2010 Annual Report - VinaCapital Foundation

Investing in Hope
2010 Annual Report
2,200
over
children saved with
heart surgery
2,000
over
pieces of medical
equipment donated
3,000
over
medical
professionals trained
11,000
over
children received
free health care
through outreach
clinics
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VCF works in
provinces in Vietnam
The VinaCapital Foundation’s mission is to empower the
children and youth of Vietnam by providing opportunities
for growth through health and education projects.
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Letter From the CEO and Executive Director
Improving Health Care for Children
Improving Capacity for Pediatric and Cardiac Care
Hope for a Better Future Through Education
Financials
Donors and Contributors
Board Members & Team
Once you choose hope, anything is possible.
~Christopher Reeve
Dear Friends and Supporters of VCF:
Here at the VinaCapital Foundation, we strive to implement and manage our programs in the most
transparent, accountable, ethical, and effective manner possible. Our responsibility is not just to
our beneficiaries but also to our donors, whose generous support helps us move closer to accomplishing our mission and realizing our vision. We expect our work to be professional, results to be
measureable, product to be excellent, and return on investment to be significant. Our product is
intangible, but incredibly important to those we serve. Our product is hope.
Heartbeat Vietnam provides hope for poor families of children with heart disease—hope for a
healthy future for their critically-ill child. To date, over 2,200 families have received funding for lifesaving heart surgery and the promise of a new life for their beloved child.
Critical Response produces the hope that more children in emergency situations will be saved by
giving Vietnamese doctors the training and equipment they need to respond quickly and effectively.
Survive to Thrive gives hope to families and NICU doctors that their tiny newborn can be saved
from his or her first breath.
Our training programs give hope for a higher standard of health care for pediatric patients by
transferring vital medical knowledge to Vietnamese cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, ICU doctors
and nurses and ER physicians.
A Brighter Path gives hope for a better life and encouragement to poor but academically-talented
ethnic minority girls through scholarships and mentoring.
Our mobile medical outreach clinics provide hope for the most destitute of families with sick children who could never afford any type of medical care. Moving deeper and deeper into the isolated
and rural areas, these clinics are reaching patients who never imagined help was possible.
Hope is a valuable commodity and very scarce among the poor, who can only afford to worry about
day-to-day subsistence instead of a long-term future. The hope we provide gives them the license
to dream and dares them to push for an alternative, better life.
All of us at VCF are in the business of hope and we derive great joy from our results that help improve the lives of children throughout Vietnam. Our work wouldn’t be possible without our friends,
partners, and supporters. Your trust and friendship means the world to us and the gift of hope to
our beneficiaries.
Warmest regards,
Robin King Austin
CEO and Executive Director
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A mother’s struggle with hope
Poor children with chronic disease are among the most underserved populations in the developing
world. Mothers are the same throughout the world; they only want the best for their children. For mothers of sick children in developing countries, they never give up hope to save their child despite terrible
odds against them. The reality, however, is that hope alone will not pay for their child’s medical treatment, medicines, or even the transportation required for this care.
In one case, a mother’s love and hope was enough to overcome the most difficult of circumstances and
get her son to Heartbeat Vietnam, but by then our quick work to help this child was too late. Nguyen
Dinh Hieu was born in 1998 with a congenital heart defect in the northern province of Nghe An. His early
years were filled with a myriad of medical problems including breathing difficulties, poor circulation resulting in blue lips and extremities, and inability to gain weight. Because Hieu’s family was near-destitute,
medical care was always out of reach.
Hieu’s parents worked for years to find a way to take him to his provincial capital for treatment in 2005.
Here they had to face the horrible reality that without surgery, Hieu would die from heart disease. They
were told that the operation was only available at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. His parents had
saved for years to get to Nghe An Province’s general hospital; they had no hope of funding a trip to Ho
Chi Minh City. They took their son home to die.
In 2006, the family problems were compounded after Hieu’s two younger brothers developed serious
medical problems. One brother was diagnosed with kidney disease that required regular dialysis, and
another one developed chronic pulmonary disease.
The family’s financial situation was dire, and Hieu’s parents were forced to sell all of their assets—an ox
and two goats. Their one-room shack was so run down it became uninhabitable, so they had to move
into the barn where the animals used to live.
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Hieu’s parents took on extra jobs, doing anything they could to earn money to pay for the boys’
medical care. The stress and overwork soon took its toll, however. The parents also became ill, but
did not seek medical treatment for themselves because they wanted all the money to go to treat
their children.
One of the national newspapers wrote a story about Hieu and his family and one of VCF’s donors
forwarded the article to us. We contacted Hieu’s family immediately to offer our assistance and Ms.
Chau, the HBVN program manager, recommended that Hieu be examined by Dr. Le Ngoc Thanh,
the director of the national cardiovascular center at E Hospital in Hanoi, one of the best hospitals
in the north who could handle difficult cases. There, doctors gave the family the horrible news that
there was no surgery available anywhere in Vietnam that could save Hieu’s life.
“Regrettably, this child could not be fixed without a heart/lung transplant, which is impossible in
Vietnam,” said Dr. Thanh. “It is so sad, because if he had been treated during the first years of his
life, he could have been saved. Now, after years of heart disease he has irreversible pulmonary
hypertension and his pulmonary vascular system has collapsed.”
Still not giving up on her son, Hieu’s mother contacted Heartbeat Vietnam many times to express
her desperate desire to bring her son to Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, where she hoped to
find help for Hieu. Heartbeat Vietnam agreed to pay for Hieu’s surgery at Cho Ray if the operation
was possible.
Hieu and his mother came to Cho Ray with new hope; we provided them with a family grant so
Hieu could spend the next two weeks undergoing medical examinations. Hieu and his mother felt
very encouraged when they found out that group of foreign cardiac specialists with considerable
experience in treating difficult heart cases were at Cho Ray. Everyone at the hospital knew of Hieu’s
story and did every exam and test that they could to help him. Sadly, the original diagnosis was
reconfirmed, and Hieu’s mother had to accept one final time that her son would die. Soon, Hieu
and his mother were on the train back home to Nghe An, and now just spending their time waiting
for his final days.
Children die every day in developing countries because they lack access to care. Our goal at
Heartbeat Vietnam is to find the children early and do the surgery within one year of finding
them, to avoid irreversible damage to other organs and the vascular system. If funding is
available, then we have the capacity to save children every day of the year.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps
fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination
full of hope.
~Maya Angelou
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Two Sisters, Two Hearts
Nguyen Thi Hong Thao and Nguyen Thi Hong Hieu are twin girls in a family of three children. They live with
their parents and grandmother in a 40 m2 house. The family’s main source of income is from the father‘s
work as a farmer and hired laborer; their mother stays at home to take care of the three children.
The first symptoms of congenital heart disease (CHD) were recognized when the girls were 15 months old
at an outreach clinic in the district hospital. The family then had to take the long and costly trip to Da Nang
to get a more comprehensive medical exam. The hospital found that Hong Hieu had Ventricular Septal
Defect, for which the surgery costs 46,000,000 VND (roughly $2,245 USD), while Hong Thao had Ventricular Septal Defect and Double Outlet Right Ventricle, for which the surgery costs 35,000,000 VND (roughly
$1,710).
Since their visit to the hospital in Da Nang, the family has not returned for check-ups or treatments because they can’t afford it. Hong Thao and Hong Hieu are now two years and six months old, and are constantly sick and tired because of their heart disease. Their heart conditions have not allowed the girls to
grow properly, so they weigh only as much as an infant. The conditions have a debilitating impact on their
lives; this is evident when their lips, hands, and feet often become purple.
Although the doctors advised the family that Hong Thao and Hong Hieu needed to have surgery immed
ately, they just could not afford it. Covering the cost for one child’s surgery, let alone two, was impossible.
