a rural medical clinic upgraded.

Deep in the countryside of Vietnam, many medical clinics lack adequate equipment and supplies.  One of which is Que Xuan’s medical clinic in Quang Nam Province.  On June 5th, 2009, Global Village staff along representatives from the Rotary Club of Osaka, Japan visited Que Xuan’s medical clinic to donate medical supplies and equipment.  Dr. Hiramoto, whom has worked with clinics and hospitals in Vietnam’s central region for over ten years, Dr. Shimizu, Dr. Tomita, and Nurse Yukiko from Japan generously donated much needed equipment to Que Xuan’s clinic.

a new home, a new hope.

On May 25th, 2009, Global Village Foundation staff and volunteers visited the recently constructed home for a family of three in Duy Vinh Village, built through the generous donations of Lynn Harris, Dolores Dally, Krista Cowley, and Katie Harris.  As a single parent working as a farmer and a traditional mat weaver to raise her two middle school-aged children, it was difficult to make ends meet in this rural community, let alone have the financial capacity to afford adequate shelter for her family.  Previously, this family was living in a house made of sheet metal with compacted dirt floors and walls constructed from straw mats.

reading to explore the world.

On May 15th, 2009, Global Village Foundation, through the generous donations of Guy and Kathy (two GoPhilanthropic volunteers from Montreal), distributed two Portable Mobile Library book boxes to two primary schools in Binh Dinh Bac and Binh Minh Villages in Thanh Binh District.  With us that day was our GlobeAware volunteer, Harrison from Rice University, who taught the children how to sing such classics as the “I Love You” children’s song.

two-hundred fifty new books.

On April 8th, 2009, the GVF staff, aboard a fifteen seater van, entered through the gates of Nam Hai Resort to meet two generous donors from the United States.  Peter Joseph and Marcy Levine, a couple from the Bay Area, California, were on the last leg of their trip through South East Asia.  Not the typical tourists Peter and Marcy; they just came from working with a non-profit based in Phnom Penh assisting children living in garbage dumps.  As they’ve put smiles on the faces and warmth in the hearts of the youth in Phnom Penh, likewise would be done for the young students at a rural elementary school in Quang Nam Province–lacking many resources–with their donation of GVF’s mobile library.