VIETNAM – 2016

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With a greater (with respect to other regions) number of volunteers in the locale, GGB coordinates with the volunteers in the respective locale to provide assistance to abondoned seniors and orphans, many of which are disabled and mentally ill.  Additionally, scholarships are also setup to provide financial assistance to qualified students.

OUR PROJECTS

Beneficiary: Villagers with leprosy
Location:
Gia Lai and Kon Tum Provinces, Vietnam

  • Đăk Trôi, Mang Yang District, Gia Lai
  • H'Lăng, Chư Pơng, Chư Sê District, Gia Lai
  • H' Ra, Mang Yang District, Gia Lai
  • Chư Pưh District, Gia Lai
  • Chư Prông, Gia Lai
  • Đăk Rve, Kon Rẫy District, Kon Tum

Date: December 2016
How we helped: Purchased items to create 555 packages containing food items and laundry detergent for villagers.

Beneficiary:  Orphans at Chùa Vạn Đức (Temple)
Location:
Bình Đại, Bình Đại District, Ben Tre, Vietnam
Date:  November 2016
How we helped: Purchased rice and milk for the temple.

Beneficiary:  Abandoned Seniors at Chùa Ngọc Quang (Temple)
Location:
Bình Chánh, Ho Chi Minh City
Date: November 2016
How we helped:  Purchased food items to cook lunch. Cut hair and purchased cookies and milk for the seniors.

Beneficiary:  Disabled, Homeless and those in Poverty at Bù Gia Mập Community Service
Location:
Bình Chánh, Ho Chi Minh City
Date: November 2016
How we helped:  Purchased food items to cook lunch and cut hair.

Beneficiary:  Visually Disabled and those with Cancer at Chùa Từ Quang (Temple)
Location:
Bình Chánh, Ho Chi Minh City
Date: November 2016
How we helped:  Purchased food items to cook lunch, cut hair and provided snack packages.

Beneficiary: Trại Tâm Thần Tư Phước  (Mentally Disabled Camp)
Location:
Pleiku, Gia Lai, Vietnam
Date: November 2016
How we helped: Purchased food items to make packages containing dried fish, seasonings, rice, cooking oil, broth powder, instant noodles.

Beneficiary:  Orphans at Nhà thờ Phương Quý (Church)
Location:
Vinh Quang, Kon Tum, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam
Date: November 2016
How we helped: Purchased food items like rice and instant noodles for the 400 children living in this church.

Beneficiaries: Graduate of the GGB Scholarship
Location:  Vietnam
Date: August 2016
How We Helped:  Awarded academic achievement to Nguyet, who graduated from post-secondary school. She was a recipient of the GGB Scholarship.

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Beneficiaries:  Post-Secondary Students
Location:  Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Date: March 2016
How We Helped: Provided scholarships to 14 post-secondary students.