The only hope for this family and these children is to find enough money to support two surgeries to save
their little daughters so that the twins can live normal lives. VCF and Heartbeat Vietnam are working to
bring hope and help to Hong Thao and Hong Hieu, and their family.
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Improving Health Care for Poor Children
Heartbeat Vietnam
The Issue:
Chronic diseases don’t observe the boundaries of geography or economics, but the treatments often
do. In Vietnam, where most families earn only a few dollars per day, specialized pediatric health care is
beyond their grasp. Poor children in Vietnam suffer with no hope as their families lack funds and access
to medical care and the associated transportation. VCF is beginning to look at solutions for all chronic
diseases in children, but our focus since our inception has been children with congenital heart disease.
A study of heart surgery in Vietnam last year estimated that at any given time there may be as many as
30,000 children waiting to receive heart surgery in Vietnam. Many of these children will die waiting for
help. Many are never diagnosed.
The Solution:
Heartbeat Vietnam is a VCF program that funds life-saving heart operations for the most disadvantaged children whose families cannot afford it. With matching funds from provincial government o
ganizations, the Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients (SAPP), and insurance coverage, the cost to
a donor to save a child’s life with heart surgery is just $800. To ensure early intervention and a lasting
recovery for our beneficiary children, Heartbeat Vietnam also includes other components:
• Mobile Medical Outreach Clinics, which rotate between provinces and are staffed by volunteer doctors and nurses who examine, diagnose, and treat children with heart disease, and perform postoperative checkups.
• Family Grants, which support nutrition, travel, and medical costs for extremely poor children and
their families during their hospital stay.
• Continuing Care, which is a post-operative grant to assist destitute families with at-risk children
regain their financial footing and ensure that their child receives proper medical care and nutrition.
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What we’ve achieved so far:
To date, Heartbeat Vietnam has saved the lives of over 2,200 children and the number keeps growing.
We’ve also provided family grants for travel, food, education, and/or medical expenses to 200 families,
and continuing care grants for 71 families.
Retrospective Impact Study of 2,000 cases
During summer 2011, interns and volunteers will reach out to all of our heart cases to compile a comprehensive report on how they are doing medically, how their family has recovered financially, and
their dreams for the future. The extensive study will enable us to truly measure our impact inseveral
ways.
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Improving Health Care for Poor Children
The Consequences of Chronic Disease
Any child with a chronic disease endures more than just physical suffering. They often go through emotional, societal, and psychological trauma, and their disease affects their families as well. In developing
countries, where life overall is often poorer and harsher, the children’s suffering is compounded.
Studies have shown that children with chronic disease often:
• have a harder time succeeding in school due to doctors visits, missing school during exacerbations of their disease, lack of energy and stamina, and general deficits in self-awareness;
• have generally lower test scores than healthy children;
• have behavior problems stemming from lower self-awareness, and alienation that comes
with their disease;
• suffer from social isolation due to lack of energy and self confidence; and
• have a higher incidence of psychological disorders.
Many chronic diseases can be treated with medication and children can subsequently live a normal life.
But, if chronic diseases are not treated, the child will continue to suffer in health and develop secondary
physical, emotional, and behavioral handicaps.
In a poor country like Vietnam families in the countryside often become destitute trying to provide for
the care of their chronically ill child. The patient sees the effect his/her illness has on the family, and
these feelings of guilt compound the issues.
These factors are the basis for the concept of multi-disciplinary care for children with chronic disease.
There is a need for comprehensive, multi-faceted team care plans for these children to assure all of their
needs are met.
Our goal at VCF is to promote a multi-disciplinary approach to medical care for these children.
All kids need is a little help, a little hope, and
somebody to believe in them.
-Earvin “Magic” Johnson
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Improving Health Care for Poor Children
Mobile Medical Outreach Clinics
The Issue:
Health care often must travel to reach the sick, especially to those who are disadvantaged. VCF has been
operating outreach clinics in provincial capitals since 2007, but in 2010 we decided to do more to find
those cases where access to care was only a dream. In an effort to reach children who have no access to
transportation, we decided to go deeper into the countryside with outreach farther into the provinces
than ever.
The Solution:
VCF’s Mobile Medical Outreach Clinics bring health care to children in rural communities that are isolated
from even the most basic services. Our outreach clinics allow hundreds of poor children to be examined
and diagnosed by the country’s top cardiologists and surgeons without having to leave their home province. The clinics increase early detection of heart conditions in children and train provincial doctors in the
diagnosis and treatment of these children. Each outreach clinic provides free care to 200-500 children,
including diagnostic testing, treatment, and placement on the cardiac surgery waiting list if required, as
well as post-operative checkups.
What we’ve achieved so far:
We’ve examined and treated over 11,000 poor children in 24 provinces through our free mobile medical
outreach clinics; the clinics include diagnostic testing and post-operative checkups. Out of that number,
we found over 4,000 children who required heart operations. Without the outreach clinics, these children
might never have received treatment.
The Consequences of Long-Term Heart Disease in Children
A major focus of VCF’s work is early detection and treatment in children. The data is overwhelming regarding the horrific effects of heart disease in children. Heart disease also affects numerous other parts of the
body.
• Children with heart disease can suffer from multiple cardiac arrests, causing brain deficiencies
and loss of intelligence.
• Children with heart disease often have trouble breathing and oxygenating their blood, which
can cause tissue damage to the kidneys and liver.
• Children with heart disease may develop memory and learning problems as a result of the
myriad of post-operative complications, or assaults to the brain due to lack of oxygen.
If the cases are found and addressed early, these complications can be avoided. The ultimate goal of
Heartbeat Vietnam is to find all heart cases within the first year of life and complete the surgery
within one year of diagnosis to repair the lesion and avoid damage or long-term effects.
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Increasing Capacity for Pediatric and Cardiac Care
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Training & Equipment for Emergency
Pediatric Life Support
The Issue:
For a child in respiratory or cardiac arrest, each minute passed without oxygen and manual resuscitation (CPR) reduces their chances of survival by 10%1. In this ultimate emergency situation, there is only
one piece of equipment that has all the tools a doctor needs in order to respond quickly and save a
child’s life: the pediatric crash cart. Yet all across Vietnam, emergency rooms lack this vital piece of
equipment. When a child cannot breathe or has lost his or her proper heart rhythms, there is no substitute.
The Solution:
Critical Response provides stocked crash carts to emergency rooms and pediatric ICU units in hospitals
throughout Vietnam. Along with the crash cart, VCF provides training for nurses on how to maintain
the equipment. The training also includes practice exercises on how assist doctors during the treatment of a child who presents with cardiac or respiratory arrest. Prior to receiving the cart, doctors are
required to attend Pediatric Advanced Life Support training (PALS), an intensive course developed by
the American Heart Association and the American Association of Pediatrics that provides a standardized approach to the evaluation and management of critically-ill children.
What we’ve achieved so far:
In 2009-2010 we trained 356 doctors and nurses from 95 hospitals in PALS and provided 22 crash carts to
hospitals across Vietnam. We accomplished this with the generous support of organizations such as the
Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation and Saigon South International High School. This program is a Clinton
Global Initiative and is expected to positively impact the lives of 1,500,000 children in the coming years.
The Heart-Stopping Facts
• It is essential that defibrillation be administered immediately following the cardiac arrest.
• If the heart does not return to a regular rhythm within 5-7 minutes, this fibrillation could be
fatal.
• If defibrillated within the first minute of collapse, the victim’s chances for survival are
close to 90 percent.
• For every minute that defibrillation is delayed, survival decreases by 7 percent to 10 percent.
•If it is delayed by more than 10 minutes, the chance of survival in children is less than 5 percent.
1 Chances of survival are reduced by 7 to 10 percent with every minute that passes without CPR and defibrillation, American Heart Association, http://www.
americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4481
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“I go to the hospital every day and
Saturday mornings. I’m learning a lot
of things like operations and surgical
procedures which haven’t been done in
Vietnam yet. I don’t know if I can apply
all of them back home, but I know I will
be able to do many new things when I
go back.”
