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VIETNAM |
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VIETNAM |
ABOUT OUR COUNTRY:
RNDM PRESENCE IN VIETNAM:
The Sisters first arrived in Phat Diêm on the 23rd of October, 1924. We have 86 sisters living and working in 48 communities. We also have four sisters on overseas postings.
APOSTOLATES (WORKS) INVOLVED IN:
Mission's Works:
Education: Nursery schools; youth training;
literacy; promotion of
women (especially prostitutes)
Health Care: Dispensary; hospital for minorities
Pastoral Works:
Formation to religious life
Catechism
Training of catechists
Parish animation
Teaching a class of poor children.
Bu Dang Health Programme <from Sister M Jean Baptiste>
Bu Dang is situated about 160 kilometres north of Ho Chi Minh City and is within walking distance for a number of the Montagnard villages. The Montagnard are a tribal subsistence people who have been pushed off their land or have traditionally lived in remote areas of hill country. They are very poor, have little access to formal education and have many health problems. The Sisters have established a dispensary for the people at Bu Dang and regularly treat 20 – 30 cases each day. There are a few beds so that when necessary the sick can stay for a few days; sometimes they walk for a whole day to get to the dispensary!
During 2000 RNDM Solidarity money enabled Sister M Jean to train a group of 10 medics
in the use of medicines. The medics were each set up with a medical box for visiting the
Montagnard villages.
Photo above: Sister M Jean Baptiste with the sick who are staying for a few days
Photo right: Sister training her medics.
Minh Hung Village Wells Project <from Sister Minh Nha Tran Thi Gin>
Minh Hung is not far from Bu Dang. The Sisters here have developed a small pre-school for about 90 children, as a source of income. One Sister runs the pre-school; the others visit and catechise amongst the Montagnard people.
During 2000 Sister Minh Nha used RNDM Solidarity money to start building 14 wells in Montagnard villages in the Minh Hung and Bu Dang areas. Clean water in a village is the beginning of much improved health for everyone there.
Photo below: Happiness is having clean water in your village
Sacred Heart Safe House, Saigon <from Sister Sheila O’Toole>
Sister Sheila and Sister M Dominique have been working quietly for some time now to establish this safe house in Saigon for young women who want to be helped to escape from street life and to start again. Some girls hear about the Safe House and come themselves; others are referred by other agencies, now that the centre is approved.
The Safe House provides a place of safety for young women to have safe entertainment, to learn skills, to attend various classes and to regain their dignity as persons of worth. Classes in factory sewing, hairdressing, running a small business, health and recreation are all offered in the house. Already a number of girls have ‘graduated’ into their new independence and one has even returned as a tutor!
Funds for this work have come from NOVIB, Holland and the New Zealand Embassy.
Photo above: Sister M Dominique with some of the girls at the entrance to their Safe House
The school building in Da Lat, which belonged to our Sisters before 1975, has been recently given back to them. Inevitably the building is very old and in need of demolition.
At present the greatest need of the people in Da Lat is for the Sisters to provide nursery school care.
Rebuilding for this work will cost about US$28,500; so applications are being made to funding agencies.
The RNDM Solidarity goal of US$5000 is to help the Sisters get this project under way.
If you would like to support this project , please give your donation to any RNDM Sister or email: rndmfundraiser@worldonline.fr
The Nursery School at Minh Hung, near Long Dien, caters for about 90 children from the parish and from the Montagnard district.
We have about 280 Associates in different Dioceses. Some of the Associates are active in the apostolic works in their parish and others participate to the mission by offering prayer and their sickness for the mission. Our sisters share with them our charism and spirituality.
For more info contact: 
Sr.
M. Dominique - Associates (Subject Line)
pltdbtg@hcm.vnn.vn
VOCATIONS:
For more info contact: Sr. M. Louise at the above e-mail
Novices
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