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10/01/2014: VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN SCHOOL KID FOLDS A THOUSAND PAPER CRANES TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHILDREN AFFECTED BY HAIYAN
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PRESS RELEASE
WDC-002-2014
9 January 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A Vietnamese-American school girl spearheaded the folding of one thousand paper cranes not only to convey her message of hope but also to raise funds to help Filipino children affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
Tenth Grader Francis Nguyen along with friends Chieu Le, Teresa Do, and Kali Gabriel got their families, neighbors, and friends to fold one thousand paper cranes for Filipino children in typhoon devastated areas in the Central Philippines. A dollar was donated for each crane made.
“Cranes symbolize hope, health, happiness, and longevity. People need something to hope for and smile about when they believe there isn’t much to look forward to in their future,” said Nguyen who turned over to Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr., the paper cranes and the $1,000 she was able to raise for typhoon victims.
“The Crane Project, which seeks to bring hope after devastation, was inspired by the Japanese myth that if one folded a thousand cranes, his or her wish would be granted,” Nguyen told Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia who expressed his gratitude for the teenager’s efforts.
“I would like to thank you for your kindness, generosity, and prayers. The children in the Philippines, especially those orphaned by the typhoon, need those things you mentioned—hope, health, happiness, and longevity—as we move from the relief phase to the rehabilitation phase,” said Ambassador Cuisia who also received at least $18,000 from representatives of the Vietnam Buddhist Center and the Tu Bi Foundation.
Nguyen, who first folded paper cranes following the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, said she hopes that the money she helped raise from the cranes made can help with post-typhoon recovery efforts.
“We think of it not as helping victims but helping friends and family,” said Nguyen as she recalled how thousands of Vietnamese found friends and family in the Filipino people during the migration of the boat people starting in 1975.
“I was twelve years old when we arrived in Manila on Christmas Eve of 1978. We spent two months on the boat and five months in a camp. We were welcomed by Filipinos, and we were never asked to leave,” said Le.
“I believe The Crane Project is important because it teaches people to have a heart,” said Le who along with Nguyen and representatives of the Vietnam Buddhist Center and Tu Bi Foundation, expressed their sympathies to Ambassador Cuisia for those who lost their lives, homes and loved ones during Typhoon Haiyan.
“We comfort each other in the face of enormous tragedy and loss of life, which reminded me of the massive migration of the Vietnamese boat people fleeing Vietnam to find freedom in 1975 and landing in the Philippines,” said the Venerable Thich Nguyen Hanh, Abbott of the Vietnam Buddhist Center.
“We are in debt to our Filipino friends. No words can express my gratitude and appreciation for what you had done for us, your support, your extraordinary generosity, kindness, heroism, and never-ending grace which comforted us through the most difficult time in our nation,” he said.
The paper cranes and funds raised were turned over by Ambassador Cuisia to Feed the Hungry, Inc., a Philippine-based, volunteer organization aimed at uplifting the spirit and well being of the poor through feeding, community and economic development, gift giving, education scholarships, classroom building, and calamity relief and emergency medical assistance programs. ###
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9 January 2014
Symbols of hope. Francis Nguyen, Chieu Le, Kali Gabriel, and Teresa Do turn over 1,000 paper cranes to Ambassador Cuisia as a symbol of hope for the children affected by Typhoon Haiyan. (Philippine Embassy Photo by Majalya Fernando)
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9 January 2014
Love and compassion. The Paper Crane Project, Tu Bi Foundation (“love and compassion”), and the Vietnam Buddhist Center, represented by Venerable Abbot Thich Nguyen Hanh raised almost $20,000 for rehabilitation efforts in Haiyan-affected areas. (Philippine Embassy Photo by Majalya Fernando)
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9 January 2014
Family helping family. The Paper Crane Project encouraged friends and families to fold cranes as messages of hope to Filipinos affected by the typhoon. According to 10th grader Francis Nguyen, for participants of the project, it was like helping familiy. (Philippine Embassy Photo by Majalya Fernando)
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9 January 2014
Hope, health, happiness, and longevity. Ambassador Cuisia thanked the Vietnamese-American Community for their contributions to post-Haiyan rehabilitation efforts. Their wishes of hope, health, happiness, and longevity are much needed by those rebuilding their lives and homes in Haiyan-affected areas. (Philippine Embassy Photo by Majalya Fernando)
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January 8, 2014
Today is a very good day! God has blessed us with such caring and compassionate fellowmen/women who offered prayers, love and financial help for the people who lost their homes and belongings and in some cases family members during the typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda.
When I met Ms. Le at the IMF campaign for the typhoon victims, I did not have any inkling that the organization I and my husband belong to, FEED THE HUNGRY, INC would be the beneficiary of their community’s generosity. She called me a few weeks after to inform me that she is recommending Feed the Hungry Inc to the Tu Bi Foundation under the auspices of the Viet Nam Buddhist Center she belongs to, to receive some funds they have raised for the typhoon victims!! And gave me the good news after, that Feed the Hungry was approved to be the recipient of a grant from the Foundation!!
And today, I was invited to join them at the Philippine Embassy , to accept checks totaling $19,120: from the Vietnam Buddhist Center ($13,020.00); Vien Thong Pagoda ($3,000.00); Hue Nguyen Insurance Agency Inc ($2,000.00); Can Nguyen/Tuyen Le ($1,000.00); Huyen Le ($100.00). The checks were presented to Ambassador Cuisia, who in turn presented the checks to me, as representative of Feed the Hungry, Inc. Also present were some of the students led by Ms. Hoan Q. Nguyen, who made the 1,000 crane origami representing Hope, Health and Happiness which the students made during their lunch hours and would like the children of the devastated area have, to give them hope during this difficult time that things will get better and that people care; teachers who taught them how to make the origami; members of their community and a Buddhist monk to present to the Ambassador a framed letter with the cranes.
Feed the Hungry Inc. will use the funds to build a 2-classroom building designed to be resistant to typhoons and earthquake and can be converted into an evacuation center when the need arises. Feed the Hungry, Inc will keep the donors updated on the project. We are leaving for the Philippines on January 28 to join other volunteers to visit different areas devastated by the typhoon to search for sites for the classrooms, look for ways to help the victims to be able to help themselves through livelihood projects, help their children go back to school and try to lead normal lives after their losses.
On behalf of the victims of the typhoons and Feed the Hungry Inc, we are very grateful for the compassion and love you have shown to the Filipino people in time of need.
We can’t thank you enough and may blessings follow you always.
Perseveranda R Solis
CARE Program Director
Feed the Hungry Inc.
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Download PDF: 2014.01.08 Letter from Feed the Hungry Inc.
Download PDF: 2014.01.08 Letter to Philippines Ambassador – Crane Project