{"id":15,"date":"2010-12-28T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/2010\/12\/28\/year-end-accomplishment\/"},"modified":"2021-04-28T01:23:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T08:23:32","slug":"year-end-accomplishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/year-end-accomplishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Year-end accomplishment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15\" class=\"elementor elementor-15\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-131611f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"131611f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15cadd4\" data-id=\"15cadd4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-977e152 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"977e152\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Our troop of 15 women was loaded into a van for a 3-hour bumpy trip, crossing one scarily small ferry for a GRAND opening of a beauty \u201csalon\u201d on an auspicious day. \u00a0We know it was an auspicious day because while it was Thursday, there were at least five weddings that we saw on the way. \u00a0At one point, the road was so narrow that a wedding party took over the entire road, and the only way to pass was to lift up the entire awning.<\/p><p>N.M.\u2019s mother was in tears to see all of us celebrate the new enterprise, saying that \u201cyour presence removes all the doubts and rumors around here that my girl was a \u2018bad\u2019 girl, and held by police for doing illegal things\u2026 I am so proud today. All of my children, not just my N.M., can face people around here.\u201d \u00a0N.M. had resided for more than 12 months in PALS\u2019 Long Xuyen Open House where she attended beauty school. \u00a0Her certificates, with her pictures, were plastered on the wall, mixing with the Honor Certificate for Best Students that her younger sister consistently received over the years. \u00a0We have placed N.M.\u2018s sister in our scholarship program as well. \u00a0She is currently attending 6th grade.<\/p><p>Two chairs + 1 hair washing recliner and nonstop customers. \u00a0An auspicious day indeed. \u00a0A new home will be erected for her family in the next few months, right behind the extension that currently houses her shop, giving more space to the family.<\/p><p>The Open House resident coordinator cannot stop smiling. \u00a0She had even ordered the shop\u2019s signs from Long Xuyen the week prior. \u00a0Coordinating with IOM who provided the main funding, we assisted N.M. in opening her first beauty salon, which provides various beauty services such as nail, hair styling, and cutting, facials, etc. \u00a0N.M. is now an accomplished beautician.<\/p><p>We are proud of you N.M.!<\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Pacific Links Foundation Team<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our troop of 15 women was loaded into a van for a 3-hour bumpy trip, crossing one scarily small ferry for a GRAND opening of a beauty \u201csalon\u201d on an auspicious day. \u00a0We know it was an auspicious day because while it was Thursday, there were at least five weddings that we saw on the &hellip; <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/year-end-accomplishment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Year-end accomplishment&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reintegration"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Posts-28-1024x512_edited.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrktguru.com\/pals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}