Vietnam Covid-19 Food Relief Fundraiser

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Phan Nguyen and Phuong Ninh are organizing this fundraiser.

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Hi, my name is Phan Nguyen and I am an MBA candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in Palo Alto, California. I was born in Vietnam and grew up in Vietnam and Singapore, before attending and graduating from Yale University. My LinkedIn .

I am turning to you today to ask for your consideration in donating to my fundraiser to provide food relief to impoverished communities in Vietnam. I will personally match everyone's donations up to $2,000.

Many cities and regions across Vietnam have been in full lockdown since the first or second week of July 2021. Many neighborhoods in Ho Chi Minh City have been in lockdown since May 2021 when the first few dozens of cases were reported*. The surge in Covid cases is showing no sign of slowing down, which led me to expect the lockdown will continue for an indefinite period of time.

Micro and Small-to-medium businesses and vendors, which make up 98% of all enterprises in Vietnam**, are among the most vulnerable. This fundraiser aims to provide temporary food relief to impoverished communities and families who are the most impacted by Covid and its restrictions, by donating to local and community food relief efforts in Ho Chi Minh City and Phan Thiet city, Vietnam.

Thousands of workers who were laid off from factories and manufacturing plants are fleeing big cities or risk homelessness as they can no longer afford rent. Laid-off workers who do not have the means to move are stuck with no means to afford basic necessities such as shelter or food

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I will personally match everyone's donations up to $2,000.
[UPDATE]
I have reviewed a few ongoing efforts in providing food and necessities relief in Vietnam and identified the below groups/organizations as grassroots community efforts that would help deploy the fund the fastest and most efficiently. I also believe they have the most direct reach to our targeted recipients due to their intimate knowledge of their own communities.

Confirmed partners:

1. Charitable Group TOT (Nhóm Thiện nguyện T.O.T), Phan Thiet city, Vietnam
Grassroots effort to provide food relief to communities of some of the most impoverished districts of Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province, Vietnam, such as Duc Long district, which is an impoverished fishing village.

Founded by 3 journalists: Trần Ngọc Tỵ (currently a journalist at BTV - or BinhThuan TV, the local channel of BinhThuan province) https://www.facebook.com/tranngoc.ty.5, Ha Thi Thu Thuy (retired journalist at Bao Binh Thuan (Binh Thuan News) https://www.facebook.com/dong.s.xanh.1, Đặng Thị Kim Oanh (retired editor at BTV) https://www.facebook.com/kimoanhpv.

The group is aiming to give 15tons of rice to impacted communities in Phan Thiet city, a record of their first 1,500 packages can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/100003967186929/videos/963343740896364/

Live video of their recent shipment of 1.1 tons of pantry items to Phu Tai district, Phan Thiet city: https://www.facebook.com/100003967186929/videos/543488970056919/

2. Biệt Đội Chống Dịch (rough translation: Anti-Covid Task Force), Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Grassroots effort by a group of local good-samaritans in Ho Chi Minh city- Point person Bui Thi Kim Khue. The group is buying eggs and vegetables and delivering them to local hospitals and charity kitchens/food banks in Ho Chi Minh city. The list of recipients listed below

Facebook group of the charity group: Biệt Đội Chống Dịch (rough translation: Anti-Covid Task Force,
https://www.facebook.com/groups/530385528201461

Album of their efforts so far: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=khuepemiu&set=a.10216764605342301

I am also in the process of contacting a few other organizations, listed below:

Work in Progress -

1. NovaGroup - operator of $0 Supermarket

https://www.facebook.com/NovaGroup.jsc

Address: 65 Nguyễn Du, Bến Nghé, District 1, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Website: http://novagroup.vn/

Email: [email redacted]

2. Mr. Lang Nguyen, Phan Thiet city, Vietnam

3. Mr. Huynh Anh Minh