Gifts for Trung Cat Village, Thua Thien Hue 2020.11.20
Gifts at Phuoc Ly, Phuoc Lam – Quang Dien 2020.11.20
Morning of 2020.11.20 – Gifts at Lai Trung, Cao Xa, Xa Trung – Quang Dien – Hue
Gifts in Quảng Nam 2020.11.09-10
Gifts to students of Truong Son Commune, Quang Ninh District, Quang Binh Nov 5, 2020
Gifting Love & Kindness Home, Visiting Tu Bi Kindergarten #2
November 2, 2019
What an achievement beyond our imagination of this loving home. Thanks to the money Tu Bi Foundation donated 35 million VND (1,500 USD) and the locality matched 15 million VND. The remainder, the homeowner borrow government loans with a 5-year interest rate of .6%. The husband worked as a fisherman, so he managed to do some construction work himself. The house took 6 months to complete because they work when they have money and there was no pressure. Currently the house has been temporarily completed worth 100 million VND. But inside is unfurnish with exception of a bed. We truly helped Tran Thi Dieu’s family to have the opportunity to change their lives. From now on their family will not have to live in poverty, with thatched roof. After the parents received news that Tu Bi Foundation helped with the home. The parents gave more land so they can build a more spacious house.
Sincerely thank our benefactor from France, for helping this program to be successful. The family would like to appreciate this precious merit and dedicate prayer to for Pham Chi Ton be reborn in a peaceful world.
Afterward we have returned to visit Tu Bi Kindergarten #2 to donate library books to preschool students.
Best regards
Tu Bi Foundation
New Year gifts for heavily flooded area in Dien Bien, 2019.01.14-20
250 packaged items, each worth $400,000 VND:
1 warm blanket, 1 tulle curtain, 10kg of rice, 1 kg of instant noodles, and 10 spices.
Give water purifier to Kindergarten and Primary Schools in flood area of Quang Tri 2018.02.02
Dear Benefactors,
In 2017, 16 typhoons hit Viet Nam and caused much damage from the North to the Central region. Even though the floods are over, people’s lives are still very difficult. Each time their life is stablize, floods and storms would come and sweep away all that the people took a year to save up. This Lunar New Year, Tu Bi Foundation has join with Lâm Đồng Buddhist Association charity and Từ Tâm Association of Vien Thong Temple in Houston, Texas to present gifts to flood victims in Quang Ngai, to be with the people and pray for new year fill with peace and happiness.
Destination for charity trip in Quang Ngai on January 11, 2018. Gifts locations:
- 🎁 Sơn Nhôm Commune, Sơn Hạ Commune, Sơn Giang Commune, Sơn Linh Commune, Sơn Thành Commune, Sơn Trung Commune, Sơn Cao Commune. Distributed at Chùa Kim Quang, Sơn Thành Commune, – Sơn Hà District, Quảng Ngãi Province
- 🎁 Nghĩa Thắng Commune, Nghĩa Kỳ, Nghĩa Hành, Nghĩa Hoà, Tư Nghĩa District, Quảng Ngãi Province.
Location 1: envelopes 300 and warm jacket, 1 new year cake box worth 200 gifts total 500,000 vnd
Location 2: envelopes 300, 10kg rice, 1 liter of cooking oil, 1 bag of 400g sweet powder, 1kg of sugar, 2 can of condense milk. Gift value 200, total gift 500,000vnd
Much appreciation to our benefactors.
Tu Bi Foundation
Program duration: December 10, 2017
Location: Chanh Hoi and Van Tri village , Cat Chanh Commune, Phu Cat District, Binh Dinh Province.
Number of gifts: 400 gifts for 2 villages including supplies and envelopes. The gifts value is 300,000 VND.
Cost: $300,000 VND / portion … 400 portion = $120 million VND
Gifts for 56 families in the area, each value approximately $300,000 vnd (financial support and supplies).
RE: Typhoon Damrey
In the morning of January 21, 2017 in Vietnam, from the morning, our delegation set out for Khanh Binh commune, Khanh Vinh district, Khanh Hoa province. The small road leading to the village with many roof houses and acacia trees on the side of the road, grid system has not been restored even though more than two weeks have passed!
A total of 500 gifts, including a blanket, a mosquito net, cooking oil, soap, sugar, milk and soy sauce and a bag of $ 500,000 VND. Total gifts worth $ 400 million VND ~ $ 18,000 US.
– First gift location was at Nursery School in Ba Dồi , Đá Bàn with 150 portions.
– Second gift location was at Quảng Đức Temple with 350 portions.
At Tu Bi Foundation, the donation budget is very limited and need to address urgently remote and high emergency area that have not receive aid from any organization. Volunteers will visit the flooded areas in December to know the situation before deciding to help flood-hit areas.
