Thao, one of the oldest girls in Hue Children’s Shelter surpassed the assessment criteria last summer to be trained at Streets International (streetsinternational.org) in hospitality in Hoi An. After 18 months of training at Streets International, she will have been provided internationally rewnowned teaching from a comprehensive culinary and hospitality programme, credentialed by the award-winning Institute of Culinary Education in New York, as well as extensive English language instruction.
Thao is very much missed by many of us in Hue. As a friendly and helpful girl, she always spent her free time helping the housemothers with cooking and taking care of the small children. Before she left the shelter, we all had a small party to say ‘goodbye’ to Thao and to wish her an enjoyable time in the new school.
Both we and the shelter know that Thao is being taken care of in an educational environment where each trainee is provided with housing, food, basic financial support, an active community and social support, and medical care. We are looking forward to seeing Thao graduate and work to be independent in the future.
Some information about Streets International adapted from www.streetsinternational.org
