- Hope Today
"Hope Today" is a
non-profit charitable organization , providing assistance for poor and disadvantaged people inVietnam . Founded in2000 by a group of Vietnamese-Americans and based in theUSA .The Organization's activities, according to its statement, are fully based on volunteer efforts, absence of administrative costs taken from donations and the strict code of conduct. The main sponsors are private individuals (mostly American citizens of the Vietnamese origin).
HopeToday cooperates with other humanitarian charitable organizations to ensure essential charity services for the needy people. [ [http://sap-vn.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_bookmarks&Itemid=70&mode=3&catid=-1&navstart=0&search=h SAP VN Directory] ]
Main Projects
* Sunflower Project
** Assistance to theorphan s inNam Dinh ,Dong Nai andSai Gon and to the children of disabled families in Sai Gon;
** Assistance to elementary schools inBen Tre andMy Tho ;
** Assistance to ablind elementary school inHam Tan ;
** Assistance to a kindergarten class and elementary schools inQuang Tri ;
** Assistance to a kindergarten class and a nursery in Nghe An.
* Project Rose
** Providing bicycles to the poor students in the rural area outside ofHue ;
** Providingscholarship s and assistance to the poor students inQuang Binh ,Quang Tri ,Hue ,Phan Rang ,Pleiku ,Lam Dong ,Saigon ,Phuoc Long ,Can Gio ,Dong Thap ,My Tho ,Ben Tre , andRuong Tre ;
** Providing assistance to the blind youths inQuang Tri ;
** Providing trade training assistance to the disabled youths inBen Tre .
* Project Lotus
** Assistance to the poor and elderly in KenhNhieu Loc ;
** Assistance to the poor and sick elderly inBinh Chanh ;
** Assistance to the poor and elderly inBen Tre ;
** Assistance to the poor and elderly inVung Tau ;
** Assistance to free medical clinics serving the poor, elderly andHIV /AIDS patients inHue andNghe An ;
** Providingscholarship s to free clinic nurses to become doctors to better serve the poor;
** Providing aid to the cancer patients and to the lepers in rural area.
* Project Iris
** Providing fresh water wells for the lepers in the highland area ofPleiku and for a poor village inNghe An .References
External links
* [http://www.hopetoday.org/ Hope Today Home Page]
This article is related to the
List of non-governmental organizations in Vietnam .
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