Vietexplorer2024

In a remote district of Vietnam, a dedicated group of students from the Ba Na Mong ethnic minority gather each evening to embark on a unique educational journey. At 7:00 pm, a local parish priest’s voice echoes through a loudspeaker, signaling the start of their studies. These students, adults with a range of life experiences, bring with them a sense of determination and a desire to learn. Among them is HNai, 63, whose unwavering commitment to her writing practice serves as a testament to her belief in the importance of the process of learning itself. For HNai, and many others like her, this class represents more than just an opportunity to gain literacy skills. It is a chance to find joy in studying and to embrace a newfound sense of empowerment. Voi, a 50-year-old student, exemplifies this transformation. Through the class, he is gaining the skills to manage his family’s hectare of coffee trees more independently. No longer reliant on friends to write down fertilizer names, Voi em...