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Families In Vietnam

A BRIGHTER FUTURE
THROUGH EDUCATION AND FAMILY SPONSORSHIP


For most children in Vietnam, school is not free. Our primary project is the Family Sponsorship Program which registers children for school, pays their school fees, and enables families to care for their own children. Click the Family Sponsorship Program link on the top menu for more details about our work. We now have 78 children in our program!

Families In Vietnam is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Here are some links about our organization:
  • 2007 IRS filing for organizations under $25,000 per year
  • PACCOM is Vietnam's authority over NGOs
    • Current sponsors: Click here to renew sponsorship

    SPONSOR A CHILD
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    • $17 per month pays the school fees for one child and the child's family joins our Family Sponsorship Program.
    • School fees include 2 uniforms, books, lunch at school and health insurance.
    • All school fees are paid directly to the school and we monitor each child's progress regularly.
    • There is no overhead on these donations. All overhead is paid by other contributors.
    • Families In Vietnam uses PayPal to manage sponsorship. To sponsor a child via personal check, please contact val_lehner@yahoo.com.
    • You will receive information about the child you are sponsoring, including photographs and letters.

    One-year-old baby B is now home with her family after spending the past 6 months in the hospital. She has suffered from a severe respiratory infection and malnutrition. Baby B weighs 6 kg. We would like to provide her with baby formula and help with her medical bills. Her family is hard-working, but they suffer much discrimination because they are part African.
    		Found a sponsor!

    11-year-old D. is in dire need of help. His mother cares very much for him and desperately wants him to continue in school, but she has very little income. D.'s father is always drunk and hits D. and his mother.
    		Found a sponsor!

    This 4-year-old lives with his parents in a very poor area of Hanoi. They are hard-working, but cannot afford to send him to kindergarten. Please consider sponsoring this precious little boy.
    		Found a sponsor!

    In 2006 this little girl's father was caught selling heroin and sent to prison. Not long after that her mother left her. She is now living with her paternal grandparents, who are over 70 years old. They desperately want to provide a future for their grandchild, but cannot afford the school fees.
    		Found a sponsor!

    This little girl's parents moved from Hung Yen to Hanoi in hopes of providing a better future for their child. They are illiterate postcard sellers around Hoan Kiem lake. Finding a sponsor through Families In Vietnam is this child's only hope for obtaining an education.
    		Found a sponsor!

    Specific information on this child will be available soon!
    		Found a sponsor!

    Specific information on this child will be available soon!
    		Found a sponsor!

    This child needs to go to kindergarten, but the parents are stuck in a cycle of poverty, selling postcards to tourists, which barely covers the rent of a room and food. Please consider sponsoring this precious child.
    		Found a sponsor!

    Photo coming in late January This little girl's parents divorced 3 years ago. Her father is a heroin addict. Her mother remarried and lives far away. The little girl now lives with her impoverished grandmother, who would love to send her to school and provide a better life for her granddaughter.
    		Found a sponsor!

    SPONSORSHIP DETAILS
    As a sponsor, you will receive information about the child, photographs and a letter from your child once per year. Please take a look at the Family Sponsorship Program link at the top of this page for more information about the program. We bring gifts to Vietnam each summer. You can include a letter, photo of yourself, gifts, and gently-used clothing. If you would like to visit the family you are supporting, we can arrange a personal visit so that you can see the benefits of your support and develop a long-term relationship with a family in Vietnam.


    ONE-TIME DONATIONS OF ANY AMOUNT
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    Obtaining birth control is an ongoing issue for most families who join our program. Unwanted pregnancies result in a very high national abortion rate and difficulty caring for the number of children one has brought into the world. $80 provides a family in our program with family planning for a year plus one OB/Gyn visit for mom.
    		Birth Control


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