ADAPT

For the school year 2007-08, ADAPT seeks funding to purchase 200 new Vietnamese bicycles (about $50 apiece) for the students in our scholarship and vocational training programs. The need for these bikes continues to be very real and important. Some of ADAPT students have to walk almost three kilometers one way to reach school, a tremendous hardship under the heat and rains. Many already have to do household chores or work to earn supplementary income. As ADAPT scholarship provides tutoring at the schools for these girls, those without bikes would have to make the decision between walking home to rest or for the lucky few, to eat lunch, and skipping the much-needed tutoring sessions altogether.

Your donations will help lessen the burden on these young girls, ultimately bringing them one step closer to high school graduation. Living in one of the most remote and inaccessible regions in Viet Nam, these girls are often overlooked; their ability to go to school is easily ignored.

This past school year, with your help, we were able to provide over 200 bikes for children throughout our program.

ADAPT sincerely thanks you, our community donors and supporters. We are very touched and motivated by your concern and support in our common cause.