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Hoa Binh Province Social Assistance Center

Hoa Binh is a mountainous province in Northern Vietnam with an estimated population of 77,004 persons, comprising eight different ethnic minorities of whom the Muong group accounts for 70%. Over recent years, the peoples’ living conditions have improved considerably, reaching GDP average income of VND 3,000,000 per capita, or USD 200/year. The peoples’ lives have been improved, public works have been upgraded and constructed, and social policies have been applied, in particular assistance programs for handicapped persons, orphans, and the elderly. Currently they receive a governmental nurturing allowance, but only VND 50,000/month per capita, or 3 USD/person/month.

Through Gift of Love’s donations, a person collectively nurtured at Hoa Binh Social Assistance Center enjoys an allowance of VND 150,000 per month, or 10 USD/month, covering meals, clothes, education and medicine. This will enable everyone to participate in sports and entertainment activities, improve their spiritual life. The elderly will feel more relaxed and joyful, and the children will obtain better results in their education.

Teaching children, providing a nurturing environment and increasing the production of planting of green vegetables, pig husbandry are goals the Social Assistance Center hopes to meet in order to improve daily meals and children’s education conditions.  Gift of Love International Adoptions, Inc. has been supporting the Hoa Binh Social Assistance Center since 2001. Our funding helps the Center to further the care and fostering of abandoned and orphaned children as well as seniors living in the facility who do not have extended family to care for them.