240 His Mission, Our Mission Fr Truong says the project was funded by donations from the Vietnamese Eucharistic Movement in the US, with whom he has a long association, who chose to support the mission in Thailand for their annual Lenten Charity project. He says the project not only assists low-income families but also encourages students to continue with school. “The education standards in the villages are lower than in the larger towns and cities. Students tend to have lower educational attainment due to the lack of encouragement and support from family, lack of resources, poorly-trained teachers, poverty, and other issues that affect the youth,” he says. Since arriving in his parishes, Fr Truong has been responding to the needs of the villages by opening up English courses for young people.
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