Power for the children in Trung Gia

The 2006 - 2007 school year was Tesseract School of Eagan's 4th year participating in HSCV's Sister School Program. For the 3rd year their Sister School was Trung Gia B Primary school. Trung Gia is located in Ha Noi's Soc Son District. Soc Son is the northern most district and also Hanoi's poorest district. The cost of living is much higher for families living in Soc Son then for living just outside Hanoi City in provinces such as Thai Nguyen. This higher cost of living makes it very difficult for families to make ends meet let alone keep their children in school with proper school supplies.

The majority of this year's donation was used to repair a broken power line that was dangerously close to the children's toilet. At the end of last school year the poles that had been supporting the power line gave way. The only solution the school could afford at that was to use a few bamboo poles and the wall of the children's toilet to prop up the weakening power line.

Thanks to Tesseract School students hard work and kindness, the students of Trung Gia B no longer have to worry about the power line when they use the toilet. Their donation was used to purchase a new power line and make necessary repairs to the poles that hold the line out of harms way. In addition the newer power line provides the school with more power which has increased the output of the lights. The students now have a more suitable learning environment

The remaining donation was used to purchase school notebooks. These new notebooks will quickly be put to use by the students.


To show their appreciation the students of Trung Gia sent letters and drawings to their Sister School in America.

"Soc Son, December 10, 2007

Dear my friends,

My name is Hoang Than Hoai, I am 7 years old. I am a student in grade 2B at Trung Gia B Primary School. We received your letters and photo last time an we were very happy. We would like to say thank you so much for your kind help. Over your letters, we know much more about you. Do you know, I really like drawing and the outdoors. I wish that we could study and play with all of you. Together we will try to study well!

Goodbye my friends,

Hoanh Thanh Hoa"

"Trung Gia, December 13, 2007

Dear HSCV and my friends,

My name is Nguyen Thi Thuy and I am studying at grade 4A5 at Trung Gia B Primary school. I am very happy and excited to by your kind help. You have helped us to fix our power line and now we have enough light to study by. This will help us study better. You also help us with new notebooks to write! I write this letter to say thank you so much for your help!
Yours,

Thuy

Nguyen Thi Thuy"