Accomplishments - 2007
Health Care
  • Facial tumor removal for two children
  • Funded 14 eye surgeries
  • Funded 5 open heart surgeries at Danang General Hospital
  • Orthopedic limb surgeries for 3 children
  • Food for 60 orthopedic patients
  • Funded 15 special self propelled wheelchairs
  • Funded Hepatitis B Prevention Program for 633 children
  • Assistance for 44 ill children at Danang General hospital
  • Physical Therapy Program for 45 Hoa Quy disabled children
  • Medicine/food assistance - 44 children at Danang General Hospital
  • Received and distributed 8 boxes of primarily medical supplies as a gift from USS PELELIU docked in Danang
  • Distributed 1000 P&G toothbrushes to orphan children
  • Received and distributed a 40 foot container of medical equipment to Danang hospitals
Nutrition
 
  • Monthly rice delivered to 171 families - Total 58,124 Pounds
  • Monthly rice delivered to Xuan Hong/ Thanh Binh 3960 pounds
  • Monthly milk and food for 93 children at Tam Ky , Hoa Mai Orphanages
  • Monthly milk for 120 Danang Street Children
  • Monthly assistance for 16 poor children -food, clothing, school supplies
  • Nutrition supplement for Mang Non Kindergarten 17 children
  • Oatmeal mix distributed to 17,000 children in 4 institutions
  • Nutrition assistance for 122 children
  • Flood assistance for families with 685 children
  • Twenty pigs and two cows given to families with 44 children
Education
 
  • Bicycle scholarships for 113 poor children
  • Public School Scholarships for 337 poor children
  • University and Vocational school scholarships for 74 youth
  • Educational assistance for 38 poor children - books, supplies
  • Tutoring classes for 170 Hai Chau Orphanage and Danang Street Children with after class snacks
  • Upgraded tutoring classrooms - Lighting, fans, blackboards
  • New shoes for 46 children at Hoi An Orphanage
  • Danang Street Children Voc School Dormitory 9 youth
  • Constructed 1 kindergarten in poor district serving 40 children
Housing
 
  • Built and donated 56 new houses for families
  • Repair/upgraded of 4 houses - Orphan/private
   

Total number of children served - 21,188

Ben Wilson
President

IN KIND GIFTS
CHILDREN OF VIETNAM
Year 2007
Medical Equipment Swanson Family Foundation $ 98,000
USS PELELIU Medical supplies 30,000
Oatmeal Mix ATMIT 30,000
Facing the World child facial operations 2 @ $80,000 160,000
Medical Supplies, sutures, stethoscopes, gloves 1,500
Dental Supplies, Novocain, P&G Toothbrushes 1,220
Fed Ex shipping 3,000
Computer assistance , Website design, rework 1,500
Clair V Shoes, scarves, purses 1,000
Vietnam Airlines 1,000
Total $327,220

 

Plans For 2008
 
  • Receive and distribute up to two containers of dehydrated food to serve 7 facilities.
  • Expand tutoring classes to 217 Hai Chau Orphanage, Danang Street Children and Hoa Mai Orphanage.
  • Continue University Scholarship Program
  • Construct dormitory for up to 12 students while attending university and vocational school - Danang Street Children Location
  • Initiate Medical equipment program by receiving equipment, provide storage and distribute to local hospitals. List of vital equipment needed has been submitted by three hospitals for consideration
  • Initiate Medical team visits in plastic surgery and teaching of surgery techniques
  • Continue program to send children and guardian to England for facial reconstruction for up to three months - tumors, deformities, etc.
  • Solar cooking and and water purifying Program

 

 

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