Orphan Impact is pleased to announce that our computer and internet training project for orphan children in Vietnam has received a grant award of $30,000 from the Transparent Fish Fund and Chao Foundation, key strategic partners of Orphan Impact. The grant will help to support the Orphan Impact goal of developing 10 new orphanage computer labs throughout Southern and Central Vietnam in 2015.
Since 2009 Orphan Impact has provided computer and internet training courses to more than 1,200 orphan children in 20 orphanages with the goal of providing important technology training to orphans to help them be better prepared for their futures beyond the orphanage. About Transparent Fish Fund Transparent Fish Fund is a 501©(3) US non-profit organization founded in 2011 in Palo Alto, California, established exclusively for charitable purposes to connect credible Chinese and East Asian grassroots NGOs with individuals from the West. The greater mission behind this work is to foster a sustainable long-term NGO culture in East Asia, and in doing so, spread a global spirit of philanthropy. About Chao Foundation The Ping & Amy Chao Family Foundation was founded in Silicon Valley by high technology entrepreneur Ping Chao and his wife Amy in 2005. The foundation's missions are to improve the health and wellbeing of children in disadvantaged regions worldwide, and promote a spirit of philanthropy and awareness of nonprofit and service opportunities among Asian Americans as well as the younger generation in East Asia. The foundation accomplishes these goals through implementing its own programs, as well as through grants to organizations with similar missions. Little Red Scarf is in Lanzhou, Gansu province and 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. Yumei is a lovely 3-year-old girl. She lives in a remote village in Longdong of Gansu province. Thanks to other parents’ introduction, she found us. When we first met her on May 11, we were scared by her skin color. Her face showed purple and her lips showed dark with red eyes and blue toes and fingers. The family could not afford medical examinations, so she had never been checked in a good hospital. With a series of checks, the doctors said the child needs to be hospitalized for further checks. After another week’s check and treatment, we were looking forward to hear the news that she could be treated by operation. Unfortunately, she got chicken pox on May 17 and got high fever. Her father had to take care of her all the time. We would bring her a lollipop when we visited her in the hospital. The candy made her to stay a moment’s quiet. We worried her skin even more with chicken pox. She was transferred to infectious disease department. After the treatment, she was getting better. The doctor said she had to stay in infectious disease department for 7 days before she was transferred to cardiac surgery department. On May 28, she could be transferred to cardiac surgery department. Her chicken pox disappeared and there were some scars in the face. With further checks and consultations, the doctor told the child’s father that her situation is serious, which needed 2 risky surgeries. The costs would be high. Her father still insisted on doing surgery, for he knew the surgery was the only hope for her daughter. On June 11, it was the surgery day. For the whole month we had been expecting the surgery nervously. It was not a common surgery. After 7 hours’ hard working, the surgery was done at 15:00. The situation was not optimistic. At 19:00, the doctor decided to another surgery which could be very risky. When the doctor told the risks that the girl had to be faced, the father could not help weeping. |
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