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Field Notes
Scholarship/Orphanage Day 4 (7/22)
The final scholarship and orphanage day ended with backpacks, school supplies, time with students at Binh Hoa Nam, and the bittersweet realization that this part of the mission was already over.
The day began with a long ride to Binh Hoa Nam, where students lined up to receive MEMO backpacks, scholarships, and school supplies after opening remarks from the officer team.
Once the formal distribution ended, the day shifted into the kind of human moments that tend to stay with volunteers the longest: piggyback rides, conversations with shy students, and learning more about their lives through quick conversations with children and parents.
By the ride back, the team was already feeling the transition. Scholarship and orphanage days had ended, clinic was next, and the trip had started moving faster than anyone wanted it to.
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