This update is issued on behalf of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Viet Nam. It covers the period for 3-11 November 2017. Another update will be shared once new information become available.
4.33 million people estimated as being affected
395,000 people in need of assistance
15 provinces in the Central regions severely affected
137,836 houses damaged or flooded
3,483 houses destroyed entirely
123 People who have died, are missing or are injured
Dear Benefactors
It’s January and Nha Trang is still raining and flooding. The flood relief program push on from November to January and the association had to consider carefully before deciding to help the affected area. We must choose districts that were severely damaged and the number of delegates needed.
Khanh Hoa province flooded 6 times from October to January 2017. Due to continuous rain over many day and the hydro-power let out the floodgates, causing Khanh Hoa province to repeatedly be flooded and the people are at a standstill, especially those living in farming area. It’s close to the Lunar New Year, the association decided to give gifts so that the people have something to celebrate the New Year with.
Viêt Nam Buddhist Temple’s Tu Bi Foundation (300) and Vien Thong Pagoda (300) in Houston distributed 600 portion of gifts to 6 district: Diên Lạc, Diên Lâm, Diên Phước, Diên Hòa, Diên Thọ, Diên Lộc in Khanh Hoa province – Nha Trang. Each gift portion is worth $350,000 VND. Exception for victims with disabilities will receive gift portion worth $400,000 VND.
The rain made it even more difficult to hand out the gifts. Fortunately, the event was in the temple hall at Khanh Hoa, so people were able to wait for the rain to pass after receiving their gift portion.
We greatly appreciate our benefactors and wish you a Happy New Year fill with peace and happiness.
Sincerely,
Tu Bi Foundation
1. Pre-school in Tien Hoa commune = 2 electric rice cookers, 2 clean water filters
2. High school in Tien Hoa commune = 2 water purifiers
3. Elementary school in Tien Hoa commune – 2 water filters and 164 coats
4. Pre-school in Mai Hóa commune = 2 rice cookers and 2 clean water filters
5. High school in Mai Hóa commune = 2 clean water filters and 415 warm clothes
6. Medical Center in Châu Hóa commune = 1 clean water purifier
7. Community Center in Tien Hoa commune = 1 clean water purifier
8. Elementary school in Hải Thọ commune = 2 clean water purifier
Dear Benefactors;
Phú Mỡ is located 100 km far from Tuy Hòa city in the North West, Phú Mỡ highlands, Đồng Xuân district (Phú Yên) is separated from the delta, bordering Bình Định and Gia Lai. Due to its geographic location, Phú Mỡ has been named as “the highest, the farthest, the poorest, the hardest and the most heroic” of the province.
Phú Mỡ is still an extremely difficult commune, with poor, near poor households accounting for 75% to 80%. This is due to geographic conditions – it’s divided by many rivers and streams. The weather is very harsh, season of extended sunshine, even grass pasture is no more. During flood season, the whole commune was inundated, divided, and erode production land.
Finally, we were able to come to the people of Phú Mỡ, although roads were very difficult because of rain and flood. People waited to receive gifts from morning but our delegation didn’t reach Phú Mỡ till 5 pm. This was a difficult and dangerous trip.
On December 10th, the delegation tried to go to Phú Mỡ to give presents but because of rain, flood and 9km left the delegation had to return with the relief material. It is known that the people of Phú Mỡ have been isolated for a month. There are no charity groups to give gifts even though some delegations have tried, but have moved to another place because they can not go.
Heavy rain made traveling more difficult, on 25/12/2016 we decided to bring gifts to Phú Mỡ people because we did not want people to be disappointed and have to wait. The 100km drive took us 5 hours. As the mountain road was muddy and dangerous, the delegation had to take heavy trucks in to reach the people of Phú Mỡ. Tu Bi distributed 300 gifts for poor people and 306 shirts for students of Phú Mỡ primary school. As parents ourselves, w couln’t ignore when we see the students in this difficult situation.
A group of middle school students must swim the river twice a day just to get to school in recent days.
The incident happened at an ethnic minority school Đinh Núp in Phú Mỡ commune, Đồng Xuân district, Phú Yên province. Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) Newspaper posted some pictures taken by teacher Đặng Ngọc Thành of Đinh Núp school on Tuesday afternoon, September 20 after school. The ethnic minority pupils in Phú Lợi village swim by themselves, or cling to “floats”, which are hollow plastic containers, or carried on their back by the father on a river about 15 meters wide.
January 12, 2017
1. Rice seedling for maize, beans for 154 agricultural households 250,000d / 1 household in the rural farming village in Quảng Bình.
2. Renovation of the school and classrooms. In order to save money, Tu Bi volunteers join in with the workers to remodel the ceiling in 2 of the classroom. We saved 10 million ($500 U.S.)
