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On Dec 27, 2024 at the auditorium of the University of Technology and Education, VNHelp organized the Nguyễn Trường Tộ Scholarship Award Ceremony for the 2023–2025 academic year. The event honored 234 students from six universities in Southern Vietnam, including the University of Technology (Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Faculty of Natural Resources & Environment), Conservatory of Music, University of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Technology and Education and University of Theatre and Cinema.
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Nov 27, 2024 – While VNHelp’s US team is busy with Thanksgiving celebration in the US, our VN team began to build a school in Điện Biên. (Photos show the groundbreaking ceremony)
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Oct 16, 2024 – VNHelp launched the groundbreaking ceremony for the mushroom cultivation support project, funded by the Rotary Club of San Jose, California and VNHelp.
The project includes key components such as the investment in a brand-new electric sterilization oven for mushrooms, renovation of the mushroom-growing area, installation of a misting system for cooling, steel racks for mushroom shelves, and hiring experts to transfer high-quality mushroom cultivation technology. This project serves as a tremendous encouragement for the Thua Thien Hue Social Protection Center, which currently cares for and treats more than 600 mentally ill patients in extremely difficult circumstances from across the province.
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In early September, Super Typhoon Yagi made landfall in Southeast Asia. This is the strongest storm in the past 30 years to hit northern Vietnam. The powerful typhoon caused severe damage to human lives and properties. The aftermath of the storm is even more devastating. Flooding, flash floods, and landslides in the provinces of Lao Cai, Cao Bang, Yen Bai, Thai Nguyen, etc., have left more than 300 people dead or missing; thousands of homes were swept away, unroofed, collapsed, or submerged; hundreds of thousands of hectares of rice, crops, and fruit trees were flooded; many livestock and poultry were swept away; several bridges collapsed; many residential areas are now isolated; numerous roads have been damaged. People’s lives are facing immense hardships, both during the storm and in recovering after the floods.
VNHelp calls upon our friends, benefactors, and philanthropists to come together and help the impacted people overcome the difficulties, helping them restore schools, productions, and stabilize their lives as soon as possible.
Every act of kindness today will be a ray of hope and confidence for tomorrow. We sincerely thank you for your contributions!
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August 9, 2024 – VNHelp held a heartwarming ceremony to donate 100 bicycles to primary and secondary school students from four schools in Tuan Giao district, Dien Bien province. These brand-new bicycles are a valuable and timely gift, especially as the new school year approaches, offering much-needed support to underprivileged students and those facing challenging circumstances. The bicycles will ease their journey to school, enabling them to pursue their education with greater ease. Our heartfelt thanks go to the South Bay Golf Alliance (SBGA) in California for generously sponsoring these bicycles for students in the remote northern region of Vietnam.
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June 29, 2024 – At the end of June 2024, VNHelp organized a ceremony to donate and install 25 desktop computers for the students of Nam Thai A1 Primary School, Nam Thai A Commune, An Bien District, Kien Giang Province.
We would like to thank O Xuan Club (Northern California, USA) for providing the fund to purchase the computers, giving the students access to new computer science and information technology, and motivating them to strive harder in their studies and grow up to become beneficial members of society.
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June 19, 2024 – Following the successful implementation of dental care for orphans at Từ Hạnh Orphanage in Saigon, the program has been extended to Thiên Ân Orphanage in Cần Thơ, home to 54 children. On June 19, the first group of 30 children received their dental check-ups, marking the first time many of them had ever been in a professional dental office.
A heartfelt thank you to Dentists Dương Hoài Giao Hà and Thái Huy Thành at Hà Thành Dental Care for their invaluable support. This initiative is a collaborative effort between the local dentists and VNHELP to provide free dental care for orphans, ensuring they receive the essential dental treatments they need
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Mar 24, 2024 – VNHELP invited 113 students from 6 universities who have a VNHELP sponsor to gather at Tao Dan Park, Saigon. This is an annual event for students networking. In this occasion, each student received 50 USD from their sponsor in addition to the 250 USD scholarship they received in December. Ms Thu-Thuy Truong, a VNHELP Board member from California, participated in this event.
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Feb 14, 2024 – As an annual tradition, during Tet Holidays (Lunar New Year), VNHelp staff in Vietnam bring “lucky money” to the children at the orphanages we support. This tradition always creates the special moment and brings much joys to the kids. This post contains photos from Thien An Orphanage in Can Tho, where live 52 orphans. Some of the kids received extra lucky money from their sponsors. More reports are coming soon from other orphanages.