~ Dr. Nam Le Van
Dr. Nam pre-operation with one of his mentors, Dr. Pedro J. del Nido, Chairman
of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Boston, the
pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.
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Increasing Capacity for Pediatric and Cardiac Care
Overseas Training
The Issue:
In developing countries where medical education is often less advanced and comprehension of En lish
language medical literature can be a challenge, it is difficult for doctors to access new medical discoveries, technologies, and practices. It is difficult to change the public health culture because systems are
entrenched in their ways and cannot “see” the need for change. This keeps the public health system
static, which leads to a population with lower health indicators and eventually impedes the country’s
progress.
Doctors who train directly with surgeons and specialists from developed countries gain first-hand
knowledge and experience unavailable in their own countries. This improves the overall quality of
health care exponentially.
Doctors who leave their hospital culture to train overseas learn more than just medical care. They see
first hand how health care in the developed world is multidisciplinary. They see teams of doctors working together to assure the right treatment for a child. They see family-centric care, and doctors who
spend significant time explaining what is happening medically to the patients and their parents. They
witness international, science-based protocols at work and buy into their efficacy. In short, they can see
a different picture of what pediatric care should be.
The Solution:
VCF focuses on creating opportunities for exemplary Vietnamese cardiologists, surgeons, neonatologists and pediatricians to learn and observe in a leading international children’s hospital. Our goal is
to build medical capacity in Vietnam, particularly in the areas of pediatric and cardiac care, by teaching and modeling evidence-based, internationally-accepted treatment and administrative protocols to
doctors, nurses, and hospital administrators.
In addition, VCF brings exemplary international surgeons, doctors, and nurses to Vietnam to work d
rectly with local medical professionals and patients in their setting. In 2010, we began with doctors
overseas for long-term offsite training programs. The three-month offsite mentoring fellowships take
place at exemplary overseas medical institutions. Our partners for the future offsite program include
Children’s Hospital of Boston, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital, Royal Melbourne Children’s Hospital,
Sydney Children’s Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Overseas Training in 2010: Dr. Nam Le Van
In 2010, VCF sent Dr. Nam Le Van, a talented young cardiac surgeon and co-founder of the Cardiovascular Unit at the Da Nang General Hospital, to the US for a three-month mentoring fellowship at the
Children’s Hospital of Boston, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School. There, Dr. Nam observed
and learned a wealth of knowledge, such as surgical techniques not yet done in Vietnam, efficient hospital operations procedures, and effective doctor-patient relationships. VCF also funded Dr. Nam’s trip
to the annual conference for the American Association for Thoracic Surgery.
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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The
important thing is not to stop questioning.
~ Albert Einstein
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Increasing Capacity for Pediatric and Cardiac Care
Distance Learning to Save Lives
The Issue:
In Vietnam, we have seen firsthand how limited access to medical training impairs the country’s public
health system and the population’s overall health. Infrastructure and basic medical knowledge already
exist in Vietnam, and we can immediately and dramatically increase capacity for pediatric and cardiac care by effectively using new technology. Specifically, the use of teleconferencing technology can
overcome the hurdles of distance, cost, and time to deliver advanced surgical training from world-class
experts to medical professionals in Vietnam and other developing countries.
The Solution:
The International Symposium for Cardiac Care, conceived and operated by VCF, is an interactive teleconference lecture series that links doctors and nurses in Vietnam and other developing Asian countries with the world’s best in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, intensive care and pediatric cardiac
care. The interactive lectures are translated simultaneously, enabling participants to ask questions immediately after the presentation. Our partner, the World Heart Foundation, assists us in connecting
with the greatest researchers and practioners in the featured topics. The series uses the teleconference
facilities in the Global Development Learning Network throughout Asia to broadcast, webcast, and
record the interactive sessions.
What we’ve achieved so far:
We’ve reached over 3,000 cardiologists and cardiac surgeons from Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh,
Indonesia, and China through our monthly International Symposium for Cardiac Care Telemedicine
Series. Doctors from developing countries outside of the region also joined the training sessions via
webcast. The Symposium Series was honored with the designation of being a “Clinton Global Initiative”
in 2008. In 2010 we continued the surgery and cardiology series, which originally began in 2008. We
also began a new 11-session series for intensive care nurses and doctors with presenters from Harvard’s
Children’s Hospital of Boston critical care team.
Partnerships:
VCF programs are stronger because of relationships with others working in capacity building around
the world. VCF’s CEO & Executive Director, Robin Austin, works at a global level to find organizations
with shared objectives and activities to ensure that we can deliver economies of scale wherever possible. Cooperation with the World Heart Foundation has been instrumental in connecting VCF with
cardiac experts in the US to present the training topics on a voluntary basis. The World Bank Global
Development Learning Center in Hanoi, Vietnam and related centers in Tokyo, Washington DC, and the
participating countries help ensure that each lecture is broadcast smoothly. The centers also provide
advertising for the teleconferences in Southeast Asian countries. The Heart Institute of Ho Chi Minh
City and the Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery of Vietnam have also been instrumental in recruiting participants in Vietnam and providing us with topic ideas.
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We must accept finite disappointment,
but never lose infinite hope.
~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Increasing Capacity for Pediatric and Cardiac Care
Saving Babies From Their
Very First Breath
The Issue:
Neonatal mortality accounts for more than 60% of the overall under-5 mortality rate in Vietnam. In
central Vietnam, Da Nang City has made significant reductions to its neonatality rate, from 14% in
2004 to 8% in 2009. This dramatic decrease is a testament to the dedication of the city’s Department of
Pediatrics and doctors; they struggle daily to manage critically-ill babies without the drugs and equipment that are often taken for granted in developed countries. Despite this success, the current rate is
still only comparable to that of a developed country from 30 years ago.
The Solution:
The goal of Survive to Thrive (STT) is to reduce the neonatal mortality rate by 1% per year by funding
the development of a brand-new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Da Nang’s women’s and chidren’s hospital. STT also provides the specialized equipment that will give doctors the tools they need
to save babies’ lives from their very first breath. The new facility will be on par with similar NICUs in
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, bringing the hospital one step closer to bringing international-standard
care to newborns in Central Vietnam.
What we’ve achieved so far:
October 2010 saw STT kicking off its fundraising efforts with a reception in Da Nang that raised an astounding $135,000 thanks to the amazing generosity of the individual donors, Da Nang business leaders, and
national and international companies. In November 2010, London’s world-famous St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Cathedral in Trafalgar Square hosted a choral concert that raised 25,000 pounds for STT. The concert was
organized by Mrs. Hilary Kirkham and attended by many UK businesses and individuals. In total, we raised
$111,000 for STT’s physical works, and another $81,000 for equipment. Construction and equipment orders
will take place in 2011.
A True Global Partnership
The lead partners of STT are VCF, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), the Da Nang
Department of Health and Pediatrics. We are also fortunate to have medical support from Brigham
and Women’s Hospital in Boston, as well as technical support from VinaProjects, Searee, and WT Partnership.
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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done
without hope and confidence.
~ Helen Keller
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Hope For a Better Future Through Education
Supporting Education for
Exemplary Ethnic Minority Girls
The Issue:
More than half of Vietnam’s ethnic minority households live in poverty2. That is over six million people
who are struggling to address their basic needs and access opportunities to prosper. Living in rural
areas, their financial struggles are exacerbated by social and cultural isolation.
Educating young girls within these communities is crucial to finding a way out of such widespread poverty. Yet formal education remains beyond the grasp of many ethnic minority girls in Vietnam. Children
often need to work to provide labor or income for their families, and girls are usually disproportionately
affected due to beliefs related to gender roles.
The Solution:
To provide hope for a brighter future and a break from the poverty cycle for ethnic minority girls in
Vietnam, VCF created “A Brighter Path: Scholarships for Ethnic Minority Girls.” This program provides 50
impoverished but academically-talented ethnic minority girls with scholarships to attend high school
and university. Each student will receive a seven-year scholarship (three years of high school and four
years of university) that includes support for books, food, housing, and uniforms or clothing.
