Wednesday 06 Sep
Ngoc and Mark share how the ministry in Indochina is opening eyes and empowering young people with disability.
Ngoc and Mark serve through our partner NGO in Indochina, where young people with disability are trained in teaching, business management, English, baking and more. About the impact of the work, Mark and Ngoc write, "
Through this ministry, we can see that young people with disability are being empowered and encouraged to do things that they otherwise wouldn’t have the opportunity to do.
For example, there are four English teachers who provide night classes to 150 children from the community.
In Indochina, people with disabilities are often undervalued, while teachers are held in high regard. This means it is very rare for people with disabilities to be teachers and to teach able bodied children.
However, at our partner NGO this is exactly what is happening. The community is entrusting their children’s education to teachers with disabilities.
Perceptions don’t change overnight, but we believe that this experience is opening the eyes of the students and their families.
We hope that as they see their teachers as empowered, intelligent and capable people, their perceptions of people with disabilities more broadly will change for the better.
Please pray with us that this will happen through the love of the Father and His transforming power.
Suong's Story
Suong is a 25 year old woman who was affected by Agent Orange. As a result, she has a severe deformity which prevents her from being able to walk. Before she came to our partner NGO, she had not gone to school because her family thought she would not have a future due to her disability. She could not read or write.
After being trained at our partner NGO for five years, she decided to move back to her hometown. Since then, she has opened up an English school and is a well respected English teacher in her community. Praise God for this transformation!"
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