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THE VIETNAMESE ASSOCIATION FOR VICTIMS OF AGENT ORANGE (VAVA)
VAVA was founded in 2004 and was set up to help the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange. Agent Orange is the name given to the deadly chemical which was sprayed by the American forces over Vietnam from 1961 to 1971. More than 80 million litres of poisonous chemicals were used; most of them were Agent…
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HOA BINH PEACE VILLAGE – VIETNAM
Hoa Binh Peace Village is part of Tu Du Obstetric and Gynaecological Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. Since it was founded in 1990 it has been home to some 400 children, most of them suffering from the effects of Agent Orange, the deadly chemical sprayed to defoliate the forest regions by the Americans during…
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BLUE DRAGON CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION
In 2002, Australian teacher Michael Brosowski moved to Vietnam where he worked at Hanoi’s National Economics University. Within months, he and several of his students were teaching English and life skills to the city’s shoeshine boys, who were trying to earn money just to survive. Soon the idea for an open football team arose, giving street…
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DISABILITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PROGRAM (DDSP) – CAMBODIA
Disability Development Services Program is a Cambodian Non-Government Organisation launched in January 2003. It is one of the few Cambodian organisations in the country providing services to disabled people, and is based in Pursat, a poor rural province in central Cambodia. Its objectives are to enable disabled people to access services to improve their quality…
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ALL EARS CAMBODIA
All Ears Cambodia was started by Glyn Vaughan, a senior audiologist at Charing Cross Hospital, in 2003, and provides a unique medical service in a country torn by years of war. It works with all Cambodians from new-borns to the elderly, and from all walks of life. These include children and adults from some of…
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DAUGHTERS OF CAMBODIA – PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
For some time the Trustees of MSAVLC have been concerned about the appalling sex-trade that exists in Cambodia. Their particular concern is centred in Phnom Penh, which the Trustees have visited many times. In Cambodia, one of the poorest nations in the world, the sexual exploitation of children is a thriving business, especially in the…
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NEW HOPE CHILDREN’S HOME – POI PET, CAMBODIA
The New Hope Children’s Home is situated on a piece of land on the outskirts of Poi Pet, a city which is depressed, poor and scruffy. It is run by Cheng Rostitus, a committed Christian who was brought up during the Pol Pot regime and survived its horrors. Due to his experiences he is determined…