The U of A Community Development in Vietnam students are usually the January intersession to work in the small, rural village of Hoa An, Vietnam. Hoa An is also
home to the Rural Development College. Students from
the two colleges joined together to work
side-by-side to address the many challenges this community faces. This includes work in local schools, with projects at the university and
with community leaders as well as with individual families. By
developing and leading these projects, students are getting a truly unique experience to
immerse themselves in the community, gain true cultural understanding,
and develop leadership skills in a challenging environment. The program will end this weekend; here are a few photos by faculty leader Laura Gray showing us a peak into what it's been like so far.
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| The Fulbright
Service-Leadership Team built two biogas systems before heading to the schools. |
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| Fulbright
Service-Leadership Team. (Minus Sam, Danielle and Armin, out doing
farm surveys). Taking the boat down canal to get to rural school. |
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| Soup lady, Floating Market, Can Tho |
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Lady boat vender pulls up alongside our boat to sell coffee, sodas
at Floating Market on the MeKong River, outside Can Tho |
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| Grade 3, Vietnam |
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| School of Lunch!! |
Faculty leadership for the Global Community Development in Vietnam
program comes from Dr. Amy Farmer and Steve Kopp, of the Walton College of
Business, and Laura Gray, of the Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences.
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Find out more about the U of A Community Development in Vietnam program at
http://studyabroad.uark.edu/vietnam
