Lifestart Foundation Free School
Officially opened in March 2006.
- The class of 2006
The school caters for extremely poor, illiterate, disadvantaged , neglected and abused children.
The childrens age range is from 8 to 20 years.
All funds to set up, staff and operate the school are raised outside of Vietnam.
School opening hours are Monday to Friday, with the children participating in art and creative classes in the morning, Vietnamese literacy and numeracy in the afternoon and English language class in the evening.
- Lifestart Foundation Free
School Volunteers
Whilst school fees to attend a government school would appear to be modest, if you are struggling to feed your family then paying school fees is often not an option.
Some children have been working on the street to support their families and in turn have missed the opportunity to attend regular school. Others have come from backgrounds where education simply was not valued or deemed important.
The children who attend the Lifestart Foundation Free School are amongst some of the most eager students you are ever likely to meet. Most arrive early to school and are not in a hurry to go home at the end of the day.
- Local Police visit the school
Lifestart Foundation equips all students with everything they need to attend classes free of charge.
The Lifestart Foundation Free School aims to create a safe , happy and stimulating environment for these children to attend. By the very nature of the school being free we never want money or rather lack of money to be a reason why these children are not afforded an education.
Long Term Goals for Lifestart Foundation Free School
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For Lifestart Foundation Free School to be able to expand to be able to offer more children better opportunities and to have a bigger premises to work from.
- Formal lessons begin
- To set up a crisis / drop in centre and ultimately be able to employ experienced staff to deal with the myriad of issues these children have.
- To have a sporting facility for the children. At present Lifestart has neither space or equipment.
- Amanda, Tri & Thuan
- Sherry from Philadelphia, USA taking art class