to school. They tire themselves out working on the farms of others to maintain our living standards. My parent's monthly income is not enough to support all of our daily needs in addition to our school expenses. The most valuable things in our tole-roofed house are an obsolete wardrobe and an old bicylce. I am so happy to know, that thanks to your sponsorship, I will be able to finish school.

Wishes for the future: I hope that my parents won’t be worried about our future.

My Family: I am living with my parents. My parents are farmers. We don’t have any valuable facilities at home and our means of transportation is one bicycle for the whole family. Like many families, we live in very poor condition, and each time when buying rice, my mother can only afford to buy half of a kilogram. I always help my mother to do her housework. Your sponsorship has such a positive effect on our lives.

Wishes for the future: I want to be a tailoress.

My Family: My family has four members and the four of us have to work hard by selling our labor to others to sustain our living. My parents both work really hard, but their jobs are unstable and they are often unemployed. They never seem to be able to earn enough to cover our living expenses. The future is so gloomy for us. We live in government housing with only one old TV and an obsolete bicycle. I am so happy to know that thanks to your sponsorship I will be able to finish school.

Wishes for the future: I want to become a teacher in the future.

My Family: Sometimes my family can't get a wink of sleep because my house is leaky and it rains often. There are some holes in the roof and all of our house seems to be wet. My parents know that they have to repair it as soon as possible but they can't afford to do that. We had an old black-white televison before but it has been broken down for a long time. Like my parents, my brothers and sister dropped out of school early to work for hire to support the whole family. My studying results were very good last school year.

Wishes for the future: I hope that my parents won't be worried about our future.

My Family: We have to thank the local government because they gave us a small piece of land to build a house. Although that house is narrow and rotten now, it can help us to avoid the rain and sun. My parents are illiterate. Every day my
mother collects bottles and cans to sell and my father repairs bicycles to cover our everyday needs and pay school fees for my younger brother and me. Our life still meets many difficulties, but they try their best to bring up us. I am so happy to know, that thanks to your sponsorship, I will be able to finish my school.

Wishes for the future: I wish to be a policewoman

My Family: I am living with my parents and two siblings in a small house. My parents are farmers. We plant sweet potatoes. However, we can't earn enough money for living because we don't have much land. My parents sometimes work as hired laborers to get more money. My siblings are still young and at school like me. After school, we do the housework and glean the potatoes in the field. We are so grateful to have your support.

Wishes for the future: I want to be a teacher

My Family: My family has seven people. We can't have a good life with my parent's unstable income. My father and my two brothers go to Ho Chi Minh City to work as hired laborers. Our sole property is an old bicycle which is used for my sister to go to school. I can't go with her because we start school at different times. My school is also far from our house but a bicycle is too expensive for me. I always hitchhike with my friend to school. If anyone gives me a wish, I will wish for a new bicycle after my parents have enough money to repair our house. Because it leaks now, we can't have a good sleep when it rains.

Wishes for the future: I want to be a teacher.

My Family: I have three brothers and sisters. We seem to be the same as orphans. My parents left us a few years ago and my grandparents feed us and try to keep us in school. We live in a simple house with no valuable things and a roof that is rotten. Each day my sister and I go to school on an old bicycle which my parents bought for us a long time ago. The excellent results we have achieved each school year is a great consolation to my grandparents. Your sponsorship has such a positive effect on our lives.

Wishes for the future: I hope to get a stable job in the future.

My Family: My father works as a hired laborer and my mother sells vegetables to support her children. All of us are students, so our school fees are really a burden to them. Besides, they have five mouths to feed with their unstable income. I don't know how to help them apart from doing the housework. I am still so young to help them to earn for our lives. Your sponsorship is such a positive effect on our lives.

Wishes for the future: I wish to be a teacher.