Blog Entries for COV

Landon Carter Schmitt Memorial Fund

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:34:58 +0100

COV is thankful for the support of the Landon Carter Schmitt Memorial Fund for their funding of 14 kids for three years in the Hope System of Care. Here is a message from the fund:

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OneVietnam

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:47:50 +0100

Will you help Children of Vietnam with a $1 leadership donation? Your donation will help to earn us a place on “OneVietnam,” a global online network for the Vietnamese community. Your gift will demonstrate that we have supporters who value the children we are helping and that we have the confidence and trust of you.

Children of Vietnam has a low ov [...]

Friend of COV, Catherine Karnow will feature her photography on the devestating legacy of Agent ...

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:21:26 +0100

Invisible Solitudes - Life at the Edge of Mental Health

An International Photography Exhibition

When: October 7 - 27, 2012

Where: Hotel Michelangelo, via Scarlatti 33, Milan, Italy (Oct 8-11) / Università degli Studi

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A COV Board Member's Day with Scholarship Recipients

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:35:08 +0100

We are poor children but we have the same wishes to learn. ... Every year that we advance in school is another year of hardship for our families. ...Life is difficult but we know we are lucky to have the support of our parents and COV. ... [the COV scholarship] is the highest spirit gift. We promise to try our best in learning to make you happy.

If you don't have the tissues out yet, have some nearby. The government speakers mentioned that some of these students had trav [...]

COV Golf Tournament

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Fall is approaching which according to one of our board members makes him think about golf. So, he is organizing the Children of Vietnam's 4th Annual Golf Outing. I am inviting you to join him and me on Oct 19th at the James Park Golf Course.

So how will this help children? School in Vietnam is not free. Read short the attached profile of one of our girls to learn what kind of impact joining us will have.

When poor girls in Vietnam get to the 6-8th grade they are often taken [...]

The Vietnamese Ministry of Defense & the U.S. ...

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:29:30 +0100

On August 9, 2012, the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will launch a joint project that will safely and completely destroy the dioxin in contaminated soils at the Da Nang airport. This announcement marks a dramatic new milestone in the collaboration between the U.S. and Vietnamese governments towards resolving the le [...]

Vietnam News Article on Sanitation and Children's Health in Vietnam

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:12:55 +0100

Simple intervention can save kids' lives

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COV Annual Golf Tournament

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:07:49 +0100

COV 4th Annual Golf Tournament

Children of Vietnam Golf Outing Fundraiser

2012 Sponsorships - Jamestown Park Golf Course, Jamestown, NC

Friday, October 12th, 2012, 12:00pm Shotgun Start!

Trek for a Helping Hand 2012

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:47:56 +0100

Trek for a Helping Hand 2012
Posted on June 24, 2012 by Inspired (Katie C)

In May 2012, five formidable women trekked the remote mountains and rice fields west of Hanoi having raised over $20,000 for Good [...]

COV Partner Stop Hunger Now Visits Vietnam

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:39:48 +0100

A Post from the Stop Hunger Now Blog

After almost three weeks in Southeast Asia there are far too many highpoints and wonderful memories to make a complete list. But, with all the meetings and all the progress we have made on so many fronts, nothing compares with the time we got to spend with all of those folks who receive our Stop Hunger Now meals [...]

Land Lease Issues in Vietnam

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:34:39 +0100

Article from East Asia Forum
Vietnam: will property rights solve land disputes?

Author: John Gillespie, Monash University

Something that was previously unthinkable has been happening in Vietnam in the last few years: prominent retired Vietnamese officials, national assembly deputies and bloggers are com [...]

Dining For Women is Supporting COV Throughout May

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Mon, 07 May 2012 03:36:42 +0100

A big thank you to all of the Dining For Women Chapters who are supporting Children of Vietnam's Empowering Foundation for Women and Their Children this month!

With your support, COV will be able to provide customized programs for single mothers living in poverty so that they will be empowered for a better future.

Empowering Foundations for Women and their Children (EFWC)

Vietnam in a Historical Context

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:44:48 +0100

Want to see Saigon circa 1945? Check out this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=eR1OIgftNvU

Study shows that 3.4 Million Children in Vietnam are Undernourished

boycoc8@wfu.edu — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:39:27 +0100

Did you know? COV is working to alleviate malnutrition and stunted growth by distributing 855,360 of vitamin-fortified meals at 2 cents per meal across Quang Nam Province to rural kindergartens, orphanages, pagodas and rural hospitals. Find more about COV's nutrtition programs here

From Asia One News

And here is some additional details about one of the HSOC benificiaries- Thien.