Betty Nguyen’s mission…
The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Christopher Quinn writes about CNN’s Betty Nguyen’s Non-profit organization Help the Hungry which helps the impoverished of Vietnam…(via TVNewser)
When they returned home to the United States — she was living in Texas at the time where she worked on local TV — she and Kim started their own nonprofit organization, Help the Hungry
They got donations of goods and money from family, friends and contacts.
A Texas dentist gave toothbrushes and toothpaste. A friend at a vitamin store gave bottles of peroxide, which is critical to keep cuts or wounds from turning septic during the monsoon season. Others give money, not a lot, less than $25,000 a year total.
But Betty takes the donations each year and travels back to buy five or six tons of food, medicines and clothes on the local market, which is cheaper than buying here and shipping it over.
Betty is to be congratulated for her efforts and dedication to this cause. It’s really nice to see, and I admire her for it.
Comment by california dreamin — November 1, 2007 @ 6:16 pm
Beautiful AND compassionate. Wow.
Comment by spiffo — November 1, 2007 @ 11:39 pm