Sahaya Vietnam Housing and Scholarship Project helps relieve poverty in rural Vietnam by building adequate homes and providing scholarships for impoverished families. In recent months, Sahaya built 10 new homes with funding from the TFish Fund, the result of which are shown below. We wish the best for these wonderful families!
Ark Welfare is a non-profit established in Hechi City, Guangxi, that encourages people to get involved in public service and respond to the needs of their communities.
On April 13, 9 volunteers started for Gongchuan at 8:30. The rain stopped and it was fine, which helped for our journey. We arrived at Gongchuan village at 9. Under the guidance of the village leaders, we visited Wei Zhenzhong, a lonely old man. He is a hunchback and inconvenient to walk. He lives in a small hut behind her brother’s house. There are just a few pieces of furniture in the room. We learned he lives alone and no one takes care of him. Sometimes he receives relieves from his relatives, but he also hopes being cared. Then we were divided into 3 groups and we had a volunteer speaking Zhuang language in each team for better communication. Each group did their job seriously as on-the-spot interviews and gifts distribution. The gift was one kilo pork and 3 kilos noodle. The elder people were very grateful for our action, which let them feel the care from the other people. Labor division for 3 was rational. One was in charge of taking pictures, one for recording and the other one for interviewing and translating. We asked them about income, expense, and needs. We released their information online after being approved by them. After interviews, we got to know the government also appropriated subsidies for the lonely elder people. They do not have children and have no one to take care of them, but they need care. If people can visit them regularly, they will be much happier. For the whole day, we visited 13 lonely old people. Our original plan was 15, but 2 of them moved to their relatives’ homes and we could not access to their places. After the action, the students realized the society should know more about the old people and they should not be ignored by the society. Original article written by Xiaogang Fang, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang Iseek Cultural Center is a public welfare organization initiated by patients with PAH (pulmonary artery hypertension), which aims to provide support and service for people with invisible disabilities as PAH. “What’s the problem today? Why did I ate so little?” They were last words that Xiaoxin left at my micro-blog. She was under her 23 when she passed away. She was a happy, lively, but independent girl in our eyes. She suffered from serious PAH (pulmonary arterial hypertension) caused by complete atrioventricular septal defect (CAVSD). She had not received targeted medical treatment due to economic problem. She worked as a customer service for a travel agency and paid her medicine bills. She also ran an online shop, selling Vietnam specialties. She often made fun of herself as a cashew nut girl. On March 1, 2013, she wrote in her micro-blog, “I am 22 and suffer from CAVSD A type, serious PAH. I have been taking vardenafil for 3 months. I had chest congestion at 9, and felt pain from the left cervical artery to the last rib of the left side chest. I laid for oxygen till 11, but I still felt obvious suffocated and difficulty in breathing. The swelling pain became more serious in the left side chest.” No March 4, 2013, she wrote, “I am fine tody and it is fine, too……, I am happy today……(PS: I also gave my mum 20 yuan generously and she will buy fruits for me)” Although she suffered from the disease, her optimism and independent were with us. She helped us to forward micro-blogs and to encourage other patients. This is the box of cashew nut I bought from Xiaoxin’s online shop. We just finished the cashew nuts. The girl who wrote these lines passed away unexpectedly. Original article written by Huan Huang, translated by Maggie Li and edited by Yanyan Zhang Compassion Nayong Public Welfare is based on Nayong, a poverty-stricken area in Guizhou Province. Taking the network as the platform, it carries out various public welfare activities to aid education.
At 15:00 of April 18, 2013, a team with 5 volunteers from Compassion Nayong Public Welfare Association raised 245 dictionaries for 245 students in Luoga Primary School. To enrich their extra-curriculum life, we also donated some books to the school, including China Children's Encyclopedia (6 sets), Chinese Idioms Dictionary (6 volumes), Liao-Fan's Four Lessons (6 sets), 80 Examples for Reading (6 volumes), Model Essays for Primary Student (6 volumes). Thank all people who care about the students of Luoga Primary School. Original article written by Tao He, translated by Maggie Li and edited by Yanyan Zhang Little Red Scarf provides financial support and encouragement to children suffering from congenital heart disease. In addition, they provide families with post-operative care and help the children sustain a healthy lifestyle.
Zhuan Zhuan is only 21 years old. Most of girls at her age may be in universities and enjoy their wonderful youth time. But Zhuan Zhuan already got married at 19 and gave birth to her first kid at 20. Zhuan Zhuan dropped off school at the fifth grade in elementary school as she has been in delicate health since she was born. Her families live in poverty so they can’t afford the health exam and tuition for Zhuan Zhuan. After her pregnancy, Zhuan Zhuan felt very tired and breathless every day. Doctor found that she has heart disease and suggested her to go to a better hospital in the capital city- Lan Zhou. Zhuan Zhuan didn’t go there since her family can’t afford the trip to Lan Zhou. Zhuan Zhuan risked herself to give birth to her son by C-section. In order to take care of the family and prepare enough money for her heart surgery, Zhuan Zhuan’s husband has to leave the family behind and go to city to work. With the money they earned and borrowed from feneration, they came to the hospital in Lanzhou. The doctor recommended the Little Red Scarf and their application was approved. Humanitarian groups in Vietnam lack resources, especially in the mountainous tribal regions. Vietnam Missions represents these groups by maintaining frequent communication with them and summarizing their life-changing updates to their donors.
