VCF Updates
Our Country Director, Sam Russell, an engineer, manages all VCF construction. He tells us what's going on from the field.
SAM'S BLOG
Watch the video of how 14-year-old Carly Zalenski raised money to build a school for children in Vietnam. Click here.
American Eagle and Li Fung Foundation for your generous gift of funding for an elementary school in Long An Province.
Dą Yũ Tình Hoc Trò
On Saturday July 25, 2009 longtime VCF supporter Winston Ninh and his friends in San Antonio Texas held a music filled event to support the Vietnam Children's Fund.
They raised over $1500 and we thank and acknowledge all those who make this such a success including:
Lexi, Linda, QChau: poster, advertisements, mailing, singing, setups, decoration, and cleanup
Ngoc Khanh: poster and advertisement on Bao Tre
Maly and her boys: practice space, singing, and cleanup
Anh Huan: sound engineering, singing, drumming
Lu: lighting, cleanup, and singing
Anh Chin: MC, marketing, food, advertisements, mailing, cleanup
Thanks also to the generous sponsors including:
- Chin's Restaurant
- Texas Collision
- Dr. Dan Pham
- Binh Minh Duoc Thao/Saigon Music
- Discounted Nails and Supply
We also are grateful to anyone whose name we may have accidently missed who contributed to this wonderful event.
Lam Dong
While the Citigroup school dedication is scheduled for September, the school celebrates its completion in May. Another event is planned for spring 2010 when VCF Board Member Judy Lorigan and Carly Zalenski, founder of Kids Building Hope Foundation and a major donor, visit the school. The Union League Club and Mr. H. F. Lenfest were also major contributors to the building of this school.
Long An
Drawings and estimated costs have been submitted to the Duc Hoa District project management department for approval. Groundbreaking is scheduled within the next ten days, at which time we will honor American Eagle and Li and Fung, our generous donors for this school.
Da Nang
Friends of Danang and India Company 3rd Battalion 9th Marines have funded a school with six classrooms which the Da Nang Department of Education has requested be built on two floors so that the school can be enlarged as needs arise. Soil tests are underway to determine the viability of this plan. VCF expects this school will be ready to dedicate April 2010, with the Friends of Danang and India Company as honored guests.
Thai Binh
Thai Binh, funded by Citigroup, Kids Building Hope, Mr. and Mrs. Chinh Chu, family and friends of the late Mr. Bert duAime and Mr. Binh Tran, is planned for the Vu Thu district. VCF hopes this school will be ready to dedicate April 2010.
Phu Yen
Funded by Brian Anstey, retired CEO of ACE-INA, and his family, this completed school will be dedicated in his honor when he next visits.
Schools in Construction ...
Thanks to the generous contributions of The India Company 3rd Battalion 9th Marines and Friends of Danang, a badly needed school will be constructed in the Danang area. The India Company and Friends of Danang pledged $50,000 each and together with the matched pledge by VCF and donations from individual donors over $150,000 will be raised to build the school. The Danang School's new 
modern facility will serve up to 700 children and is scheduled to be dedicated in April 2010.
Kieu Chinh: A Woman Making a Difference
Please join Senator Lou Correa in celebrating Women's History Month at a special
Women Making a Difference
Tea Reception in recognition of the 34th District's 2009 Woman of the Year Kieu Chinh, Actress & Philanthropist
Friday, March 13, 2009, 3-5pm
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Schools Recently Built...
April 1, 2008 —Thanks to a 12 year old girl from Ohio, Carly Zalenski, who founded Kids Building Hope, Hoa Lac School is completed in the An Giang province of Southern Vietnam, deep in the Mekong Delta near the Cambodian border.
In the News...
Thank you, Abby Zalenski!
Thank you, Abby Zalenski of Kids Building Hope (founded by Ohio teenager Carly Zalenski) for pledging $50,000 to build an elementary school in Thai Binh Province.
Thank you all for remembering the children of Vietnam!
MAKE IT MATTER: Ahead of the Class
She decided to build a school for children in Vietnam. It took her two years. She was 12.
By Lynn Rosellini in Reader's Digest - July 2008
Reaching out to Vietnam
Ohio girl raises thousands to build school for poor
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
By Kevin Joy
A Living Memorial to Lew Puller
THE VIETNAMESE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
By David S. Broder
Reagan's Example
By David S. Broder
A Vet's Legacy
By David S. Broder
The Struggle to Forgive - Kieu's Story
By John Gittlesohn
An Nguyen of Westminster
Dat Mui Primary School Opening
There's a School on the DMZ
By R. R. Keene
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