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  • Middle School Students Raise Money for Forgotten People (PDF)
    For a second year, teenagers at Talmadge Middle School in Independence, Oregon are raising money to buy school supplies for impoverished schools and schoolchildren in Vietnam. After studying Southeast Asia and listening to a presentation of the Forgotten People Foundation, Brittany Damewood and Grace Peets were inspired to do something to help the children of Vietnam. Both girls are students in Kelly Cutsforth’s leadership class – a class in which students engage in service oriented activities. “Kids here don’t think about school as a privilege like kids do in Vietnam. We just wanted to do something to help.”  More in this article (PDF).

  • 2009 Executive Director's Progress Report on the Home for Abandoned and Disabled Children (PDF)
    FPF Executive Director, Dr. Mark Girod traveled to Bac Ninh City and Huang La Village with Dr. Hank Bersani and Dr. Abby Wojcikiewicz to visit the resident and caregivers at the Home for Abandoned and Disabled Children (HADC). Previous trips to the HADC were co-sponsored by the Office of Service Learning at Western Oregon University and included several students who worked in the orphanage assisting with food preparation, care of residents, and building construction. This year's trip was focused on assessing the needs of the residents and caregivers.... Full report here (PDF).

  • Breaking Ground for a new Home - 
    Your donations have supported the construction of a new home for residents of the HADC. Spring BreakSee exciting pictures and information on the progress on the new HADC building here. Due to your generosity and recent fundraising efforts the FPF has contributed over $15,000 to initiate the construction of a new building for residents of the Home of Abandoned Disabled Children. During this construction phase, the residents are living in temporary housing. Due to our initiatives the Catholic Diocese of Bac Ninh has agreed to complete the construction of the new home. This will expand the capacity and most important provide a safe and healthy environment for both the sisters who provide loving care for the children and adults.

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  • Benefit Concert A Success! - On Friday April 17, 2009 a benefit concert was held featuring Tinh Mahoney - internationally renowned guitarist & storyteller! - Organized by a student group consisting of Austin Haag, Megan VanderPlaat, Mollie Brady, Sydney Ewing, and Tasha Burlison $4000.00 was raised to help support the construction of a new orphanage for the abandoned and disabled children of Bac Ninh. We congratulate these student humanitarians for supporting our work and much gratitude to Tinh Mahoney who inspired us by his music and personal journey. More info here.

  • 2008 Executive Director's Progress Report on the Home for Abandoned and Disabled Children (PDF)
    Traveling with a group of 10 students from Western Oregon University, we were able to visit the Home for Abandoned and Disabled Children (HADC) in Huang La, Vietnam in March and April, 2008. We were anxious to see the progress made on the construction of the new facilities. Though the new building facilities are not yet complete, the construction progress made is already a dramatic improvement over the cramped quarters of previous facilities. Once completed, the additional space will allow the HADC to almost triple its capacities and care for many additional children and adults in need. Without question, the role of the Forgotten People Foundation is critical in the health and safety of these most defenseless and vulnerable people. I implore all to contribute liberally as even a little goes so far for those who have almost nothing. Full report here (PDF).

  • Students and Faculty recent visit to Vietnam for Alternative Spring Break.  Return trip in 2009 being planned.  News article, slideshow and details here.

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  • Sister Theresa Luong visits the United States. We were grateful to have a visit from this wonderful Catholic Sister and caregiver from the Home for Abandoned and Disabled Children this past spring. Sister Luong raised over $5000.00 which in turn was sent to support the construction needs and care the residents of the HADC

  • Many Thanks to our friends in Arizona! - who contributed $648.00 in donations including a sizable check from the student association at Arizona State University.  And we continue to extend thanks to Mong Tuyen and her BUT TRE Magazine in Arizona for their fundraising earlier this year. They raised $8,000 for FPF and are planning to raise another $25,000 with the "Spread the Love" group!!

  • Executive Director responsibilities have transitioned to Mark Girod as of May 2007.  Best Wishes to Tuan who is spending this year managing a large project in Vietnam.

  • Tuan Nguyen returns from visiting the Huong La - Home for Abandoned and Disabled Children and reports that conditions are much worse than earlier realized.  Read Tuan's status report here.  Help is needed now...please consider making a donation now.  

All the children at the HADC (Home for Abandoned and Disabled Children) have some form of mental retardation or illness and some are deaf. Many were found lying in their beds with resulting bedsores from not being turned on a regular basis.  Often children share the same clothes and babies have to share milk bottles.

The nuns caring for these children have great hearts but little training in how to adequately provide for their needs. On behalf of Forgotten People Foundation, Tuan delivered a check for $1000.00 U.S. dollars to cover basic food and utilities for the home for the next three months. Thank you to all of those who have made this contribution possible. Your help is desperately needed now.  Please visit our donation section of the web site today.
 
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