With an education, a young girl has the power to break out of the poverty cycle. As she does so, she
will channel her resources to create better prospects for those closest to her--her family and her community. Improve her life and many more will benefit.
What we’ve achieved so far:
VCF partnered with Vu A Dinh, a Vietnamese scholarship organization, which assisted us in screening
and selecting choosing the beneficiaries. Fifty scholarship recipients from 24 ethnic minority groups
hailing from 24 provinces were chosen in the summer of 2010. The first annual “Dream Meeting” took
place in Hoi An, where all 50 girls were convened to take part in three days of workshops on good study
habits, health and nutrition, and self-confidence and motivation. The girls began their school year in
September 2010 and all have received “very good” or “excellent” marks on their academic records.
Impact Study
We will consider expanding “A Brighter Path” with additional girls for the 2012-2013 school year based
on the results of the program impact study. The study is currently taking place and will conclude in
2012.
2 61 percent of Vietnam’s ethnic minority people were still living poverty in 2004, Vietnam Living Standard Survey 1993 and 1998, Vietnam Household
Living Standard Survey 2002 and 2004 conducted by the General Statistics Office (GSO), http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTVIETNAM/Resources/
Ethnic_Minority_Poverty_in_Vietnam7.doc.
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Hope For a Better Future Through Education
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
The Issue:
Business leaders in Vietnam have identified the shortfall in management and human resource capability as a major hurdle to development in Vietnam. Typical comments include:
“When we need top level talent, we have to look overseas …”
“Vietnamese graduates are smart and hard-working, but are overly theoretical, do have not transferrable workplace skills, and it is hard to get them to think laterally or creatively.”
“We have invested in training but it does not seem to make much difference …”
Education and workforce skills are critical to enable the emergence of a higher value-added economy
in Vietnam. The current approach has not delivered the required skills. A new approach will be required to strengthen the role of education as a central enabling condition for higher productivity, and
the collaboration between companies, training providers and regulators needs to be actively encouraged to align education content with the market needs.
The Solution:
The International Management Institute for Vietnam (IMIV) was established with the vision of being a
management institute for Vietnam that:
• Is a Center of Excellence and Learning, developing both Managers and Management as a profession.
• Promotes global best practices in leadership and management within the Vietnamese context, providing a level of management education not currently available in Vietnam but integral to the development of current and future businesses and business leaders.
• Becomes the long-term development partner, resource, and source of thought leadership for management professionals and business leaders at all stages of their careers.
What we’ve achieved so far:
• IMIV established as social enterprise within VCF & registered with relevant authorities.
• Honored with a designation as a Clinton Global Initiative.
• Detailed business plan developed and incubated within VCF.
• Brand identity designed and website launched (www.imiv.org).
• Key international academic and institutional partnerships developed.
• Local strategic license partner identified and MOU signed.
• Pilot public enrollment programs from SIM launched in 2010.
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The Skills Gap
Globalization is the foremost driver of change in Vietnam, offering immense benefits while introducing
great challenges. Some key challenges in the skills gap that IMIV addresses:
• The majority of companies and agencies identify shortfalls in management and human resource capability as a major hurdle to development in Vietnam
• The Ministry of Education & Training acknowledges that Vietnamese graduates are strong in theory but
weak in practice; this is also endorsed by World Bank and ADB reports and surveys.3
• 70%+ of graduates require re-training of at least six weeks to be able to do their job.
• 60% of the population is under the age of 35.
• Vietnames SME numbers rose from 250,000 in 2005 to 500,000 by the end of 2010.
IMIV was established by the VinaCapital Foundation to help build capacity for ongoing economic growth.
IMIV seeks to endow Vietnam’s current and future business leaders with the knowledge, resources and
skills to anticipate, tackle and overcome the challenges of today and tomorrow.
3 2007 World Bank survey found that 60 percent of new Vietnamese graduates need retraining once they start working, with figures reaching 80-90
percent in high-tech industries, Viet Times, 2008, http://www.viettimes.net/blog-entry/vietnam-education-crisis
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FINANCIALS
2010 STATEMENT AND ACTIVITES - AUDITED
REVENUES:
1,036,012
DONATIONS IN CASH
PARTNER DONATIONS
DIRECTLY TO HOSPITAL
24,439
1,060,451
TOTAL REVENUES
PROGRAM EXPENSES:
IMPROVING HEALTH CARE ACCESS & OUTCOMES
FOR POOR CHILDREN
-Heart surgeries
-Outreach clinics
-Continuing care
-Family grants
INCREASING CAPACITY FOR PEDIATRIC &
CARDIAC CARE
-Medical equipment donations
-International Symposium for Cardiac Care
-Onsite training
-PALS training
-Pediatric hospital project
education for disadvantaged students
-Ethnic minority girls scholarships
-HBVN scholars
(411,683)
(380,020)
(12,824)
(14,149)
(4,690)
(186,377)
(92,681)
(44,839)
(22,004)
(21,759)
(5,094)
(31,566)
(28,297)
(3,269)
(4,779)
encouraging philanthropy in vietnam
(95,556)
general program costs
total program cossts
fundraising costs**
administration costs**
total expenses
foreign exchange losses
TOTAL NET ASSETS:
25
(729,961)
(137,406)
(84,513)
(951,877)
2,810
$111,384
*KPMG in Vietnam audits the VCF financials.
**Administrative & fundraising costs are underwritten by the VinaCapital Group companies so that 100% of all donations go to support programs.
2010 PROGRAM EXPENSES
Outreach
clinics
2.1%
A Brighter Path
4.6%
Encouraging
Philanthropy &
Health 1.7%
Non-surgical HBVN
programs
4.3%
Equipment
donations
15.1%
Int’l Symposium for
1 Cardiac Care
2 3 PALS training
3.6%
Heartbeat Vietnam
surgeries
58.1%
2010 TOTAL EXPENSES
Onsite training
3.5%
4 5 6 7 8 9 Administrative costs
8.7%
Fundraising costs
8.7%
PR/Government
relations
0.1%
1 2 3 Program costs
80.3%
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FINANCIALS
My Dung, the 1000th HBVN child
100%
OF ALL ADMINISTRATIVE & FUNDRAISING EXPENSES ARE
UNDERWRITTEN BY THE VINACAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES
100%
OF ALL DONATIONS GO DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT OUR
PROGRAMS
$0
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ADMINISTRATIVE, fundraising & OVERHEAD COSTS
LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIRMAN
Dear Friends and Supporters:
One of VCF’s great successes over the past year has been to broaden its range of supporters, many of
whom have been very proactive in raising donations for and awareness of our programs and the issues
we are addressing. It has been particularly gratifying to see the growth in support and involvement
among the Vietnamese business and entertainment community, as one of our goals is to engage and
encourage Vietnamese philanthropy.
I am happy to report that VCF met or surpassed all the milestones and targets set for 2010, which is
a great credit to CEO & Executive Director Mrs. Robin King Austin and her team of professionals and
volunteers. I truly believe VCF is a model of an effective, dynamic, and sustainable development organization with the right structure and approach to continue achieving their goals.
This starts with VinaCapital’s pledge to cover all of the Foundation’s administrative costs, allowing 100
percent of all donations to go to program work. This commitment will continue, allowing the Foundation team to continue to develop innovative and important programs, and further extend the ethic of
‘hope’ to business and philanthropic leaders in Vietnam and abroad. I look forward to participating in
this effort and seeing the results of the Foundation’s work in the years to come.
Best wishes,
Don D. Lam
Chairman of the Board, VCF
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DONORS
Thank you to our visionary donors. We are so grateful for your support.
