Huynh De Nhu Nghia
Forty nine children come to Huynh De Nhu Nghia, all of them with visual or hearing impairments, and at the end of the day they go home to their families. A centre like this usually costs a lot in Vietnam, which puts it out of reach for most families. This one is free, and it has been running since 1995.
We arrived in the morning with the installation already under way. The caretaker welcomed everybody with a presentation about the place, and the kids had organised a performance of their own, playing instruments and singing. We got to share that moment with an Australian delegation from the Renewable Energy Council Asia-Pacific, who were in the area and came to see what happens on an installation day, and what the centres we support do for their communities.
The caretaker then took us round. A Braille alphabet chart set out in dots along the wall, and Braille books everywhere. Near the entrance, a cabinet full of medals the kids have won at music and at chess. The nuns who run the lessons come in to volunteer, some for years and some for a season, and there is a book with every one of them in it, who they were and where they came from.
What really caught our attention was the classroom with the computers in it, and the kids navigating them by listening to a voice assistant. We watched them go to YouTube and find whatever they wanted, a few of them listening to Pokemon episodes. Others were in Microsoft Word, typing out answers to questions. It does not happen overnight. They told us it takes years to get properly proficient. But skills like these, which look impossible from the outside, are what let these kids take part in the world.
Oh, and we have to compliment their chef. Lunchtime came around while we were there, and the pho was one of the best we have smelled in Vietnam.
Supported By:
Prospectus Compounding Pharmacy
Installed
26/07/2026
System Size
5kW System with 5.7kW of Solar Panels
System
Donated By
Prospectus
Compounding Pharmacy
At Prospectus Compounding Pharmacy, care isn’t something off the shelf, it’s built from scratch. Every formulation is tailored, every interaction personal. For them, trust is earned through consistency, integrity, and a commitment to improving lives, one prescription at a time.
That same philosophy is now reaching beyond their walls and halfway across the world.
After having sponsored a site previously, Prospectus wanted to extend their generosity further. When they heard about the work that Huynh De Nhu Nghia was doing with kids supporting kids with visual and hearing impairments they were in straight away. On 16th of July the installation was completed and the centre is now being powered with clean, green and free energy.
This isn’t just about being energy-conscious. It’s about conscious business. Where doing well and doing good can happen at the same time.
Because when power is shared, possibility is too.
Whimsiverse | @Whimsiverse
In Proud Artistic Collaboration
With Whimsiverse
"Everything I draw is imaginary. Things you can't see in the real world, but things you might remember dreaming about as a child."
That is Whimsiverse describing his own work, and it tells you what Sunny is before you have even looked at the character properly.
Sunny is a small sun. He has gloves and shoes, and he has a dream about getting to a planet a very long way away. Everything around him is built the way a child would build it. Pastel stars.
Planets that do not behave themselves. A rocket that is really a spray-paint can. None of it is decoration. Whimsiverse chose a sun in the first place because he wanted to draw children as little sunshines, and he gave Sunny a dream that size because that is the scale children actually think at.
"Every child is unique, and they dream differently than we do. As adults, our role is to support them and help them reach those dreams."
Get close to the pieces and there are three different things happening at once. Sunny himself is drawn retro. The characters carry a marker texture. The backgrounds are pastel. Whimsiverse says the best part of making these was mixing styles that do not usually turn up in the same picture, which is a very particular kind of fun, and it shows.
Go looking at the rest of his work and the same instinct keeps going and gets stranger. A whale that has become a hot air balloon. A talking burger. A dragon made of clouds. His own description of what he is drawing: things people wish existed in real life. Everyday objects, handed a personality and let loose.
The reason any of this ends up on a wall in Ho Chi Minh City is simpler than it looks.
"My art is made for people of any age to reconnect with their inner child, so I felt it would fit perfectly within the Sunshine universe too."
What he wants the work to do is wake something up. Happy, comforted, and in his words a little bit free. A small escape, and some hope with it.
For a building full of kids who are learning to read with their fingers and getting through chess tournaments, that is not a bad thing to have on a plaque, inspiring them.
