Making a difference, one child at a time: in Vietnam, SFr 1,000 a month puts you right on top of the food chain. With SFr 400 you'd be doing just fine. SFr 40 places you at the national average. But for those who earn nothing at all, the street is home.

Swiss News › Nbr. 2005, January 2005

Author: Clinton, Kati

Position:: BROAD HORIZONS

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Making a difference, one child at a time: in Vietnam, SFr 1,000 a month puts you right on top of the food chain. With SFr 400 you'd be doing just fine. SFr 40 places you at the national average. But for those who earn nothing at all, the street is home.

The Swiss-French association "SOS Enfants Des Rues Du Vietnam" (SOS Streetchildren of Vietnam) has been helping street children in Vietnam for almost five years now. Some 400 children live in the dedicated centre in Ho Chi Mirth City and have benefited from the work of a...

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