Robin King Austin
Ben Thanh Art & Frame
Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam
Canadian Embassy
Children Action
Dang Kim Nhu Hao
Dang Ngoc Trinh Chu
Dang Pham Minh Loan
Deloitte
Delta Construction Management Company
Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation
Dr. Hans Messer Foundation
Duong Minh Language School
FedEx Vietnam
Furniture Fellowship
Horst Geicke
Giving It Back to Kids
Gouman Hotel
Grant Thornton
Ha Thi Bong
Helping Hand, Helping Hearts
Ho Ngoc Ha
Huynh Thi Thu Van
Huynh Van Hai
International Women’s Club of Hanoi
Paul James
George Johnson
Don Lam
Julie Lam
Lam Thi Kim Mai
Le Hong Minh
Le Trieu Huy Vu
Mast Industries
Nam A Bank
Nam Quang Tuition Centres
Navigos Group Vietnam JSC
Ngo Thanh Van
Nguyen Duc Bao
Nguyen Hong Nam
Johnny Tri Nguyen
Nguyen Ngoc Than Tam
Nguyen Thi Thu Suong
Nguyen Thi Xuan Loan
Olympus
Tan Whai Oon
Pham Than Nghia
Phat Dat Company
PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam
Roxy VN Co. Ltd.
Saigon South International School
SSE Steel Ltd.
St. Martin-in-the-Field Vicar’s General Fund
Lee Donald Taicher
Tan Ky Construction
Brook Taylor
The Love Team
Tran Anh Tuan
Tran Van Tuan
Tu Thi Thanh Tam
Understanding the Heart
Van Thanh Construction Company
Viethelp
Vinasteel Ltd.
Vu Diem Linh
Wharton Business School Alumni Conference
White Palace
Katherine Yip
YuMe.vn
A special thank you to our founding donor
The VinaCapital Group
Corporate Donors
Aedas Co. Ltd.
Bao Viet Insurance
Ben Thanh Art & Frame
Caravelle Hotel
CBRE
Chicilon Media Co., Ltd.
Colliers International
Cong Ty Duy Tan Plastic JSC
CotecCons Group
Cty CP Quang Cao Minh Long
Cushman & Wakefield
Da Nang and Quang Nam Alliance
Hotels
Delta Constructions Management
Company
Dong Nam Production Company
Duy Tan Plastic Company
FedEx Ltd.
Furama
FV Hospital
Gapit Media JSC
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Golden Beauty
Golden Light Investment Trading Co.
GPL Engineering Services Trading Co.
Grant Thorton (Vietnam)
Hafele Vina JSC
HerVietnam
Hilton Hanoi Opera
Holcim Beton
Hong Kong Business Association of
Indelec
International Consulting and Construction JSC
International School of Ho Chi Minh
City
ITG – Phong Phu Ltd.
Knight Frank Vietnam
Kumpulan Sepakat Konsult SDN HD
Luxury Living
Mast Industries
Mekong Merchant Bazaar
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (Vietnam) Ltd.
Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi
Mövenpick Hotel Saigon
Nam A Bank
Nam Quang Tuition Centres
Nam Trinh Co.
Navigos Group Vietnam JSC
Ngoc Pantine
Nordica Properties Vietnam
Ogilvy & Mather Vietnam
Olympus
Omni Saigon Hotel
OPV Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
Pentago
Phat Dat Co.
Phong Phu Corporation
PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam
Purple Asia
Roxy VN Co. Ltd.
Rudolf Lietz Representative Office
Sabmiller Vietnam
Savills Vietnam Ltd.
DONORS
Seah Vietnam
SHA
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
Song Ngoc Lan Co. Ltd.
SSE Steel Ltd.
Sud-Est Production
Tan Ky Construction
Teka Vietnam Ltd.
TNHH H2O
TNHH MTV CKNH Dong AAA
TNHH Toan My Phu
Tu D.A.N. Jewelry Company
UID
Van Thanh Construction Co. Ltd.
Vietnam Online Network (VON)
VinaCapital Commercial Center Ltd.
VinaCapital Da Nang
VinaCapital Da Nang Golf Course
VinaCapital Employee Giving Campaign
VinaCapital Group
VinaCapital Hoi An Resort Ltd.
VinaCapital Investment Management
VinaCapital Land
VinaCapital Real Estate
VinaSteel Ltd.
VinaWood
White Palace
YuMe.vn
Event Donors
An Phu Mekong Merchant Bazaar
Ben Thanh Art & Frame Auction
Canadian Chamber of Commerce in
Vietnam Annual Golf Tournament
Canadian Embassy Fun Run for Children
Flaunt Fashion Show
Holland Days
Movenpick Hotel Hanoi Golf
Tournament
My Better Truth
Saigon South International School
Charity Bazaar
St. Martin in the Fields London Charity
Concert
Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual
Golf Tournament
NGOs/Community/Gov’t.
An Phu Mekong Merchant Bazaar
An Phu Neighbors
Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam
Children Action
Children as the Peacemakers Foundation
Dr. Hans Messer Foundation
Embassy of Canada to Vietnam
Embassy of the Netherlands to Vietnam
Giving It Back to Kids
Grace’s Cookies
Hanoi International Women’s Club
Helping Hand, Helping Hearts
Helping Orphans Worldwide
Highlands Mountaintop Rotary Club
Hope Foundation
International Women’s Club of Hanoi
MedShare International Network
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and
Food Quality of the Netherlands
Society of Petroleum Engineers
St. Martin’s in the Field – Vicar’s General
Fund
Thai Binh Arms Organization
The Dorthea Haus Ross Foundation
The English Cricket Club
The Lotus Fund
The Love Team
Understanding the Heart-Hieu Ve Trai Tim
VAA The Fund
VietHelp
Vietnam Red Cross-HCMC Chapter
Wharton Business School Alumni Conference
World Bank Global Development Learning
Center
World Heart Foundation
Individual Donors
Anonymous
Peter Amaczi
David Anderson
Randy Austin
Robin King Austin
Bill Bathurst
Romney Bathurst
Jessica Beeson
James Chew Jock Beng
Binh H. Tran
David Blackhall
David Blackwell
Bo Thi Anh Dao
Stephen Brown
Maureen Browne
Bui Cam Van
Bui Huu Huy
Bui My Chau
Bui Thi Thuy Nha
Bui Trinh
Anya Burghes-White
Steve Burghes-White
Delia Caldwell
Price Caldwell
Cao Thi Cam Tu
Cao Trang
Cat Thanh Huong
Ulana Chabon
Chai Kian Hoan
Christina Chao
Chu Dang Ngoc Trinh
Ms. Chung
Chuong Tang
Donald Colgan
Janet Colgan
Craig Cochrane
Allie Cuadra
Adrian Cundy
Cung Thao
Dang Bich Han
Dang Hong Quang
Dang Kim Nhu Hao
Dang Pham Minh Loan
Dang Thuy Lien
Dang Xuan Thanh Thao
Maydee Davenport
Robbie Davis
Dao Duc Dung
Dao Ngo Kim Khanh
Dao Trong Thanh Truc
Frederic Desbat
Dieu Hoa
Dinh Thanh Phuong
Dinh Thi Thu Hien
Dinh Thi Thuy Duong
Dinh Van Son
Do Bich Hao
Do Chi Hieu
Do Ngoc Diem
Do Quang Hung
Do Quoc Hung
Do Thanh Long
Do Thi Xuan Nhan
Do Tran My Thuy
Dana Doan
Doan Ngoc Quang
Doan Thi Huyen Tram
Doan Thi Kim Anh
Doan Thi Van Anh
Martin Dowling
Lisa Rice Duek
Dung Duc Dao
Duong Hong Anh
Duong Huu Chinh
Duong Minh
Duong Minh Thu
Duong Ngoc Tuan
Duong Thi Tu Le
Robert Elliot
Ben Escobar
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DONORS
Kim Fletcher
Lucy Forwood
Robert Franko
Andrew Frantz
Edward Gadient
Mike Gammel
Horst Geicke
Eric Gershoni
Daria Gledhill
Michael Gray
Mike Gray
Ha Phat Phuc Duyen
Ha Thi Bong
Ha Thu Hien
Ha Viet Tuyen
Lynn Han
Freddy Harteis
David Henry
Cameron Hird
Andy Ho
Ho Cong Vu
Ho Huynh Thuy Duong
Ho Ngoc Ha
Ho Thi My Diem
Ho Thi Thanh Tam
Ho Thu Hien
Ho Tuong Long
