April 27 - Thanh Hoa Orthopedic Hospital - Ten children who recently received orthopedic surgery were visited in Thanh Hoa. All ten surgeries were a success. The children are all doing well.

Thanh Hoa Orphanage - Several boxes of clothes and toys were recently donated to HSCV by Sadona Suites of Hanoi. A few of these boxes were donated to the children in Thanh Hoa. The toys will be given to the children on June 1st for Children's Day.

April 24 - Ba Vi Orphanage - A short visit was made to Ba Vi to check on HSCV programs. Currently HSCV is donating infant formula to the center. Without this monthly donation the infants would not receive proper nutrition.

In the near future HSCV will increase this donation to include rice for the older children.

April 15 - Vietnam Handicapped Day - The Association for the Vietnamese Handicapped and Orphans of Vietnam held a wonderful event celebrating the work that has been done for the Handicapped over the past year.

Giving it Back to Kids and HSCV were honored for the donation of nearly 5000 wheelchairs.

April 13 - Hanoi Handicapped Day - Morning - The handicapped and donors were celebrated at a lovely event held by the Association for the Support of Vietnamese Handicapped and Orphans of Hanoi.

- Friendship Home III - HSCV team members and visitors spent a few hours with the wonderful children at the Friendship Home. The children were excited to have a play date.

April 12 - Donation of Wheelchairs - Ha Nam - Seventy wheelchairs were donated to needy children and adults in Ha Nam province. Ha Nam is about 1 1/2 hours south of Ha Noi city. Ha Nam is a very poor province that primarily depends on agriculture as an income source. Factories have recently been introduced to many districts. Skilled workers are now able to maintain higher paid jobs. However, due to the construction of the factories and the Vietnamese Governments immanent domain many farmers lost their only source of income. The farmers we compensated for the land, but the future income for these unskilled workers is unknown.

Click the photo to read the some stories of the wheelchair precipitants.

April 11 - Sister School - Trung Gia Primary school 2 - Representatives from the Hellen Keller School in Arizona visited their Sister School in Trung Gia. The two schools have exchanged photos pictures and drawings. The Hellen Keller School is currently in the process of raising funds for the Trung Gia school. Once the funds are raised they will be used to purchase school supplies for the students in Trung Gia.

- Bicycle Donation - 25 bicycles were donated to children living in the countryside of Soc Son district. For many of these children the simple task of commuting to school could take up to two hours. Now thanks to their new bicycles the time has been drastically reduced.

A big thank you from HSCV to the Slusher family who sponsored 20 of the 25 bicycles donated that day!!!

The children have promised to study hard and to treat their new bicycles as a member of their families.

April 5th - Thanh Hoa Orthopedic Hospital - A visit to the Thanh Hoa Orthopedic Hospital was made in order to follow the progress of the 10 children who had various orthopedic surgeries.

On the left is a photo of Le Thi Thuy. Thuy had surgery on her left arm to fix a bone that was improperly set after it had been broken in an accident. The photo was taken three days after surgery.

One month after surgery all ten children will return to the hospital for a follow-up care. HSCV will return at that time to check on the progress of the children.

- April 3rd - Sister School - Bac Phu Primary School - Representatives from Badger Minnesota visited their Sister School in Bac Phu, Soc Son. Paul Harms delivered letters to the Head Master of Bac Phu Primary School.

The students in Badger are excited to help their Sister School in Bac Phu. They have already began to raise funds and are planning to continue fundraising this spring.

The actual donation is scheduled to take place this September, at the beginning of Vietnamese school year.