Dear TFish’s sponsors, In God’s grace, Loving Shelter has been continuing its operation by putting faith in the Lord and leaning on His provisions. This month highlight story: Hoai Van Dao, a 7th year old boy whose father is a Cambodian and mother is a Vietnamese minority – Chau Ro. His father is an alcoholic and left for Cambodia, leaving the single mom with three children. Hoai ended up living with his grandmother in Dong Nai province. Growing up without seeing his father, yet he has never stopped hearing the taunts from his grandmother and mother, “like father like son, hard-headed!” And it has become the boy’s nickname. He was proud of that in fact and lived a life of a hard-headed boy just as he was called. He was known with fighting and cussing in the neighborhood that everyone including his family turned away. When visiting his grandmother’s home, I saw Hoai and felt sorry for him. I loved him and wanted to adopt him, but his grandmother said, “Oh no, he is very stubborn, just like his father.” I replied, “Please don’t worry. Things will be fine. The Lord will change him.” That’s how Hoai got adopted by Loving Shelter. Since then, the boy also adopted a new name, “Good Hoai.” And he becomes obedient indeed. This year, he is in first grade class and before going to school, he greets me goodbye. When I ask, he answers me with kind and respectful words. He also shows appreciation when having his meals. Loving Shelter is facing the new year with many challenges. Despise the loneliness feeling I have in this mission because there is not much of support by my side, my heart is warmed when out of the lips of the “Good Hoai,” a praise song was sung, “Christ the Lord is risen today Earth and heaven in chorus say Raise your joys and triumphs high Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply Love's redeeming work is done Fought the fight, the battle won Death in vain forbids him rise Christ has opened paradise…” The Lord sacrificed His life because of me. What about me? I wonder what future the “hard-headed” boy would have if there wasn’t a helping hand extended for him. Thanks be to God who touch and changed the boy’s life. Thank you TFish’s sponsors for making this work possible and may the Lord give you back with many blessings from above. Original Article written by Vietnam Missions, translated by Cam Chau According to their motto - “Love, truth, and service to community” - Xingyang Volunteer Federation works to enhance people’s sense of social responsibility through providing them various volunteer opportunities.
On April 15, we received text from the bank that 2201 dollars has been transferred into our accountant, which is the charity money for the second quarter from TFish. On 17, we changed to 13558.16 RMB. 5000RMB was withdrawn for the medical treatment for Wang Mengli and Wang Qiufeng, which was sent to the hospital on April 18. We will do our job well according to the ethic of “transparent public welfare and transparent financial management”. We will not let our donors including TFish down. Original article written by Zengliang Zhang, translated by Maggie Li and edited by Yanyan Zhang Longxing Public Welfare Association is a legal organization founded by a university student in Gansu province. The association aims to transform the education and public health in rural areas of Gansu province. The university students want to return the society with their knowledge.
Winter holiday just began. Students from medical university went to a remote village by cars from county health center. People working in the cities came back, adding some festival atmosphere to the village, but the shabby doors and the old sick people remain the same. Not because they are old, but they cannot afford to treat their illnesses. We feel sorry because we are not professional enough. We feel sorry because we do not have enough medicines. We feel sorry because we do not have enough medical devices. We feel sorry because that’s what we can do so far. We have been trying, but we need more people to work together. We also need strong support! Original article written by Shaoqi Wang, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang Xi'an Alliance works to promote a spirit of volunteerism. Many student volunteers are trained to participate in public welfare activities and social work.
Thanks very much for Mr Chao and Ms.Chao, Director Nguyen and staff from TFish. We received 2420 dollars from TFish today. In the first quarter of 2013, Xi’an Alliance completed one-on-one sponsorship for 101 children, supported 2 children with critical illness. We raise over 160,000 RMB with 180 beneficiaries (old and children) from rural and urban communities, 30,000 RMB goods and 30000 person-times of volunteers. Over 60 Medias as CCTV, Gansu TV, Xi’an TV, etc. reported or reprinted our activities and stories. Thanks to the support from TFish, we can achieve these. Because there were no worries, we could do a lot. Thanks again for Mr Zhao and his wife, Director Ruan and all teachers. We can do better and help more people in the second quarter. We will motivate more people to participate in voluntary activities, cooperate with more public welfare organizations and bring the spirit of voluntarism and TFish to broader and wider. Original article written by Bin Kong, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang Rainbow Village Help Center is a TFish Strategics Member. It was established for the purpose of giving glasses to impoverished children.
There are 243 students in Yunnan Pu’er Special Education School. Of these children, 3 have low vision and 38 are mental retarded. The rest of the children have language or learning handicaps. Since there is no doctor at the school, we have to train teachers how to use a visual tasting chart and suggested setting up visual file. The teachers participated in the whole process of vision screening, and they had some preliminary understanding about the students’ vision. Niyao is hearing impaired. He has amblyopia but received no prescription in his childhood. The esotropia with nystagmus became more serious as he grew up. He is 16 now and has missed the best period for treatment. Hou Yinbo was led to low vision by presbyopia in his childhood. With the strong demand from his teacher, his parents bought glasses for him, but they were damaged 3 years ago. His parents have not bought a new pair for him since then. Yingbo’s corrected visual acuity is about 4.4, while the normal child should be above 4.8. We hope his vision will become better or remain stable. |
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