Helping out with Volunteering in Nha Trang Vietnam

What a day!
Bacchaus Marsh Grammer is a large Private Primary School in Melbourne, Australia who at the moment have seventeen students and four teachers on a educational tour of Vietnam. Each year Bacchaus Marsh Grammer bring over children so they can experience a different culture but to also help those children a little less fortunate than them. This is a fantastic experience assisted by a great group of dedicated teachers.

They were at Chua Loc Tho to teach and play with the children. To make this more successful and enjoyable for all I took out a group of six friends to translate for the Australian children so the Vietnamese children could understand and learn more. Two staff from Pure Vietnam Beauty & Spa as well as four people who I teach English to were our wonderful translators. All of my friends wanted to come but we kept the numbers down so the children weren't overwhelmed.

We divided the Australian children up with each translator and they each taught a different class. It was lovely to see everyone learning together. The translators got to talk to the Australian children and the Australian children got to teach the Vietnamese children. It was a lot of fun learning about colours and learning the rainbow song.

After the lessons the Australian children sang two songs, the rainbow song and Advanced Australia Fair (I admit I got a tear in my eye with this one).

The Vietnamese children then sang and danced for the Australian children.

Everyone was really happy. The Australian children then dished out lunch for the children of the Pagoda.

What a wonderful end to an eventful morning. I want to thank all my friends who made this such a successful morning. You all did a wonderful job, everyone was a little nervous to start but had a great time.