Greetings all! As a graduate student studying visual journalism, I have always believed in the power of photographs. To sum up all the emotions of the last few days, I will let the photographs do the talking. Our last week in the village was filled…
After a great weekend in Hoi An we were ready to finish building our Compassion Homes and wrap up the community service portion of our program. Early in the week, an opportunity was presented to us in which we would be able to clean up…
Hello again from Vietnam! After our first weekend getaway to the beach we returned to Binh Thanh village, worked through the heat and rain, and made some real progress on the houses! We shuffled up the work groups so that each student would get the…
Hi all, After a long but enjoyable work week we were ready for our first real taste of beach life here in central Vietnam. On our way to our weekend resort we drove through a scenic hillscape dotted with rural villages and hamlets, well off…
Hello all, After a long day of traveling, we finally arrived at the host village we have been waiting to see. We were greeted by the smiling faces of the Youth Union organization that we would be working with and we spoke with a few…
Greetings from Vietnam! After two full days in the metropolis formerly known as Saigon we are really feeling the heat! The sun has been blazing and the temperature soaring but our spirits are flying even higher. We spent our first day in Vietnam’s largest city…
We’ve received word from the leaders that the group has arrived in Vietnam.
Greetings from the Putney Barn! Vi and Ryan here, and we are ecstatic to travel, live, and work with you in Vietnam this summer! We just finished a long weekend of planning and organizing and we are so excited to meet you all! We hope…
Welcome to Putney! This blog is where friends and family can follow along on the group’s adventures through periodic updates, photos, and stories from our leaders and students in the field. While we hope for a blog update once or twice each week, internet access is often…