Today, I had some very important meetings. First I met with two nuns from Da Nang, who would like our help to renovate one of their rooms into a physical therapy room. They are drawing up an official proposal, and from there the Board will decide on how to best use our donors’ contributions. If we decide to take the project, I think it would be good because it would be a hands-on project that we could do with either of the two summer service experiences. Part of what they want is a mural, which would be great.
The second meeting was with the head nun at the orphanage for blind children. She presented me with a formal proposal, which I’ll be faxing to the Board for review later on today.
My last meeting of the day was with Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients (SAPP). They are the organization that we will partner with for surgeries. They also have programs for hearing, eye-problems, wheelchairs, and school and university scholarships. All of their programs are very good and run efficiently. There is a lot of oversight.
As of now this is what I think Paul’s Kids can do with SAPP for the coming year:
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Pay 40% of the cost of 20 heart surgeries, not to exceed $1,000 per patient.
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Pay for 10 eye surgeries at about $75 per each.
I’m really happy about these meetings and what it means for children in Vietnam. I would like to hit the ground running when I get home. We need to raise money. If anyone knows of anywhere I can go to put on a program for fundraising, please line me up!
Thank You,
Paul
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