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Lifestart Foundation has awarded 15 scholarships to ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ to help them to complete their studies. The nursing profession in Viet Nam is not held in as high esteem as it should be and we hope that by capacity building nurses to attain their Masters will have a ripple effect of a more highly trained nursing team of professionals throughout Viet Nam.
It was our pleasure and honor to support these wonderful dedicated health care professionals.
The Masters' students travel to Thailand to complete their 2 year International Level Master of Nursing degree. All of the students awarded a scholarship have a profound desire to help and work in their communities in Viet Nam and to improve the standard of the nursing profession.
Below is a thank you letter from one of the students who received a scholarship from Lifestart Foundation.
After reading it, I hope you will agree with me what a worthy recipient Yen is. Yen is a Lecturer at Quang Nam Medical College. She graduated from Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy. The reason why she wanted to study for her Master's Of Nursing was to improve her knowledge and to be able to improve the quality of teaching at her College.
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Dear Ms Karen, and Lifestart Foundation,
My name is Truong Ho Ha Yen, a lecturer at Quang Nam College of Medicine. And I am a nursing student on the Masterโs course at Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy which is connected to the Khon Kaen University of Thailand.
I am very happy and grateful to know that I have become one of the recipients of the scholarship from Lifestart Foundation.
I was born and raised in Quang Nam, a poor province with hard-working people. My dad is a disabled man so every financial issue is loaded on my mumโs shoulders. My mum had to work very hard to raise us. After a long time of studying, I have become a nurse and work at Quang Nam College of Medicine. Taking care of the patients and teaching the next generation of nurses is my joy and happiness. Even though my income is not high, I can manage to cover my living expenses and help my parents. I am married and have a five year old daughter. To meet the soaring demands of society, as well as to develop myself for my jobโs requirements, I have decided to join the Master course of Nursing.
This course is a challenge for me because I have to overcome many difficulties to reach my dream. The course is totally taught in English which requires me to improve my English which has been neglected for a long time. Everything was tough however I was trying to be patient to get over the difficulties because this is a great opportunity for me to change myself. Besides that, I have to face financial problems because of expenses, school fees, and other additional costs to study in Thailand. In return, I learn a lot of things from Khon Kaen University. They have new teaching methods and a modern medical environment, which helped me broaden my horizons. The huge resources of information from prestigious sources available from the university library have supported me and increased my knowledge in the field of medicine.
After I finish this course, I will continue my job and step by step develop my career in the college where I work. I will make every effort to build my college into a university. I want to be able to inspire confidence and pass on my knowledge from the course to the nursing students in my hometown. That way they will be able to carry out research in the nursing area and bring the best care for their patients which is also the mission of a nurse.
My family and I were very happy to receive the scholarship from Lifestart Foundation. I do not know what to say other than to send our sincerest thanks to you all. Your prompt support has helped to ease my personal debts which I have during the course. The economic pressures are always the big obstacles that make my family and me feel worried. The scholarship has partly reduced the pressure on us and given me the motivation to overcome the difficulties and to focus on my study. My family is also more confident to support me and help me to complete my dream.
In the meantime, I would like to send my sincere thanks to Ms Karen, as well as Lifestart Foundation. I hope your organizations will develop more and more and can support the next generations to follow their dream and to contribute to a more developed Vietnam.
Best regards,
Truong Ho Ha Yen
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2 days ago
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Celebrated on February 27th, Vietnamese Physicians' Day is a professional observance in Vietnam that has been held annually since 1955.
On this occasion, Lifestart Foundation would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to Health professionals including but not limited to doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other medical staff and medical students all over Vietnam who have dedicated their lives to this noble career path, especially during this challenging time of the Covid-19 pandemic that has affected each and every one of us the world over.
Over the past years, Lifestart Foundation has provided 60 medical scholarships to outstanding students in Central Vietnam. All of our recipients demonstrate academic excellence and are all from disadvantaged backgrounds. By way of their chosen vocation they also meet our criteria of completing a degree in an area that will not only benefit themselves and their families in the future but more importantly the wider community. We have never doubted the profound importance of our Lifestart Foundation Medical Scholarships and our significant investment in the dedicated young people that we support.
Pictured in this post are some of our current medical and pharmacy scholarship students at Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy.
