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Project Vietnam Foundation Dinner Gala
Dear Friends and Supporters of Project Vietnam:
With your support over the last 12 years, Project Vietnam has expanded continuously. Our work and advocacy for the children has brought about lasting benefits for hundreds of thousands of newborn babies and children in Vietnam.
Our current programs since 1996 include:
1. Free surgeries for children with orofacial deformities and eye defects in rural areas.
2. Medical clinics at needy remote communities to treat and screen for curable medical problems. Patients receive medicines and gifts.
3. Training and updates for health personnel at all levels of the healthcare system, and ongoing collaborative work with main medical centers especially in pediatric specialties.
4. Annual Summer Service camp in July for US students to to work on rural community and medical projects with local students.
In 2005 we started the “Newborn Care Initiative” and the campaign to provide “Breaths for Newborns”in 2006.
Everyday about 100 newborn babies die in Vietnam. Most of the deaths are caused by lack of oxygen and can be prevented by good resuscitation after birth. To date our program has provided training to 40 provinces in Vietnam and distributed 700 neonatal resuscitation kits. In the hands of trained health personnel, the respiratory equipment can successfully save 90% of the babies from death and brain damage. The CPR kit with training costs only $100 and can be used for about 150 newborns annually, lasting at least 3 years, as our project has clearly demonstrated. Each rural health center needs at least one CPR kit, and Project Vietnam aims to deliver 1000 kits to remote health centers over the next 18months.
In November 2008, we will begin teaching Neonatal Resuscitation for instructors in partnership with the International Relief Teams (San Diego) as an ongoing program until each of the 64 provinces will have an instructor team. The medical mission team Fall 2008 will be working in Saigon & Hanoi, Tra Vinh and Hung Yen provinces, with mobile teams serving 10 provinces. This project will affect potentially over 1.5 million newborns annually, and we will need your help to implement it. Our program has already brought infant mortality down by 25-75% according to a survey of 15 sites where it was implemented.
We invite you to join us at our annual Fundraising gala on September 21, 2008, 6-9PM at the Royal Restaurant & Banquet in Westminster, California. The entertainment will be provided by:
- Lac Hong Performing Arts children’s group - Le Hong Quang children’s group - Fashion show by Tracy Doan presenting Geraldine knits and evening gowns collection
Once again, we thank you for your past support, and hope that you will be our ongoing partner to work for the newborns and children of Vietnam.
Your contribution to the “Breaths for newborns” campaign will directly save thousands of children every year, and will be an enduring legacy!
Sincerely,
Dr. Quynh Kieu, President, Project Vietnam Foundation 11100 Warner avenue suite 116, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (714)641-0850 projectvietnam@yahoo.com
PROJECT VIETNAM FOUNDATION DINNNER GALA Sunday September 21, 2008 6-9PM The Royal Restaurant 9743 Bolsa avenue, Westminster CA92683
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