• MyDung Pham (Austin, Texas) – Director of Silicon Engineering at AMD
• Henry Hoang (Austin, Texas) – Manager of Hardware Engineering at HP
• Anh Thu Do (Milpitas, California) – Executive Director of VNHelp organization

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Thang Tran
Austin, Texas
thang@hope4vietorphans.org

Other charities: Mr. Thang Tran is a sponsor of two children from Bolivia and Tanzania through World Vision. He is also a regular donor for smiletrain.org, Komen Austin Race For the Cure (Women Cancer), and for other causes such as Haiti earth quake relief, blood bank donation, and VNHelp charity.

"Like many Vietnamese living outside of Vietnam, I donated to various orphanages upon my trips back to Vietnam during the last three years. With the launch of Hope for Viet Orphans (H4VO) project, I hope to attract both Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese donors who would like to make differences in the Viet orphans’ lives. The orphans, just like many other children, deserve to have a basic level of living, to be nurtured, and be given the opportunity to reach their dreams. All of these can be achieved by the H4VO project with the support from volunteers and donors."

Lien Tran
San Jose, California
lien@hope4vietorphans.org

Other charities: Donor of Doctors without Borders for the Japan Tsunami and Haiti earthquake relief effort. A volunteer of Soup Kitchen Saint Vincent De Paul.

"Like many Vietnamese living outside of Vietnam, I donated to various orphanages upon my trips back to Vietnam during the last three years. With the launch of Hope for Viet Orphans (H4VO) project, I hope to attract both Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese donors who would like to make differences in the Viet orphans’ lives. The orphans, just like many other children, deserve to have a basic level of living, to be nurtured, and be given the opportunity to reach their dreams. All of these can be achieved by the H4VO project with the support from volunteers and donors.

I heard a lot about orphans. I donated here and there to help them; however, I have no knowledge of what an orphan life is all about except from books or movies. In 2008, thanks to the technology, I’ve found one of my long lost childhood friends, Diem-Tram Tran, via email. Tram shared us videos and pictures of her recent trips back to Vietnam. I cried the whole time watching them and lost sleep for many nights. There were pictures of orphans ranging from very young to teenagers sitting in a shelter only covered with metal roof. It was really heart wrenching seeing them living in such a horrible condition and in need of many things but … still able to smile in front of the camera. In one of the orphanages, I saw handicapped baby orphans lying in a shared crib without receiving much attention, as there were more orphans than workers. These pictures had such a profound affect in me, as they were taken in real life, not from books or movies.

I have children of my own. Every day, I prepare them breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner. There isn’t a single night that my children go to sleep with empty stomach. They have more clothes, shoes, and toys than they need. They go to camps to avoid boredom at home during winter, spring, or summer breaks. Every night before going to sleep, my youngest son prays faithfully to God for going to heaven after life. I then often tease him, “You are already living in heaven!” Yes, my kids are living in heaven, and what world are the orphans living in?"

Khoa To
Austin, Texas
khoa@hope4vietorphans.org

Other charities: Once a week, Khoa also volunteers to deliver meals to the elderly through Meals On Wheels. He is also a Meals On Wheels CareCall volunteer.

"When it comes to charities, helping unfortunate children has always been at the top of my list. Every year, millions of children are denied the many basic needs that I would never let my children be without. These children are the most innocent victims of circumstances. They did not ask to be born into poverty, abuse, or orphanage. They are also the most defenseless victims; some are too young to even realize their own predicaments.

I am glad to have the opportunity to work with Hope For Viet Orphans. The work that H4VO and other similar organizations do not only improve the quality of life and provide opportunities for these children to achieve their dreams, but also let the children know they are not being forgotten."