In January 2025 we brought the Lunar New Year to the Suoi Cat Charity Home. Tet is the biggest holiday of the year in Vietnam, and we wanted to do something special for the children. All of the children at Suoi Cat come from poor families, and we arranged with the caretakers to give each child traditional Tet gifts plus some basic foodstuff to take home.
When our volunteers arrived, we stacked everything on a table in the courtyard. Then we handed out the Tet gift bags, which included banh Tet sticky rice cake, sunflower seeds, traditional treats and sweets. For general supplies, the children got boxes of ramen, eggs, sugar, seasonings, and cooking oil.
This holiday visit was made possible through the kind donations from Steven Burger. Thank you!!!
ABOUT THE SUOI CAT CHARITY HOME
Suoi Cat is a poor community to the west of Nha Trang, composed of rural farming hamlets that live in poverty. The Suoi Cat Charity Home is a loving place that houses and cares for many of the community’s children whose families struggle to support and provide for them. The home is composed of adolescent and teenage girls who stay at the home year-round, sleep in dormitories, and have meals together in a communal dining hall. The nuns and caretakers who run the home come from the nearby Suoi Dau Catholic Church and provide a nurturing environment for all. They ensure the children attend local public schools and provide after school tutoring lessons. The same caretakers previously supported young boys in the community who stayed at the Suoi Dau Charity Home. Some of the same boys receive tutoring at Suoi Cat during the day, then return home to their families in the evening.
