CPP: Collective Philanthropy Project

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Collective Philanthropy Project

Each year, the members of MAUVSA participate in a Collective Philanthropy Project (CPP) to raise money for charity. With the help of UNAVSA: Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations and our several fellow regional Vietnamese Student Associations we have been able to donate a large sum to a voted upon beneficiary annually. This year beneficiary is M.E.M.O.: Medical, educational Missions and Outreach.

CURRENT! 2012-2013  M.E.M.O. : Medical, Educational Missions and Outreach http://www.aboutmemo.org  TBA

In the sixth year of CPP, MAUVSA raised money for the M.E.M.O.’s Hepititis B Project,
which is focused on providing Hepatitis B screenings and vaccinations for orphans,
children, help prevent mother-to-child transmission. MEMOis a 501 (c)3 student-run,
non-profit, humanitarian organization. All proceeds and donations will go toward to
this year’s mission in Vietnam.  MEMO sets up free medical clinics for the under-served,
gives scholarships to students, provides free surgeries to children with congenital heart
disease, and provides funding and toys for children in orphanages. More about M.E.M.O.
please check out a presentation made by our External Vice President Frank Huynh:
http://prezi.com/nvrilrofntaz/memo/

2011-2012   Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation   www.streetkidsinvietnam.com   $11,223

In CPP’s five year, MAUVSA raised money for the Blue Dragon Children’s
Foundation’s (BDCF) Safe and Sound Project, which is focused on child trafficking,
specifically on rescue and prevention. This mission of this project is first, to help children
escape from traffickers and return to their families, and second, to prevent trafficking
from taking place by spreading awareness among villages and communities in Hue and
Ho Chi Minh City. We are pleased to say that BDCF was selected as one of the 2011
CNN Hero organizations.

2010-2011   Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation   www.vietnameseamerican.org   $4,360

In the CPP’s fourth year, MAUVSA raised money for the Vietnamese American Heritage
Foundation (VAHF) “500 Oral Histories Project” to execute a large-scale project where
the young Vietnamese American generation to interview the older Vietnamese American
generation for their amazing stories of escaping Vietnam and transitioning to America.
VAHF will then document and preserve these stories so that Vietnamese American
generations to come will have a reference of these accounts. The goal of the 500 Oral
Histories Project is to document over five hundred interviews in an effort to preserve the
unique and diverse experiences of Vietnamese Americans across the country.

2009-2010        VIETHOPE        www.viethope.org        $5,000

In the CPP’s third year, MAUVSA raised money for VietHope to help low-income
youths in Vietnam build their leadership skills and to provide resources for their
educational and career goals. We were able to aid VietHope in creating a permanent office
in Vietnam along with supporting their University Scholarship Program and implementing
a new Youth Development Program. VietHope will hold regular workshops and
educational events for youth volunteers and recipients of VietHope’s University
Scholarship in Vietnam every academic year.

2008-2009        VOICE        www.vietnamvoice.org         $7,700

In the CPP’s second year, Vietnamese Overseas Initiative for Conscious Empowerment
(VOICE) was chosen as the beneficiary. The money was used to build a community
center to benefit Vietnamese refugees in Cambodia who have no homes and are unable to
attain jobs. Over a year’s course VOICE was able to get 5,000 of these refugees legally
into Canada, America, Europe and Australia. Over the course of the years, Vietnamese
students and youth organizations from around the country participated in various
fundraising events and leadership summits to raise awareness and funds to support the
efforts of these organizations.

2007-2008        The Catalyst Foundation        www.catalystfoundation.org        $7,000

Our first recipient was Catalyst Foundation. The money was used to build schools and
help kids who lived in a junkyard in Rach Gia in Vietnam. Volunteers were able to travel
to Rach Gia during the summer to help build the schools. It was a life changing
experience as they interacted with the villagers and kids of the area. They witnessed the
daily lives of these villagers and talked about the dreams and aspiration the young
children have.

 

*Descriptions provided by the Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations’ CPP Committee*