Blog Entries tagged 'Gift' http://childrenofvietnam.org Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:09:59 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Give-an-Alternative-Gift.html <p><img style="float: left;" alt="alt_gifts" src="http://childrenofvietnam.org/images/stories/alt_gifts.jpg" height="205" width="142" /></p><br/><p>Looking for a gift for a socially- conscious loved one?</p><br/><p>Alternative Gifts International is a marketplace that allows you to choose your favorite humanitarian or environmental cause and make a charitable gift in someone's honor. </p><br/><p>Children of Vietnam's initiative called Empowering Foundation for Women is proud to be featured on this site!< [...] boycoc8@wfu.edu Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100 Vietnam Gift family Donate children http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/COV-selected-UNAVSA.html This past weekend the Union of North American Vietnamese Associations selected Children of Vietnam and the Hope System of Care as the beneficiary of their year-long fundraising by its chapters on college campuses all across the United States and Canada.<br/><br/>The selection was made after a presentation by a COV representative done at the UNAVSA annual conference in Denver. The 300 students in attendance at the conference selected Children of Vietnam as the year-long beneficiary.<br/><br/>This is a grea [...] boycoc8@wfu.edu Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100 Vietnam sanitation housing Hope System of Care Gift family Donate agent orange http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Help-Clara-build-a-Kindergarten-.html {youtubejw}MHB0sLfHnHQ{/youtubejw}<br/><p>Help 3rd grader Clara rebuild a kindergarten in a rural Vietnamese village that was devastated by a recent typhoon!</p><br/><p>Check out what Clara is doing- from selling lemonade to making homemade bottlecap necklaces-- in order to raise $11,000 for this project on her citizen effect project page.</p><br/><p>http://citizeneffect.org/projects/trung-chanh-kindergarten</p><br/><p>Here are some more of the details:</p><br/><p>Trung Chanh is one of seven villages in the mo [...] boycoc8@wfu.edu Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 Vietnam sanitation Gift Donate construction communicable diseases children http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Childrens-Day-Celebration.html <p>June 1st was  a special holiday in Vietnam-- Children’s Day. Children's day is a special day dedicated to honoring kids' children in Vietnam receive special gifts from their parents or go out on family outings.</p><br/><p>COV celebrated this day too by giving bicycles and treats to 50 poor children in the rural district of Hoa Vang. </p><br/><p>To learn more about our Bicycle Program see: http://www.childrenofvietnam.org/en/education/113-bicycles-for-education.html</p><br/><p><img alt="249678_22799 [...] boycoc8@wfu.edu Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100 Vietnam Gift family Donate children http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Celebreate-Tet-with-COV.html <p><b>It's that time of year again! Tết, the most important Vietnamese holiday marks the arrival of spring in Vietnam based on the lunar calendar. </b></p><br/><p>The holiday is marked by festivals, family time and food.</p><br/><p>Vietnamese people usually return to their families during Tết for reunions and ancestor worship .In the days leading up to the new year the Vietnamese are busy preparing their homes, wardrobe, menus and more for the upcoming festivities. People often try to pay off their de [...] boycoc8@wfu.edu Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 Vietnam Gift family children http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Just-Give-.html <br/><br/>Since the start of JustGive.org, Children of Vietnam has received $550 through JustGive and its many partners. This October, JustGive celebrates 10 years of online charitable giving. To mark the occasion, thank donors and further their mission to increase charitable giving, starting October 10, JustGive will add $10 to every donation made for 10 days.<br /><br />Another challenge has just been presented by one of our great supporters. If 10 people donate through JustGive during the n [...] boycoc8@wfu.edu Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Vietnam Just Give Gift donor Donate children http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/COV-Video.html <br/><br/><br/><br/> boycoc8@wfu.edu Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Vietnam myblog Infrastructure housing Hope System of Care Gift family Donate disability dioxin children agent orange