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November 2024 – A volunteer from Milpitas, California, who is travelling in Dien Bien Province, visited Nang Moi #23 Kindergarten, built by VNHELP in 2023. The school is located in Toa Tinh Commune, Tuan Giao District, Dien Bien Province. The construction of this school was sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Tran Bao Ngoc from San Jose, California. The volunteer happily reported that the school is well-maintained and has a lush vegetable garden. He also saw the “0 Dong Repair Shop” established by VNHELP to provide free bicycle repairs for underprivileged students. These students had received bicycles from VNHELP, sponsored by the South Bay Golf Alliance group.
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On the afternoon of September 4, 2024, at two schools funded by VNHelp-Nang Moi 6 Preschool and Nang Moi 8 Preschool in Vinh Phuoc B Commune, Go Quao District, Kien Giang Province a bicycle donation ceremony was held for former students of the schools, who are now attending Vinh Phuoc B Primary School and Dinh An 3 Primary School in the local area. Despite the heavy rain, 40 students enthusiastically came to receive their gifts from sponsors Mr.Long and Mrs.Chieu Uyen, who made the donation through VNHelp.
This meaningful gift will make a significant difference for the students and their families, easing the daily 5 to 10-kilometer commute to school. With these bicycles, the students will have more time for studying, helping their families, and playing. The first day of school on September 5, 2024, will be a memorable one for the students, marking their first journey to school on brand new bicycles and the start of a promising academic year.
A heartfelt thanks to Mr.Long and Mrs.Chieu Uyen for partnering with VNHelp to support these children.
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August 3, 2024 – VNHelp held the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Self-flowing Water Project in Pu Luong Village, Thanh Son Commune, Ba Thuoc District, Thanh Hoa Province. The purpose of this project is to build a self-flowing water system to ensure enough water for daily life, providing clean and safe water for 174 extremely poor local households.
This project is sponsored by Mr. Chanh and Mrs. Ling Ling Cao Minh. It is expected to be completed in November 2024.
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June 30, 2024 – With a goal to provide safe drinking water and ensure the good health of more than twenty thousand students and teachers, VNHelp completed a project at the end of June 2024 that successfully installed 44 UV-RO water purification systems for 44 schools in Giong Rieng District, Kien Giang Province. This project was sponsored by the Lee’s Sandwiches family in California to honor their late mother, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hanh, who was born in Giong Rieng District.
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June 26, 2024 – Another school is being built by VNHelp. On June 26, 2024, we broke ground for the construction of “10 A Vàm” school in Thuan Hoa commune, An Minh District, Kien Giang Province. The school will have 6 classrooms for elementary students, 1 classroom for kindergarteners, 1 office, and 3 restrooms. This project is made possible by the financial sponsor of Mrs. Mai Dolch (California). Our partner, 1+1>2 Architecture Firm, designs and constructs the school. VNHelp has built 75 schools in Vietnam thusfar.
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April 16, 2024 – VNHelp held an Inauguration Ceremony of Nắng Mới 25, Nam Thai A2 Primary School, in Nam Thai A Commune, An Bien District, Kien Giang Province. Mrs. Tramie Tran, the sponsor from California attended the event.
The school is built on a total area of 454m2, including 6 classrooms, 1 service room, 3 toilets, corridors combined with a covered play area, concrete yard for learning and outdoor play.
Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Tran Bao Ngoc for sponsoring the school’s construction, bringing a spacious, clean and beautiful school to students in the coastal area of Kien Giang province – Vietnam.
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Mar 23, 2024 – Among 120 VNHelp scholarship recipients in Can tho, 16 students from the Medical & Pharmaceutical College have a sponsor in the US. They gathered in the afternoon of March 23rd; each received an additional $50 from their sponsors (they already received $200 scholarship grant in December). This is a VNHelp annual event for the scholarship recipients to get to know each other and networking.
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Feb 21, 2024 – Handed out lucky money to the orphans at Diệu Giác Orphanage during Tết (lunar new year).
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Feb 5, 2024 – In the days approaching Year of the Dragon, VNHelp went to inspect a project in Kien Giang province which assists low-income farmer households in Ngoc Thanh and Ngoc Thuan communes, Giong Rieng district.
VNHelp began to support 30 poor farmer households in March 2023. Each household was given 2 female pigs for breeding. The project was successful beyond expectation. During the first harvest, each breeding pig gave birth to 13, 14, or 16 piglets. Farmers are very happy because of the excellent return of investment!
This model has created jobs and helped improve income for farmers. We would like to invite you to donate to this project so that we will have the needed fund to expand it to help more farmers.
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