(All the below content and photos were extracted from Loving Kindness Vietnam website)

¨Our next Christmas visit is to the Suoi Dau Charity Home. We coordinated with the caretakers and brought some essential supplies plus lots of fun surprises for the children. The supplies included boxes of instant noodles, packages of white noodles, cooking oil, and cleaning products.
Our team handed out Santa hats to the children and then everyone got a present. The boys had fun opening their presents and admiring their new clothes. Afterwards, our team stayed for a while as the children played games in the courtyard.

This holiday charity trip was made possible through a donation from the BEI Foundation. Thank you!!!

ABOUT THE SUOI DAU CHARITY HOME
The Suoi Dau Charity Home is located in Suoi Dau district near Suoi Cat, which are both poor communities to the west of Nha Trang composed of rural farming hamlets that live in poverty. The Suoi Dau Charity Home is a loving place that houses and cares for a group of the community’s young boys whose families struggle to support and provide for them. The boys stay at the home year-round, sleep in dormitories, and have meals together in a communal dining hall. The boys all come from the ethnic Raglay minority group. Overseen by pastor Dam Nguyen, the caretakers who run the home provide a nurturing environment and ensure the children attend local public schools and provide after-school tutoring lessons¨.

Ms. Fidan Suleymanova of SOS Azerbaijan kindly contributed the following notes:

'On October, 29 - November, 02 Dr. Reeta Sonawat delivered one more training for teachers in Baku, Azerbaijan on the topic 'Transforming Human Behaviour and Development'. The training was conducted with the funding support of the B.E.I. Foundation in the framework of Public Education Support Project. Thus, 17 teachers and pedagogical staff of SOS Children's Villages Azerbaijan have benefited from the training. The topics covered were chosen in accordance with the teachers´ requests following their last training in January, 2019.
 
Teachers play a vital role in the development of children and their brain. One of the main aims of Public Education Support Project is to empower teachers, so they could provide quality education for the children, deprived of parental care and children in vulnerable conditions. All teachers participated in the discussions, role plays and case studies. The topics covered, such as mindfulness, emotional intelligence, empathy, whole language approach, transformation of individuals towards education, and theories of Freud, Vygotsky and Gardner -- were of great interest to the participants.
 
We are looking forward to hold more trainings in the coming future by our dear Dr. Reeta Sonawat!'

BEI has recently supported a teacher training in Kenya, kindly hosted by Pole Pole and Watoto. Our dear Dr. Reeta Sonawat facilitated this large workshop that consisted of over 100 teachers from the regional schools. Thank you Pace and all our  friends at Pole Pole and Watoto for putting this together so well!

(Text and photos extracted from Loving Kindness Vietnam website)

On August 29, 2019 we visited the Suoi Dau Charity Home with lots of school supplies for the upcoming school year. Located in the Suoi Dau district to the southwest of Nha Trang, the Suoi Dau Charity Home is a loving place that houses and cares for many of the community’s young boys whose families struggle to support and provide for them. The children stay at the facility year-round, sleep in dormitories, and have meals together. The caretakers provide a nurturing environment and ensure the children attend school, which is a core part of their mission. Without this home, these boys would likely follow the unfortunate pattern of many other children in this rural area and drop out of school at a young age. The amazing caretakers of this charity home ensure these children have a safe and nurturing place to grow up, receive an education, and break the cycle of poverty.
Following our commitment to education, we asked the caretakers what they needed for the 2019-2020 school year. With a detailed list in hand, we bought everything the children would need, and organized a visit. We brought all the textbooks the children will need for school, school supplies, backpacks, and some supplies for the Home. The children helped carry everything into the courtyard, then we brought out a special surprise. We had an ice cream vendor drive his truck out to the home, and the children gathered around as they got scoops of yummy ice cream to enjoy on a hot day. Lots of fun!
Sponsoring the children’s education was made possible through a donation from the BEI Foundation.
Thank you!!!

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Reach The Poor Uganda kindly hosted yet another teacher training workshop, facilitated by Dr. Reeta Sonawat and Ms. Simona Sabbatini. Thanks again Isaac and all friends at Reach The Poor for a well organized event!

(Source: Loving Kindness Vietnam website)

On July 21, 2019 we visited the Thien Tam Orphanage to celebrate their anniversary. Thien Tam is a loving home to a small group of orphans, located just south of Nha Trang. The caretakers have spent 15 years running the orphanage, and the local church put on an anniversary party for the orphans and the caretakers. They set up a stage, gave speeches, and the children performed a dance they had learned in school. It was a lovely celebration!
After returning to the orphanage, our team brought lots of essential supplies and foodstuff to the orphanage. We brought bags of rice, packages of instant noodles, milk, eggs, bags of bean varieties, packages of seasonings, bottles of fish sauce, bottles of soy sauce, canned meats, cooking oil, packages of yogurt, and a fruity treat for the children.
The children were finishing their studies while our team brought all the supplies into the common room. Afterwards, the children helped carry everything into the kitchen. Our team then brought out packages of the yummy fruit snack, che, and the children sat in the dining hall and enjoyed their snack.
This visit was made possible through a donation from the BEI Foundation.
Thank you!!!

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This most recent workshop was again hosted by SOS Baku and led by Ms. Simona Sabbatini. The following was kindly contributed by Ms. Fidan Suleymanova (SOS Azerbaijan):

¨Impactful and sustainable vision for the future’ workshop for the joined collaboration between SOS Azerbaijan and SOS Georgia took part in Baku, Azerbaijan on June,10-14 2019 with the support of B.E.I. Foundation.
The main idea of the collaboration was to identify the personal and organizational strength, acquire the tools and achieve the sustainable results in the future through methods delivered by Mrs. Simona Sabbattini.
Colleagues acquired the Appreciative Inquiry tool, Pareto’s Law and P.E.R.M.A. model. Moreover, colleagues were able to share their experience working with the children, deprived of the parental care and exchange with innovative projects. The tools which are provided to the participants are essential not only for their jobs, but also for their everyday life. During the workshop, participants talked about Positive Education and Positive Psychology; worked on changing the challenges into opportunities; learned about the concepts of children’s workshop and once again became aware that you can live your dream life and happiness is not a result, is a cause!¨

Thank you Fidan, Simona, SOS Azerbaijan and SOS Georgia for joining forces and putting together this important workshop. Well done everyone!!