Support our Viet Nam programs
 Income
generation - in association with the Vietnam Red Cross
and the Viet Nam Association of Victims of Agent
Orange/Dioxin WLP is helping families with disabled
children, including those believe to be affected by Agent
Orange, to increase their income.
Your contribution will help WLP in its
work to increase the annual income of poor families with
disabled children who earn less than $20/month.
 Home
construction - in association with the Viet Nam Red
Cross WLP helps renovate or construct homes for poor
families with severely disabled children. Funds donated in
memory of Bob Feldman have built or renovated homes in
Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Dong Nai province in 2007.
Your donation will help WLP to construct
and renovate more homes for the poor and disabled in
Vietnam. A new home such as the one picture above costs
about $2000 to construct.
 Quang
Ngai Rehabilitation and Vocational Training Center-
Currently Quang Ngai city in Central Viet Nam only has
facilities to care for less than 10 percent of the children
with severe disabilities in need of round the clock care and
rehabilitation services. WLP is
working with Dr Phan Thi Phi Phi and
the Quang Ngai Association of Agent Orange Victims to construct, equip and staff a medical
clinic, respite center and rehabilitation and vocational training center for
severely disabled children in Quang Ngai province. The
center once built will serve 50 residential and 200
non-residential children in need.
 Support for Surgeries - in
association with the Hue Medical School and the Office of
Genetic Counseling and Disabled Children we are supporting
the cost of surgeries and medical care for children with
congenital heart defects, cleft palate, club foot and other
surgically correctible conditions. To date most of these
surgeries have been supported by funds donated in memory of
Chris Jenkins, a former International Voluntary Services
volunteer to Viet Nam from who died in 2003. Any
level of donation will help change the live of a child in
need of life saving or live changing surgery.
 Construction of Classrooms - in
association with the Office of Genetic Counseling and
Disabled Children at the Hue University of Medicine WLP is building
and supporting classrooms as well as training teachers in
rural districts of Thua Thien Hue province for children with
developmental disabilities. In 2007 funds donated to the Chris
Jenkins Memorial Fund have built, equipped and supported the
salary of a teacher in Nam Dong Province, Thua Thien
Hue Province Vietnam.
 Early Detection and Early Intervention
for Birth Defects- WLP is working with the Office of Genetic Counseling
and Disabled Children
to improve upon the current capacities of the Hue Medical
School to provide comprehensive reproductive and pre and post-natal care for
families managing/coping with birth defects
and genetic conditions. This includes:
the training of laboratory and medical
staff, the support of a center for early intervention
to identify and provide educational and rehabilitation
services for children under six with birth defects and/or
learning disabilities, the training of teachers and medical
personnel to identify birth defects and other disabilities,
and training for parents to provide at-home
rehabilitation. In 2007 WLP helped OGCDC purchase an ultraviolet
microscope, computer and other equipment for their laboratory.
 Show
your support to all of those who have been impacted by Agent
Orange/Dioxin in Vietnam, the US and around the world.
Receive an orange metal ribbon pin (made in Viet Nam) for
any donation to WLP over $5.00. Pins sent upon request.
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