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Nguyen Van Liet, 24, was born to a poor family in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.  His parents divorced when he was still in pregnancy and he grew up with a step father and brother.  Dropping out of school in grade 12 when the family could no longer afford his school fee, Liet moved out to live in his brother’s slaughter house, starting to work and earn money. 

A Save the Children notable programme in its 25 years of operation in Vietnam, the Infant and Young Child Feeding Programme (IYFC) has seen hundreds of consulting facilities that it helped build keep going even after the programme came to an end. It is also the first project in the country to be named Save the Children’s signature programme.

When Vang A Su first tried applying the child-focused teaching method that encourages students’ active participation in class, it turned out to be harder than he had expected. His students, who were familiar with the traditional teacher-centered method, had little idea about group discussion or group work. They didn’t know what they were supposed to do while he found it hard to “activate” his students.