$3.75 gets 1kg of Chicken into the Poorest

She’s old, cold-selling lottery tickets to Aussie tourists flocking for a bus; tiny for six, her granddaughter is all about shoes, scurrying between legs to bag discarded plastic bottles. After hard work these workers will eat....

 .... um, except now they're in lockdown like us.

Dirt poor street kids, elderly hawkers & factory hands are quarantined in lowest income areas of Saigon. Willing but unable to work & no income for food

• A distressing situation endured with dignity and let's help. 
• Linking up with existing local volunteer networks Viet Sisters target 2000 of these poorest families - and deliver each dwelling emergency food of 1.2 kg of fresh chilled chicken !
• Aussies love Vietnamese food

In Vietnam food is at the heart of family. Though poor, she will find resources to make bone broth soup (Pho) or cook on charcoal. One thing is certain she will maximize that chicken for her kids.

Viet Sisters Volunteers believe in positive change !

• They way we bring positive change is by targeting the basic welfare & saftey needs of the most vulnerable women and children

The COVID Situation?

4660 areas in HCMC are in quarantine, one-third are the lowest income areas. Dwellings are cramped in very small streets inaccessible to cars. Here Covid could spread easily so soft lockdown for three months, and hard for the last month. Vaccination rollout is efficient.

Why Donate Fresh Chicken? 

• Highest meat in protein. Plus minerals unlocked in bone broth  ( 1)
• Zero food stockpiling to mess up the local economy. Must be consumed immediately  (2)
• Cash donation raises food price locally & decreases child nutrition long term  (2)
• Chickens paid for in cash assist local business liquidity (2)
• Poultry is lowest total global greenhouse gas emissions  (3)
• Zero packaging 

References at bottom

The Viet Sisters Volunteers

• Hayley Nguyen, partner Melbourne Medical Massage; CFO Viet Khoe
• Huyen Nguyen, Leader at Ho Chi Minh Central Kindergarten, B.A. Childhood Ed
• John Maruff, Melbourne Medical Massage
• Dang Tran, Customs, Saigon Newport

And the many many  many Volunteers! 

• Thank you for all you do !

Why Volunteer or Give?

• Can you believe in positive change?
• Want to target the basic welfare needs of the most vulnerable women and children ?

Donation management & Internal control?

• Donations received into Melbourne Medical Massage business account.
• Funds protected by John (GCM) in Melb and Hayley (Dip Acc VU, Dip Bus RMIT) presently in Vietnam.
• 100% Volunteer. Zero overheads in wages or professional services, or bank fees, rents, leases, etc.
• Will will Invite and post thank you photos from recipients, and update news on social.

Bang for the Buck - 2000 dwellings 2-3 days

 AUD $7,500 will buy :

• 2000 x 1.2 kg fresh chicken portions (drumsticks+thighs+back)
• Covid-safe PPE for 145 volunteers
• Refrigerated delivery

We can target Saigon’s poorest women and children prevented from working. It's a drop in the ocean - rather, It's 1.2 kg of CHICKEN in THE OCEAN - Lets make a splash !

Thank you all so much. We appreciate you, we believe in you, and as always, believe in positive change !

Hayley, Huyen, John, Dang and all Viet Sisters Volunteers

References 

1.

Meat protein content ranked first place: Roasted Chicken Leg 62g (124% DV) in 1 leg, with skin (sum of drumstick+thigh+back)

• myfooddata.com
• https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrient-ranking-tool/Protein/Meats/Highest/Household/Common/No
• PRIMARY data sourced from the U.S. Department of Agriculture available art https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

1 a

Headey, D., Hirvonen, K. and Hoddinott, J. (2018), Animal Sourced Foods and Child Stunting. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 100: 1302-1319. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay053

2.

Filmer, Deon and Friedman, Jed Arnold and Kandpal, Eeshani and Onishi, Junko, Cash Transfers, Food Prices, and Nutrition Impacts on Non-beneficiary Children (March 26, 2018). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8377, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3150090

3.

"The largest contributors to the total GHG emissions are beef cattle (35%), dairy cattle (32%), and swine (20%) surprisingly, sheep (7%) emit more GHG emissions than chicken (5%) despite chicken producing more than 10 times the amount of primary products."

• aan den Toorn, SI, Worrell, E, van den Broek, MA. Meat, dairy, and more: Analysis of material, energy, and greenhouse gas flows of the meat and dairy supply chains, in the EU28 for 2016. J Ind Ecol. 2020; 24: 601– 614. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.129508