Hoang Anh
Hoang Chien Thang
Hoang Duc Trung
Hoang Quoc Chinh
Hoang Thanh Le
Hoang Thi Khanh Tam
Hoang Thi My Diem
Hoang Thuy Tu
Hoang Vu Binh
Dr. Hoat Vu
Stephen Hobson
Anthony House
David Hue
Robert Hughes
Huynh Le Tran
Huynh Thi Thu Van
Huynh Van Hai
Huynh Van Thon
Uros Ivanko
Paul James
George Johnson
Khanh Cao
Don Lam
Lam Thi Kim Mai
Le Anh Hao
Le Chieu Vinh
Le Chon Ngoc Dieu
Le Dong Vinh
Le Duc Huyen
Le Hong Minh
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Le Kim Hoang
Le Minh Phuc
Le Nang Minh
Le Ngoc Cam Tu
Le Nguyen Duy Nhan
Le Nguyen Hoang Bac
Le Thanh Nguyen An
Le Thi Kieu Oanh
Le Thi Ngoc Minh
Le Thi Nhung
Le Thi Thanh Nhan
Le Thi Thu
Le Thi Thuy Trinh
Le Tran Nguyen
Le Tran Trung
Le Trieu Huy Vu
Le Van Cong
Eric Leong
Leong Lai San
Jason Vinh Hao Lien
John Lim
Seth Lim
Linh Ngo
Linh Nguyen
Luong Van Nhu
Kenny Lutz
Ly Hong Trang
Ly Trieu Van
Fiochra MacCana
Hunt Gia MacNguyen
Mah Khen Fatt
Jeannie Mai
Olivia Mai
Miguel Marcos
Joshua Matthews
Jonathan McGrain
Sue McGregor
Don McLeod
Bruce McWilliams
Mark Minford
Holger Molendyk
Simon Neller
Jason Ng
Ngo Thanh Van
Ngo Thi Phuoc Hanh
Ngo Thi Thanh Nga
Nguyen Anh Tuan
Nguyen Dang Lan Ang
Nguyen Dat
Diana Nguyen
Nguyen Dinh Thien
Nguyen Duc Bao
Nguyen Duc Duong
Nguyen Duc Huong
Nguyen Duc Thinh
Nguyen Duy Nhan
Nguyen Hai Minh
Nguyen Hoang Nguyen Giap
Nguyen Hanh Chi
Nguyen Hoai Phung
Nguyen Hoang Mai
Nguyen Hong Nam
Nguyen Hong Nhung
Nguyen Huu Thanh
Nguyen Huyen Thien Huong
Jenny Duyen Nguyen
Johnny Tri Nguyen
Nguyen Le Hoang Sa
Nguyen Minh Phuong
Nguyen Ngoc Huy
Nguyen Ngoc Linh Phuong
Nguyen Ngoc Minh
Nguyen Ngoc Thanh Tam
Nguyen Nhat Binh
Nguyen Phan Hoa Binh
Nguyen Phuoc Hieu
Nguyen Quoc Tri
Nguyen Quoc Van
Nguyen Quang
Richard Nguyen
Nguyen Si Toan
Nguyen Tan Dung
Nguyen Thai Dung
Nguyen Than Loc
Nguyen Thanh Hang
Nguyen Thanh Huyen Trang
Nguyen Thanh Huyen Trang
Nguyen Thanh Tuan
Nguyen The Anh
Nguyen The Cam Hoan
Nguyen Thi Anh Ngoc
Nguyen Thi Bao Tram
Nguyen Thi Bich Chau
Nguyen Thi Dao
Nguyen Thi Dung
Nguyen Thi Minh Ky
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Duyen
Nguyen Thi Nhu
Nguyen Thi Phuong Thuy
Nguyen Thi Thanh Hue
Nguyen Thi Thanh Tam
Nguyen Thi Thu Ha
Nguyen Thi Thu Hang
Nguyen Thi Thu Suong
Nguyen Thi Thuy Ngan
Nguyen Thi Tuong Nhu
Nguyen Thi Xuan Loan
Nguyen Thien Lap
Nguyen Thu Phuong
Nguyen Thuy Linh
Nguyen Tran
Nguyen Tran Anh Chi
Nguyen Trung Nguyen
Van Nguyen
DONORS
Nguyen Van Cuong
Nguyen Van Toi
Nguyen Viet Cuong
Nguyen Vo Van Dung
Winston Nguyen
Nguyen Xuan Chau
Nguyen Xuan Thao
Ninh Quoc Do
Stephen O’Grady
Ubbo Oltmanns
Julia Parker
Alex Pasikowski
Marie Helene Perron
Alan Thien Pham
Pham Do Chi
Pham Hai Dang
Pham Lan Anh
Pham Nhu Binh
Pham Tan Nghia
Pham Thanh Huong
Pham Thi Ngoc Huong
Pham Thi Thuy Chung
Pham Thuy Ha
Pham Van Trung
Pham Y Nhi
Phan Hieu Trung
Phan Hong Quan
Phan Lan Anh
Phan Loan Phuong
Phan Phuong
Phan Thi Kim Hao
Phan Thi Lan
Phan Thi My Phuong
Phan Thi Thao Nguyen
Phan Thi Thuy Hanh
Phan Thuy Hoang
Phan Thuy Hoang Anh
Phung Kim Vy
Phung Ngoc Hai Yen
Phuong Thu Hien
Kate Masterman Pimmel
Katharina Mannino Pollock
Bonnie Potts
Novita Prakosa
Quach Minh Due
Quang Nguyen Duy Kim
Gina Petruzzelli Reckard
D. Kendall RePass
David Sacks
Helen Savory
Lauren Scott
Michelle Seltzer
Denny Setiawan
Anne Sousa
Richard Steele
Maureen Tai
Lee Donald Taicher
Edwin Tan
Tan Hock Liang
Tan Whai Oon
Tang L. Chuong
Brook Taylor
Mr. Thai
Thai Viet Anh
Vin Thai
Than Trong Quy
Thao Cung
Thuy Duan Le
Ti Anh Nguyen
To Nguyen Thuc Doan
Ton That Cam Nhan
Michel Tosto
Tran A Thu
Tran Anh Tuan
Tran Hoang Anh Thu
Tran Huu Cuong
Tran Le Anh Thu
Tran My Ha
Tran Nguyen
Tran Quang Khang
Tran Quoc Thanh
Tran Tam Thu
Tran The Sinh
Tran Thi Bich Ha
Tran Thi Kim Hong
Tran Thi Minh Hien
Tran Thi My Uyen
Tran Thi Ngoc Anh
Tran Thi Ngoc Yen
Tran Thi Nha Ca
Tran Thi Thanh Thao
Tran Thi Thanh Thao
Tran Thi Thuy Duong
Tran Thi Thuy Hanh
Tran Thi Van Quynh
Tran Trung Thuan
Tran Tuan Anh
Tran Van Thanh
Tran Van Tuan
Tran Vu Anh
Trang Cabrerra
Trang Nguyen
Ty Thai
Trinh An Binh Va Ngoc
Trinh Hoai An
Trinh Le Minh
Truong Le Hong
Truong Thai Binh
Truong Thanh Minh
Truong Thi May
Truong Thi Minh Hanh
Truong Thi My Linh
Truong Thu Hang
Truong Van Bang
Tu Thi Thanh Tam
Tuh Tai Hing
Chris Twomey
Hannes Valtonen
Van Thanh Vinh
Jay Bacalso Villaver
VinaCapital Employees
Barry Weisblatt
Diana Williams
Paul Wong
Raymond Wong
Amy Wu
Eugene Wu
Katherine Yip
Yong Wen Wei
Heather Young
In 2010,
240
local and foreign
medical volunteers
contributed
3,790 hours
of health services
valued at over
$190,000
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CONTRIBUTORS
Cộng
tác viên
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
Niv Ad, MD Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, USA
Jorge Alegria, MD University of Kentucky College of Medicine, USA
Sary F. Aranki, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA
Anil Attila, MD University of Kentucky College of Medicine, USA
Erle Austin, MD Kosair Children’s Hospital, USA
David Balzer, MD St. Louis Children’s Hospital, USA
Dorothy Beke RN, MS, CPNP-PC/AC Children’s Hospital Bos-
ton, USA
Steven F. Bolling, MD University of Michigan, USA
R. Morton Bolman III, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA
Nancy J. Braudis RN, MS, CPNP, CCRN Children’s Hospital
Boston, USA
Debra Morrow RN, BSN, CCRN Children’s Hospital Boston,
USA
William Robert Morrow, MD
USA
Arkansas Children’s Hospital,
Lawrence Cohn, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA
James L. Cox, MD Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Russell Cross, MD George Washington University Medical Center,
Nguyen Khac Minh Tuan, MD Heart Institute, Vietnam
Nguyen Van Phan, MD, PhD Carpentier Heart Institute,
Tirone E. David, MD Toronto General Hospital, Canada
Joseph A. Dearani, MD Mayo Clinic, USA
Mary Donofrio, MD George Washington University Medical Center,
Hospital, USA
USA
USA
Peter C. Frommelt, MD Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, USA
Vietnam
Nguyen Vu Nguyen (Winston), MD Hope Children’s
Mary O’Brien RN, BSN, CCRN Children’s Hospital Boston,
USA
Daniel Penny, MD Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne,
Australia
Mark D. Plunkett, MD University of Kentucky College of
Robert Guyton, MD Emory University School of Medicine, USA
John W. Hammon, MD Wake Forest University School of Medicine,
Medicine, USA
Patricia A. Hickey, RN, PhD Children’s Hospital Boston, USA
George M. Homan, MD Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, USA
Chuck Huddleston, MD St. Louis Children’s Hospital, USA
