Orphan Impact is pleased to be the recipient of a $25,000 grant from the Chao Foundation and Transparent Fish Fund. The funds have been granted to support the Orphan Impact computer and internet training program for 288 orphan children, age 8 to 17, in orphanages throughout Vietnam. This is the second consecutive year Orphan Impact has received a grant from the Chao Foundation and Transparent Fish Fund. The generosity of this grant has been instrumental in helping Orphan Impact to strengthen core program areas and expand to reach more children in more orphanages.
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 and Amy Chao Family Foundation was founded in California’s Silicon Valley in 2005 by Ping Chao and his wife Amy. The foundation was established to fund nonprofit and public welfare initiatives that (1) improve children’s health in developing countries; and (2) nurture a spirit of philanthropy among the younger generation in China and of the greater Chinese Diaspora. While the Chao Foundation is based in the Bay Area and has local projects, many of its programs focus on developing countries in East Asia, from China and Cambodia to Vietnam. For Immediate Release
Our deepest gratitude to the Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation and to the Transparent Fish Fund for their support and friendship! In addition to the $10,000 awarded at the beginning of 2014 to build 7 homes and a bridge, Tfish has granted another $10,000 to Sahaya Vietnam to provide 10 additional homes. The grant award will be presented at the Sahaya Vietnam Charity Art Show this Sunday April 27th, 2014 from 2-5pm at the Evergreen Community Center in San Jose Ca. Please come and join us! In 2014, Sahaya International's Vietnam program has been awarded a total of $20,000 in grant by the Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation (www.chaofoundation.org) and Transparent Fish Fund (www.tfishfund.org/sahaya.html). The grants will provide much needed financial resource to continue our humanitarian mission of providing shelter to the impoverished families and rebuilding of a damage bridge in Kien Giang, Vietnam. On behalf of the precious children and families in rural Vietnam, we would like to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to The Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation and The Transparent Fish Fund for their kindness and generosity. The Chao Foundation $17,000 grant will be used to provide homes for seventeen families and $3,000 to help rebuild a broken and dangerous bridge for a whole village. Seven homes and One bridge have already been completed. In the following months Sahaya and Tfish will continue to provide 10 more homes for 10 precious families. May Sahaya International, The Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation, and The Transparent Fish Fund continue their humanitarian friendship to help those in need. May all be free from poverty. Please visit our websites for more info: www.sahayavietnam.org www.tfishfund.org/sahaya.html www.chaofoundation.org Xinhua News, Lanzhou, March 26 (Reporters: Wenjing Zhang, Gang Guo) In a ward in Lanzhou University First Hospital Cardiac Surgery Department, 8-year-old girl He Hongyan sits on her hospital bed, with a ruddy complexion, admiring the photo taken of her by America’s Little Red Scarf employees. Only a few days ago, her face tinted purple and she could barely move. He Hongyan is from a rural area near Weiyuan County, Dingxi City in Gansu Province. The day after she was born, she was diagnosed with the worst type of congenital heart disease. He Hongyan’s mother tells us, “Ever since she was little, she severely lacked oxygen, her whole body tinted purple, her fingers were bent, and she could not walk; she could only squat or curl into a ball.” He Hongyan’s cousin Ma Yanxia says, “The family does not have any money to pay for the surgery, so we could only keep her alive with medication. Her condition worsened during the past few years.” Hongyan’s father died of an illness last year and her 80-year-old grandmother lies in bed, paralyzed, taken care of by Hongyan’s mother, who relies on her 25 Yuan salary from working in the vegetable sheds to keep the entire family afloat. Over the past few years, the Chinese government has introduced many support policies aimed to help the Chinese people get better medical care. One example is the policy to develop coordinated health care in the countryside. In 2012, Gansu Province Civil Affairs Office also put into effect a severe illness succor project, with congenital heart disease being one of the targeted illnesses. The support patients receive average around 20 thousand Yuan. Little Red Scarf’s Lanzhou office leader Yuan Yujie says, “The policies are great. We can reimburse some medical costs, although we must first pay 10 thousand Yuan when patients first move in to the hospital. Surgery for congenital heart disease costs around 30 thousand Yuan, with more complicated surgeries costing around 60 to 80 thousand Yuan.” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Help Little Red Scarf Treat 1000 Children of Heart Disease Silicon Valley executive Chao hopes to inspire community to engage in philanthropy by inviting everyone to join in helping the 1000th child in rural China Los Altos, CA -- Sponsored by a Silicon Valley family, Little Red Scarf (LRS), a nonprofit organization in Gansu Province, China, will soon reach its goal of treating 1000 children of congenital heart disease just in time for the annual Congenital Heart Defect Week, February 7-14, 2014. Congenital heart disease (CHD) in rural Gansu Province is highly prevalent. As many as one in 125 children are born with the disease, but most children in Gansu come from impoverished families and are unable to afford treatment. There are environmental and genetic factors that cause CHD. Children with CHD often die before reaching adolescence. LRS intervenes to give these children new hearts, thus renewing their dreams and hopes of life. Low-income families in rural Gansu receive financial support for heart surgery, post-operative care, and family sponsorships to help children sustain healthy lifestyles. Since its creation in 2008 in Silicon Valley by high technology entrepreneur Ping Chao and his wife Amy, LRS has been sponsored by the Ping & Amy Chao Family Foundation in partnership with the two best hospitals in Lanzhou to achieve the goal of 1000 treated children. Mr. and Mrs. Chao hope to set an example and encourage the community to join in the efforts of helping the rest of the children in Gansu (approx. 5000 remaining, 1 in 125 statistics). Download full press release here (PDF). |
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