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End of year school trip for our boarding girls

17 October 2022 | News EDK

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Back in the spring, Sister Marie-Hervé requested our help for an end of year school trip project for the 47 boarding girls with excellent academic results. The trip was to take place from the 10th. to the 13th. of July 2022. The aim of the trip was to expand the girls’ horizons by taking them to visit Ho Chi Minh City as they had no idea of what a bit city was like. After deliberation, we agreed unanimously to contribute the 2 280 € necessary for this specific project.
The girls and their three chaperones left Kontum of the 10th in the evening and spent the night in the coach, arriving in HCMC on the morning of the 11th. They visited the city and the Suối Tiên amusement park, and they also discovered the sea at Vung Tàu beach where they were able to bathe for the first time in their lives. They also made a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Bai Dâu where they paid their respects at the foot of the statue of the Virgin.
The trip was intense both in emotions and in time. The first night was spent in the coach, the second in a convent and the third in the coach again in order to be back to Kontum on the 13th.