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School Scholarships

Without the school scholarships provided by HSCV these wonderful children would be forced to stop attending school.

For only $50 you can sponsor an at risk child with a year of school fees. In return you will receive a photo, biography, and have the opportunity to exchange letters, pictures and drawings with the child.

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For an additional $205 you can sponsor the child's family with a monthly donation of rice for one year. This donation provides the family with the flexibility to purchase other needed items such as protein, vegetables and clothing.

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Portions of your donation to any of direct sponsorship options will be used to support other HSCV programs where funding may be lacking.
 

Rice Distribution Program

In April 2007 the average cost per family was $8.31 or $99.75 a year. These costs do not include any administrative costs. Donors were asked to donate $100 usd for every family they wished to sponsor.

The current rise in the cost of rice combined with recent inflation in Vietnam has put a severe strain on this program. In just 12 months we have seen a 100% increase of the price of rice.

We are calling for your donation to help us with this problem. Without your support today, HSCV can not continue this program with its current funding level.

A Rice Distribution General Fund has been set up at this time. By donating to this general fund you will support the Rice Distribution Program as a whole. Please understand you will not be assigned a particular family, as with our Direct Sponsorship program.

In the event that the donations from the Rice Distribution General Fund exceeds the needs of the program, funds will be transferred to HSCV's General Needs Fund.  

HSCV’s Rice Program provides families with a month’s supply of rice. After a visit and evaluation of a family’s needs by HSCV staff members qualified families are invited to participate in the program. Families receive, depending on need, a monthly allotment of either 20kg or 30kg of rice.

The aim of this program is to not only provide sustenance for the family but also to free up some of the family’s limited funds for other needs. These other needs usually include purchasing other food items, clothing or paying educational expenses for the children.


The Rice Program was initiated in Thanh Tri, a poor suburb south of Hanoi city. On September 1, 2004 twenty-two families received their first bags of rice.

Since the program’s inception an additional 160 families have been added, in six additional communities.

One small, personal, story might illustrate the effect this program can have. At one rice distribution point a boy of about eight or nine always accompanied his grandmother to pick-up their monthly allotment of rice. He always wore a red shirt, which had only one button, and with the stitches coming out of the seams. On the seventh month when they showed up we saw he was wearing a new shirt. He was very proud and made sure it was known. Some people have so little that even a new shirt, that certainly cost less than a dollar, can put a smile on a little boy’s face.

HSCV hopes to be able to continue to expand this program as it is proving to be truly effective. Many lives are being touched for a relatively small expenditure of funds.

To learn how you can sponsor a particular family with rice for $205 a year visit our Direct Sponsorship page.
Humanitarian Services for Children of Vietnam was incorporated in September 2001. The organization was granted 501(c)(3) status by the Internal Revenue Service in April 2002. All donations to the organization are fully tax deductible. HSCV is a non-sectarian organization, unaffiliated with any other organization.