Alfred HuYong, MD The Heart Institute for Children, USA
Robert Jaquiss, MD University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
Richard Jonas, MD Children’s National Heart Institute, USA
Afksendyios Kalangos MD, PhD University Hospital of Geneva,
Athar Qureshi, MD Hillcrest Hospital, USA
Charlene Raelson, PhD Hope Children’s Hospital, USA
Angela Sharkey, MD Washington University School of Medi-
USA
Switzerland
Joshua Kanter, MD George Washington University Medical Center,
USA
Edward Hal Kincaid, MD
cine, USA
Wake Forest University School of Medi-
Patricia Lincoln RN, MS, CNS-BC, CCRN Children’s Hospital
Boston, USA
Amy Lindmark, MD Hope Children’s Hospital, USA
John Lindmark, MD Hope Children’s Hospital, USA
Richard Lorber, MD Fairview and Hillcrest Hospital, USA
Lisa McCabe RN, MSN, CPNP, CCRN Children’s Hospital Boston,
USA
Gerald Martin, MD Children’s National Heart Institute, USA
Constantine Mavroudis, MD Cleveland Clinic, USA
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John D. Puskas, MD Emory University School of Medicine,
USA
cine, USA
Prem S. Shekar, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA
Lara Shekerdemian, MD Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia
David Stockwell, MD Children’s National Heart Institute, USA
David Stump, PhD Wake Forest University School of Medicine, USA
Elena Tessitore, MD University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
Thomas Theologou, MD University Hospital of Geneva,
Switzerland
James S. Tweddell, MD Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, USA
Van Hung Dung, MD Heart Institute, Vietnam
Thomas A. Vassiliades, Jr., MD Emory University School of
Medicine, USA
Himeshkumar Vyas, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital/
UAMS, USA
Kenneth Zahka, MD College of Cardiology and American
Heart Association, USA
VinaCapital Foundation Board of Directors
Don D. Lam, CEO, VinaCapital Group and Chairman of the Board, VinaCapital Foundation
Don Lam is a founding partner of VinaCapital Group, with over 15 years experience in
Vietnam. He has overseen the Group’s growth from manager of a single USD10 million
fund in 2003 into a full-featured investment firm managing numerous listed and unlisted
funds, and offering a complete range of corporate finance and real estate advisory services. Before founding VinaCapital, Mr. Lam was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers
(Vietnam), where he led the Corporate Finance and Management Consulting practices
throughout the Indochina region. Mr. Lam has also held management positions at
Deutsche Bank and Coopers & Lybrand in Vietnam and Canada. He has a degree in Commerce and Political Science from the University of Toronto, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Canada. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Securities Licence in Vietnam.
Brook Taylor, COO, VinaCapital Group and Treasurer, VinaCapital Foundation
Brook Taylor has over 18 years of management experience, including eight years in Vietnam as a senior partner with major accounting firms. Previously, Mr. Taylor was deputy
managing partner of Deloitte in Vietnam and head of the firm’s audit practice. He was
also managing partner of Andersen Vietnam and a senior audit partner at KPMG. Mr.
Taylor has expertise spanning financial audits, internal audits, corporate finance, taxation, business planning and IT systems risk management. He has a B.A. in Commerce and
Administration from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and is a member of
the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Nguyen Thi Anh Chi, Investor Relations Manager, VinaCapital Group and Secretary, VinaCapital
Foundation
Chi Nguyen is currently Investor Relations Manager at VinaCapital. She has been involved with the VinaCapital Foundation since 2005 through various charity programs. Prior to joining VinaCapital, she was an
accountant at the WBKA accounting firm in the US. Mrs. Nguyen has a Master of Science in Accounting from
the University of Baltimore, USA.
Nguyen Hong Nam, Founder and Managing Director, NQT Education Centres
Nam Nguyen is founder and Group Managing Director of NQ CORP Education. NQ CORP
Education operates NQT Education Centres (www.nqt.com.au) and Clever Kids Education
Centres (www.cleverkidseducation.ca) in Australia and Canada; providing education services to over 5,000 students across metropolitan Sydney, Melbourne and Toronto. NQ
CORP Education is also the official partner of the Department of Education and Training
(Sydney) and the NSW Adult Migrant English Service where it is responsible for bringing
the first accredited online Australian English language training programs to Vietnam.
With regards to community service, Nam is a co-founder of VietHelp, a non-profit organisation in Australia dedicated to funding education and development projects for
orphaned children in Vietnam. Nam also sits on the Melbourne City Council Young Artists Grants Panel
and advises the Melbourne City Council-Ho Chi Minh City Young Artists Grant Program, an initiative of
Melbourne’s local government and the Australian Consulate in Vietnam. Nam is a committee member of
Multicultural Arts Victoria, a non-profit organisation that provides opportunities and support structures to
emerging artists and communities from culturally diverse backgrounds in Melbourne. Nam is a graduate
of Monash University in Melbourne.
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The VinaCapital Foundation Board of Directors
Pham Phu Ngoc Trai, Chairman and CEO, Global Integration Business Consultants (GIBC)
Pham Phu Ngoc Trai has over 30 years of diverse experience in businesses, including stateowned enterprises, joint-ventures and foreign companies, across Vietnam and neighboring countries such as Thailand, Singapore, India, Cambodia, Laos, and Guam. He was formerly Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Indochina, and continued to lead the businesses of
PepsiCo in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia as Chairman Indochina cum VP Corporate Affairs
Southeast Asia until early 2010. Mr. Trai is one of Vietnam’s leading advocates of corporate
social responsibility, and has been actively involved in many social organizations, as a
member of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and in leadership
positions such as Chairman of Leading Business Club (LBC). Mr. Trai has a Masters degree in Business Administration and Bachelors degree in Science and Business Management.
