...One of the former Blue Dragon kids, Binh, has just gotten married...
...his youngest brother is in hospital with a serious head injury from a motorbike accident...
...one of the original Blue Dragon kids - Minh, now in his 20s - has announced that he's getting married in January...
...our staff have taken the runaway boy Tiep home to his family - although it seems pretty clear that he won't be going back to live with his mother ever again...
...another runway boy, who has been living on the streets for many months, also went back to his family with the Blue Dragon staff - but again, there's not much prospect that this family is going to stick together...
...and one of our friendliest neighbours died unexpectedly. (When you have a drop in centre and residential home on any street in any country, friendly neighbours are hard to come by!)
... and it's not even Wednesday yet!
Meanwhile, the Sofitel Plaza in Hanoi is helping us to raise money for the street kids we work with. They've set up a huge Christmas tree, and are selling Blue Dragon dolls in their lobby. They even have an angel working there to sell the dragons! It's nice to get a helping hand like this - it all helps...
In response to Terynn's comment - here are the dragons!
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2 comments:
What is a Blue Dragon doll, if you please? :D
That 1st dragon's just like the one I have :)
I that the Sofitel Metropole? I do always tell backpackers about their chocolate buffet as it's *still* not in Lonely Planet.
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