Shelter
“Because these students now have proper accommodation, blankets, warm clothing, cooking and cleaning supplies, parents have more peace of mind when letting children go to stay at school far away from home”.
-Mr. Tran Quang Phuong, Former Head, Division of Social Protection, Dep’t of Labor, Invalids & Social Affairs of Ha Giang Province
This support includes construction of basic dormitories, water systems, toilets and provision of blankets, mosquito nets and warm clothing, as well as student supplies. Most recently this has also included Kindergarten construction.
DIY Dorms
Student built dorms in Bac Kan
All girls dorm built by their parents in Lao Cai
Parents built dorm at Xin Man, Ha Giang
Student built Dormville, East Dien Bien
DIY Dorms Inside
A bed at a Primary School Dorm, in Tuan Giao District, Dien Bien Province
Studious primary boarders at Bat Xat, Lao Cai
A student finds a warm spot to study in the teachers' dorm in Muong Nhe District, Dien Bien Province
Girls' Room in a dormitory built by their parents, allowing these girls to be the first from their village to attend school beyond first grade. Other Pioneers from previous years are pictured in our Galleries.
Multipurpose
Multipurpose
The dormitory for these students is the loft above the classroom, and due to crowding it is also where they sit for class.
Boarding students sleep and study in the loft above the classroom in Bac Ha.
These primary boarding students prepare lunch, sleep and attend class all in the same room.
Limited space means kindergarten class is in the teacher's dorm room.
No room at the dorm, these girls board at the local family planning clinic, near a middle school in Phong Tho District, Lai Chau.
Construction
As of June, 2014 Minors and local partners have constructed dormitories, kindergartens, and renovated classrooms at more than 100 schools, mostly in remote mountainous areas of 15 provinces of Laos and Viet Nam
High Risk Management:
Minors supported construction of a dormitory to replace this dorm (above, left) perched between a road and the cliff's edge as it was at high risk from a variety of threats. A few weeks after completion of the new dorm (above, right) at a lower elevation, the mountain side gave way at the very location of the now very former dorm.
New Dorm
Minors' first dorm for girls, (and to the right the old boys'dorm) in Dong Van District, Ha Giang. All students at this school are ethnic Hmong. With safe and secure shelter many more girls from the most remote villages were allowed by their parents to enroll and stay in school; with additional support of a water system, girls boarding the next school year outnumbered boys.
Opening day for a newly constructed dormitory at a junior high school in Tuan Giao District, Dien Bien. The building at far left is the former dorm constructed with support of Minors several years previously, now recycled as a kindergarten. Most students here are of the Thai ethnic minority.
Kindergarten
Kinderannex at Ban Lang Commune in Phong Tho District, serves overflow; elsewhere in Lai Chau province, kindergarteners cramming - literally.
Inside the Huong Duong Kindergarten, before Minors support. This earthen floored- bamboo walled-thatch roofed structure hosted two classrooms; at present one class continues here and one has moved to the newly constructed classroom, right.
Many kindergartens have little or no teaching materials so our support often includes basic teaching kits:
Flashcards of: Wild animals, Flowers, Vegetables, Furniture, Insects, Modes of transport & Careers,
Math Kits for children 3-6 years,
224 elements, Letters & Numbers Sets,
Picture cards with 9 topics (5-6 years),
Picture cards with poems (4-5 years)
High school dormitories in Dien Bien District
Primary school classrooms in bac Kan
No room at the dorm; students rent this house nearby their school - for about USD 1.50/month/student)
Jr. High and Primary School dormitories in Muong Nhe