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3 days ago
Are you interested in supporting #Lifestart_Foundation's efforts to help disadvantaged students and families in Vietnam? Why not hold a fundraiser or start a "birthday pledge page"? In lieu of your upcoming birthday gifts, you could ask for a donation to Lifestart Foundation. Your network of family and friends will be excited to support your cause on your birthday! The personal connection and selfless sacrifice of oneโs birthday is a great way to give back. To set up a birthday pledge page visit us at: www.lifestartfoundation.org.au/fundraise/
A few tips on your efforts:
1. It's best to start fundraising a few months prior to your birthday to get the ball rolling
2. Choose a catchy title, "$27 for my 27th Birthday"
3. Share your reason for donating to LSF
4. Include a photo
5. Email your link to all your family and friends
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3 days ago
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1 week ago
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Thanh is our most recent Education Scholarship student to graduate from university. He has recently completed a 4 year Bachelor degree in Occupational Therapy at Ho Chi Minh University of Medicine and Pharmacy. We are so very proud of his accomplishment and the young man he has grown into.
Thanh has held a full Lifestart Foundation education scholarship since grade 8. It is a long journey with each student when they are initially awarded the Lifestart Foundation scholarship for both our team who are involved in every aspect of the studentsโ education journey and also for the sponsor.
It can take up to twelve years before they graduate University, but when they do we are all "over the moon" with happiness and know that we have helped another young person to break the poverty cycle via education. Thanh is the first in his family to graduate from university.
There are 6 people in Thanhโs family, including his mother, 2 elder sisters, 1 elder brother, 1 younger brother and himself. Thanh's parents divorced before he was born, left alone his mother became the sole breadwinner for the family. This has made their life very challenging.
In the past, his mum used to sell lottery tickets on the street to help raise enough money to support her 5 children. After the passing of Thanhโs grandfather, her family moved to his grandmotherโs house so that his mum could look after her better. His mum was then able to stop working as a lottery ticket seller. She opened a small grocery shop at the grandmother house to help support her family.
Thanh loves his mum so much. She is very strong and this has motivated him to constantly strive for better.
Not being discouraged by his disadvantaged situation, Thanh has inspired us with his hard work in his studies. When he wasnโt initially successful in the examination to get into the University degree that he had set his heart on in the first place, he was not put off, a determined Thanh decided to do one year of self-study at home and to try again. His determination paid off and he was accepted into the Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy to complete a 4 year degree in Occupational Therapy.
Besides attending classes, Thanh also actively participated in extra-curricular activities including organizing summer holidays for pupils in elementary schools in Cai Be, Tien Giang.
Thanh was born in Duy Hai, a fishing village to the south of Hoi An. However during 3 years at high school, Thanh had to live away from his family because his school was far from his house. This helped him to be independent and helped him to adapt to the life in the big city of Ho Chi Minh when he first moved there for university studies. At the present, Thanh has returned to Danang for work and has settled down for his life there. He has found employment at the famous Danang C Hospital and is currently working as a Physical Therapist. He hopes this career will not only benefit himself and his family in the future but more importantly the wider community. He hopes to be able to help patients, especially those who were born with disabilities to improve their mental and physical health thereby enhance the living standard for a lot of people.
Over the years we have supported Thanh not only with the full Lifestart Foundation Education Scholarship but also with basic necessities for his studies and living including providing him with a food allowance, rent allowance, a laptop, a bicycle and a second hand motorbike.
Itโs been an absolute pleasure for the Lifestart Foundation to accompany Thanh through his education journey and watch him grow and develop into a capable young man. Once again, congratulations Thanh we wish you every success in your career path!
You can read more about Thanh here:
๐ธ A Laptop Donation for Thanh:
www.facebook.com/TheLifestartFoundation/photos/a.485561648156026/1895457930499717/
๐ธ A Bicycle Donation for Thanh:
www.facebook.com/TheLifestartFoundation/posts/1152449201467264
๐ธ Thanhโs story:
www.facebook.com/TheLifestartFoundation/photos/a.485561648156026/1126463917399126
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www.lifestartfoundation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/University-Students-Update-Dec-2020.pdf
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1 week ago
Well done Thanh๐๐๐๐such a wonderful achievements in the face of adversities ๐คฉ๐
Your efforts have been paid off Karen. I still remember the day we sent him to Hochiminh city for his University studies.
Don't forget to post on my Danang Hoi An Hue expats and locals site I have not seen anything from this organization for a while
