Ngo Thi Ha Linh

A charity trip I believe this is probably the longest time I have ever spent alone away from home. It was a long 3-day and 2-night trip with many fond memories with my friends in the Crochetville Project. D-1 We talked and bonded excitedly in a little car from 7 AM until the rest stopped at the Chiềng On border checkpoint. Here, we learned not only about the daily food of border guards but also about the decorative border between Vietnam and Laos. D-2 A long day in the car has passed. On day 2, we joined forces to donate a portion of the funds raised through the project to Co Tom Primary School, to assist the children in improving their facilities and constructing a library with the purpose of providing the children with an ideal learning environment. We also cooperated with Military Medical to organize health check-ups for people in Chieng On and consultations for households with pregnant or disadvantaged women. We then organized a fair properly to give clothes to people. Prepari...

Fundraising In ethnic minority areas, women and girls suffer from double inequality. Specifically, 74% of ethnic minority households have all the land ownership and credit in the husband's name, while this rate among Kinh people is only 41%. The literacy rate for ethnic minority males aged 15 and over is 86.3%, while that of females is only 73.4%. Under the age of 16, the ratio of married girls to boys is three to four times higher (685 boys and 2,306 girls). In addition, while many boys in ethnic minority areas continue to attend school after marriage, most girls have to stay home from school to perform the "divine duties" of women. Ethnic minority women are not aware of their rights and the system that protects them against gender-based violence. Child marriage or forced marriage is still widely carried out in ethnic minority areas, although prohibited by the Constitution, the Law on Gender Equality, and the Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control. Many ethnic m...

Crochetville project In French, “Crochet” means hook, and “ville” means city. Along with the students in Hanoi, with passion and enthusiasm, I founded our brainchild “Crochetville”. Knitting is a recognizable image in the daily life of my grandmother and mother. Because of that, grandma is the one who inspired me with this small start-up as a unique perspective on this topic using natural resources to make new products which are suitable for the market. The profits raised by our organization are used to support underprivileged women and children. We want to bring brightness and hope to the less fortunate, and at the same time, spread a new perspective on this art form to the younger generation and those who still consider knitting solely for the old generation. Through this modest project, Crochetville aspires to help society and hope that the disadvantaged people out there will have a better life.