Blind Vietnamese Children Foundation

For nearly ten years, a plain concrete building in Dalat, Vietnam has been home to six sight-impaired boys and the two Sisters who care for them. The building is clean and well-maintained, but the boys sleep on mattresses on the floor and the living quarters are small. The boys attend school in Dalat City and receive special assistance from the Sisters and other volunteers. Several other young people (boys and girls) who live in the area come to the home daily to receive the special education provided for these children who are trying to keep up with their sighted classmates. The children who board at the Dalat home come from remote areas in Vietnam. Without this home in the city, these children would not be able to take advantage of the educational opportunities in the area nor would they receive the special assistance and care provide by the Sisters and other caregivers (images of the Dalat home are posted on our "Gallery" pages).

The BVCF has provided help to homes for blind children in Saigon and has successfully funded the construction of the beautiful new Suoi Mo home in Bao Luc. A new home in Dalat home is long over-due!

A beautiful house next door to the current Dalat home is available for purchase, as are some other properties in the area. We estimate that it would cost about $200,000 to acquire new property and to build or improve an existing building to adequately serve as a home for several children with special needs.

You can help us reach this goal by participating in our "Buy a Brick" campaign. We are seeking 2,000 donations of $100 each to purchase property and build a new home or modify an existing building. As a memorial for each $100 gift, the new home will feature a "donor wall" of plaques in the shape of bricks. Each "brick-plaque" will include an inscription in Braille with either the name of the donor(s) or a memorial inscription to a deceased loved-one or other honoree.

There are two ways that you can "buy a brick" for the new Dalat Home:

Online: Click on the Pay-pal "donate" button and make your contribution using a debit or credit card.

Check: Send a check in the amount of $100 payable to the Blind Vietnamese Children Foundation. Please write DBAB (Dalat Buy a Brick) on the "memo"portion of the check.

Mail the Check to

Blind Vietnamese Children Foundation
PO Box 27036
San Francisco, CA 94127-0036

If you would like the "brick-plaque" to be in memory or in honor of a particular person, please send us an Email at info@bvcf.net

All data will be stored in a database to be used on the "brick-plaques" when they are created.

"BUY A BRICK" NOW!
(Please note that your $100 is a tax-deductible donation and that no goods and/or services will be provided
to the donor who chooses to make it.)