If you choose to donate, please visit the Danang Quang Nam Fund website, or visit Just Give. Specify that you want your money to go to the Agent Orange group home ('Peace Village') in Danang by mentioning "Helping Hands."
Remember $1 USD = ~16,000 VND. Every dollar counts. Instead of buying starbucks and a bagel this morning, give $5USD. If you do, every kid at the home will get a pack of crayons.
Give $10 USD and a child eats for a months.
Give $30 USD and a child can be housed at the Peace Village for 3 months.
Give $40 USD and a child can be taken care of during the day for 6 months.
To help put U.S. prices in perspective when I lived in Vietnam, I used to make the calculation, "How many bowls of Pho would that buy?" Once I saw concert tickets on Ebay selling for $8,000 USD. I remember thinking, "$8,000 USD would be 24,000 bowls of Pho." Think about your donation this way. Spend $10 USD in Manhattan and you might get a decent cocktail; donate $10 USD to the Peace Village and a child will eat for a month.
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