Karen’s Blogs

Please see below for some highlights from Karen’s diary entries. Click on the title to view the diary entry or you can access her full diary index on TravelBlog.

Lifestart Foundation Workshop

Lifestart Foundation Women’s Workshop – Jan 17th 2009
Miss Nguyen’s Heart Warming Update – Dec 10th 2009
Nghe: Nghe’s Story -  Aug 17th 2008
Luong: The Lovely Miss Luong’s Story – Aug 17th 2008
Hoa – Independence at Last – May 18th 2008
Nguyen – Light at the end of a very dark tunnel – May 29th 2008
Living with a broken heart -  Apr 29th 2008
How can we help this wonderful group of people to help themseves? – Mar 20th 2007

Education

New Students at the Lifestart Foundation Free School – Feb 14th 2008
A New School For Lifestart Foundation – Aug 20th 2007
Art Classes – Jun 7th 2007
School Fees For Many – Jun 1st 2007
Lifestart Foundation Free School – Jan 12th 2007
Beauty Class and Other Things – Nov 6th 2006
Dental Day – Oct 25th 2006
Hoa, Phuong & their three sons – Mar 21st 2007
Meet Rin, Kin and Thao – Mar 12th 2007
Hoi’s Dream – Jan 16th 2007
A New Beginning – Dec 29th 2006
A Glimpse At Menh & Huy’S Life – Dec 22nd 2006
Meet Thi Manh and Her Family – Nov 21st 2006

Traineeships and Entrepreneurship Opportunities

A Wonderful Opportunity for Son, Vinh & Dao – Jan 17th 2009
Traineeship for Thanh & Ghi in Melbourne Australia with Mariana Hardwick – Apr 22nd 2008
Thong – A “Can Do” Kind of Man – May 18th 2008
Tung – Behind the Smile – Feb 13th 2008
The Worldwide problem of being a working mother! – Meet Hoa in Hoi An – Jun 8th 2007
Hiep’s Changed Life – The Perfect Seedling Grant! – May 14th 2007
Bicycles for many -Nov 7th 2007
Life on the river -Mar 21st 2007
Thuy, Duc, Truyen and Tay – Mar 12th 2007

Mobility

Thank you from Hiep for his Three Wheeled Motorbike – Feb 13th 2008

Hanh: What A Difference A Three Wheel Motorbike Makes! – Aug 27th 2007
Thank You From Menh – As Her Life Finally Improves - Aug 28th 2007

Song’s New Scooter! THANK-YOU! – Mar 9th 2007
Little Ngoc Gets Her First Wheelchair – Nov 15th 2006

Lifestart Foundation Volunteers

Tropical Storm Ketsana – A picture is worth a thousand words – Sept 2nd 2009
Cycle Vietnam for a Worthy Cause – Jan 17th 2009
Doctor John – Jan 14th 2009
Memory Portraits – Jan 14th 2009
Birdman Returns – Jul 15th 2008
Meet Sherry – A dream volunteer – Apr 30th 2008
Birdman to the rescue – Feb 20th 2008
Great work by new volunteers – Feb 14th 2008
Lifestart Volunteers – Dec 21st 2007
Clean Up The River Day – May 22nd 2007
The Royal Australian Navy Volunteers – Oct 19th 2006

Sue: Capacity Building and Cleaning Up Mud 29th July 2010