Founder’s Letter

Founder's Letter - An Invitation to Journey

Dear future SANSE members,

I write this letter today to formally invite you onto the SANSE adventure. It is an opportunity for you to do something meaningful and truly unique, by affecting the lives of many children in Bản Liền, Lào Cai, a place that you might soon become very familiar with. In the literal sense, our journeys to Bản Liền is an adventure into a land and culture foreign to us, to meet new unlikely friends and help them overcome their hardship. The adventurers are those who believe in the SANSE ideal, combining their individual talents and personalities into a loud, energetic, and close-knit crew. Those adventurers walk an ambitious path to connect and improve communities, by opening opportunities for learning - not only for others, but for themselves as well.

People always say that the journey is more important than the destination; I believe that they are equally important. Our final destination is grand: the unity and betterment of communities, a fundamental improvement to society. However, the journey is equally fruitful: the personal journey of each SANSE adventure to arm themselves with skills, experience, and knowledge, so that they could confidently help others improve. Our goal to broaden the horizons for the children of Bản Liền through education is, inadvertently, also an opportunity for us to be educated about the world, and for our own horizons to be broadened.

However, most importantly, SANSE is our adventure, a youthful adventure led by students. We, the young, humble, inexperienced youths, can and must decide which direction to walk, push ourselves to move forward, and take responsibility for our mistakes, so that we could blaze our own new path to SANSE's destination. We celebrate the creativity and passion of youths, guiding ourselves with the pure intention and compassion that defines the young adult.

If you believe in the same ideals, and wish to embark on the SANSE adventure, come join our merry band of travelers.

See you soon,

Long Than.
Linh Nguyen.
Quan Dao.