Pure Vietnam Beauty & Spa Nha Trang Blog

One of our wonderful customers wanted to do some charity at an orphanage while she was visiting in Nha Trang so she asked us to help her achieve this. She wanted to help those less fortunate than herself and give back to this wonderful country that she is visiting.

Andrea comes from Germany and she was very happy that she was able to go to the markets and buy some toys, some hair things for the girls, lots of vegetables, eggs and basic cooking ingredients but she was able to buy some special lolly treats for the children for TET. It is good to be able to help pick out what the children will receive. We knew a few things that they wanted but Andrea also decided what she wanted to give. Andrea wanted to buy something to eat and something for fun. It is always good to have a balance.

After a bit of shopping at the local markets we took everything back to the orphanage. They loved the balls, skipping ropes and toys that Andrea bought for them. Andrea had a great time playing and skipping with them. Some of the boys and girls were great at skipping. It was a great way to spend a few dollars and a Sunday morning.

If you are interested in doing something similar please feel free to contact us and we will arrange for you.

• Andrea, Tram and Steve at markets Andrea, Tram and Steve at markets
• Lots of fresh produce to choose from Lots of fresh produce to choose from
• Fresh eggs Fresh eggs
• Fun with skipping ropes Fun with skipping ropes
• Skipping Skipping
• Some of the food we bought Some of the food we bought
• Buying speacial treats. Lollies for TET Buying speacial treats. Lollies for TET
• New hair bands and clips for the girls New hair bands and clips for the girls
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We had a fantastic day on Sunday the 10th of January.

It is TET next month so we took 20 children from an orphanage to buy new clothes and new shoes for Lunar New Year. They ranged in age from 3 to 15 years old. This is the third year in a row we have done this. But this is the first year we took the children to choose there own clothes. Last year we took them to the shoe shop and had pre bought the clothes..

We took the children in groups of five to a clothes sho and then to a shoe shop. The children got to pick what they wanted instead of receiving what we had picked for them. It seems perfectly normal and easy for us, but this so called simple task for us is something orphans rarely, if ever, get to do. They had so much fun and so did we. Some children found it hard to make a decision but once they saw something they wanted they made up their minds. It was wonderful to see their joy.

Lunar New Year is so important in Vietnam and having new clothes is an important part of it. It is great that these children dont have to miss out on it. It took a little planning and lots of helpers but it all went very well. Steven and I would like to thank Mark and Majella Clayton and Colleen Rendell for generously giving money to help with this. Thank you to Nhung Nguyen for the lovely hair bands and hair ties. The girls loved them.

We needed lots of people to help with this, staff from Pure Vietnam Beauty and Spa, Dung and Dung, friends from Australia Peter Shelton and Fiona Cossill, and many of our friends Thao, Hoa, Hien, Uyen, Uyen and Lanh, all assisted. Without their help we could not have done this. Thank you all so much. It was an amazing day.

Thanks to our customers who have helped contribute to this worthy cause.

We were lucky enough to have some friends visiting from Australia so we decide to take them with us to Thanh Son Pagoda.

The Pagoda currently has 57 children and 27 old and homeless people. Mixed in with these people are some children with disabilities. The Pagoda is on the way to the airport and about 45 minutes out of Nha Trang City.

We took nappies for the disabled children and also took lots of food.

Peter and Fiona really enjoyed meeting the wonderful people. The children are so friendly and happy. It is always interesting to see what the children are learning.

We were looking in the Pagoda and children come in and started chanting and using different instruments. It was great.

As always it is a humbling experience when people who have so little are so happy for a bit of your time.

We would like to thank Peter and Fiona and Dung, who is staff at Pure Viet Nam Beauty and Spa, for coming with Steve and I.

Pure Vietnam Beauty and Spa Charity for October at Tu Bong

What a fantastic Sunday morning . It was charity for Pure Vietnam Beauty and Spa for October. Unfortunately the boss still has a sore back so it was a girls trip. (Sorry Steve Brown it will get better soon)
We went to Tu Bong. This beautiful little town is a little more than an hour away now that the road is fixed (what a difference).

We have been many times to this wonderful place. The orphanage is capable of housing many children but still has under twenty.

At the moment they have 3 babies which takes up a lot of their resources. One baby is 12 months old and he has physical and mental disabilities. A female baby is one month old and she has a reasonably severe cleft palate and the other male baby who is two months old doesn't have any disabilities.

There were three other children at the orphanage with the rest off doing chores. We took up lots of special baby formula for the babies and nappies, milk for the other children and a carton of condensed milk. Of course there may have been one packet of lollies.

Samantha Cherry and Shane gave us some money to buy some extra milk and unfortunately couldn't come with us. Nguyễn Nhung also came up with some of her friends for a quick visit and bought some oil, milk and soy sauce.
It was wet to start with but the weather was beautiful by mid morning.

The staff and I had a wonderful time feeding the babies playing with the children and looking around. They are growing so many fruits and vegetables. We had some of their home grown bananas which were delicious. The okra looks about ready to harvest. Someone has a very green thumb.

I would like to thank the wonderful staff who came Dung Vo Thùy Dung Minh Hiền and Nhung and her friends for coming. It was a very special day.

Helping out with Volunteering in Nha Trang Vietnam

What a day!
Bacchaus Marsh Grammer is a large Private Primary School in Melbourne, Australia who at the moment have seventeen students and four teachers on a educational tour of Vietnam. Each year Bacchaus Marsh Grammer bring over children so they can experience a different culture but to also help those children a little less fortunate than them. This is a fantastic experience assisted by a great group of dedicated teachers.

They were at Chua Loc Tho to teach and play with the children. To make this more successful and enjoyable for all I took out a group of six friends to translate for the Australian children so the Vietnamese children could understand and learn more. Two staff from Pure Vietnam Beauty & Spa as well as four people who I teach English to were our wonderful translators. All of my friends wanted to come but we kept the numbers down so the children weren't overwhelmed.