Robin King Austin, CEO and Executive Director, VinaCapital Foundation
The VinaCapital Foundation 2010 Senior Staff
Robin King Austin, CEO and Executive Director, VinaCapital Foundation
As the visionary and motivator behind the VinaCapital Foundation, Robin dedicates her passion and drive to making a change in children’s lives. She conceived of VCF’s mission and
since its inception in 2006, has led the effort resulting in saving and improving the lives of
thousands of poor Vietnamese children. Robin leads the staff of VCF with one special rule:
She doesn’t want any child to suffer because we move too slowly. She has created an organization where program managers are empowered to move quickly to respond to children’s
needs. Robin co-founded VCF after a two-year stint as Development Director of East Meets
West Foundation in Ho Chi Minh City. She has also held posts in North Carolina as executive director of a
retirement community; community relations, PR and development for a small rural hospital in the midst of
a big expansion; and project manager for a conservation-based development. Her experience also includes
40 years of fundraising and humanitarian and volunteer work. She is a past president and district leader of
Rotary in North Carolina.
Mimi Vu, Director of Development
Mimi Vu joined the VinaCapital Foundation as the Director of Development in February
2009 after two and a half years as the development officer for the East Meets West Foundation. Previously, she spent six years in New York City and Paris, where she worked in public
relations, development, and advocacy for nonprofits such as the International AIDS Vaccine
Initiative, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and the Fund for Public Health in
New York. Mimi has undergraduate degrees in English Literature and French from the University of Michigan and an MPA in International Nonprofit Policy and Management from
New York University.
Rad Kivette, Director of Corporate Development & Government Relations
Rad Kivette joined the VinaCapital Foundation in the spring of 2010. He is a consultant who
has worked closely with a number of foreign governments, NGOs, and major corporations
including the Vietnamese Ministries of Education and Training, the World Bank, and the Asia
Development Bank. Rad was executive vice president of Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, one of the largest NGOs in the world, for 12 years. In 2009, Vietnam awarded him the
Medal of Peace and Freedom Among the Nations, the highest honor given a foreigner for his
development work in the country.
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The VinaCapital Foundation 2010 Senior Staff
Nguyen Thi Bich Chau, Heartbeat Vietnam Program Manager
A talented, multilingual asset to VinaCapital Foundation, Chau is passionate about her
position in VCF and the role she plays in assisting poor Vietnamese children to achieve
their potential. Chau has been with VCF since its inception and has been at the heart of
its activities – managing the heart program, being the main liaison between the foundation and provincial health authorities, and playing a major role in PR and fundraising activities. Chau completed language studies at the University of Social Sciences, HCMC, and
spent several years teaching Vietnamese to various multinational companies, as well as
working as a Japanese translator. She also has been trained and worked as a professional
MC at John Robert Powers Vietnam.
Nguyen Anh Tuan, Capacity and Outreach Programs Manager
Tuan joined the VinaCapital Foundation in October 2008 and is very passionate about his
work with the organization. He serves as the liaison for medical teams and local authorities for the outreach clinics, telemedicine series, medical training, and other equipment
support program for hospitals. Mr. Tuan completed language studies at the University of
Social Sciences and Humanities in Ho Chi Minh City. Prior to joining VCF, he worked for
several years as a social worker in the education and medical fields for other NGOs such as
the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation and Room to Read.
Program Staff
Tran Quoc Thanh, Program Assistant, Heartbeat Vietnam
Thanh joined the VinaCapital Foundation as the Program Assistant of Heartbeat Vietnam in June 2009 after
over four years as Development Assistant for East Meets West Foundation. Thanh is charge of working with
heart families and patients before and after the operation regarding heart surgery budget, family grants,
blood drives, and the continuing care program.
Nguyen Thi Thanh Hue, Program Assistant, Heartbeat Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Thanh Hue graduated from the University of Economics in Ho Chi Minh City in September 2009.
She studied foreign trade and after graduation completed internships with two major export companies in
Vietnam. Initially, Hue joined VCF to gain new experience working in a dynamic and professional environment and to help improve her English skills, but quickly fell in love with the children and their happy smiles
after surgery.
Pham Thi Kim Phuong, Program Assistant, Heartbeat Vietnam
Phuong is a recent graduate from Industry and Trade College, having majored in Business Administration
with a focus on Marketing and Public Relations. She is currently studying at the University of Economics.
She enjoys visiting the Heartbeat Vietnam children in the hospital, especially after surgery, because she can
see directly how VCF is helping them.
Phu Dinh Hong, Program Assistant, Capacity and Outreach Programs
Phu graduated in 2009 with a degree in Sociology from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
He previously volunteered for Saigon Children’s Charity and was inspired to continue nonprofit work with
the VinaCapital Foundation. Phu’s work includes translating and editing, as well as visiting children in the
hospital. He hopes that he can become a bridge between poor children and donors with the VinaCapital
Foundation.
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Outstanding and Incredible Advisors, Consultants, and Volunteers
Nguyen Van Phan, Medical Director, Health Programs
Dr. Nguyen Van Phan graduated with from medical school in 1985, and then trained for four years in a postgraduate fellowship in thoracic surgery in Vietnam followed by further studies at the Broussais Hospital in
Paris, France. While at Broussasis, Dr. Phan trained in the cardiothoracic surgery department of Alain Carpentier. He received his diploma in cardiothoracic practice in Descartes University (Paris VI-France). Since
1992, Dr. Phan has been working at Heart Institute, a Franco-Vietnamese Hospital founded by Prof. Alain
Carpentier in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Dr. Phan’s special interests are in both congential and valvular disease. Currently, Dr. Phan is the Chief of Cardiac Surgery Department of the Heart Institute.
Le Ngoc Thanh, Medical Advisor, Health Programs
Dr. Le Ngoc Thanh graduated from the Hanoi Medical University and is currently the Director of the Cardiovascular Center at Hanoi’s E Hospital. He has held various positions such as Chief of Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and General Secretary of the Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic
Surgery of Vietnam.
Lisa Rice-Duek, Clinical Consultant
After completing Nurse Training in the UK in 1996, Lisa commenced her career in Bath and London as an
emergency room and operating theater nurse. Lisa then spent four years in Paris as a nurse at the British
and American Hospital while studying Public Health at the Marie Curie University of Paris. In 2002 she was
part of the start-up team for the Franco-Vietnamese Hospital (FV), HCMC’s first international hospital. Lisa
worked as the hospital’s Manager of the In- and Out-Patient Departments for four years, where she oversaw
a team of 50 nurses and paramedical staff and trained them to international standards.
Suresh Rangarajan, MD, MSc, BBA - American Board Certified Adult Internist and Pediatrician
Dr. Suresh Rangarajan advises the VinaCapital Foundation as a Management and Clinical Consultant. He
worked as an investment banker, health care management consultant, and health policy analyst prior to his
medical training. He is American Board-Certified in both adult internal medicine and pediatrics and is now
practicing medicine in Vietnam. His wife, Tara, is the director of a joint International Labor Organization and
International Finance Corporation project that focuses on labor standards within the apparel industry. They
live in Ho Chi Minh City with their two sons.
Suzanna Lubran, Survive to Thrive Volunteer
Suzanna has over 25 years of experience in large-scale, high-profile urban renewal projects across the UK,
specifically in project management and delivery of comprehensive mixed-use developments. She is associated with a number of projects, including the redevelopment and restoration of St. Martin-in-the-Fields,
a world-famous heritage site in Trafalgar Square. Suzanna has led multimillion dollar private finance intiatives (PFIs) in education and health projects for the public sector and institutional investors. At VCF she was
instrumental in development of and fundraising for Survive to Thrive, a program to improve neonatal care
in Central Vietnam.
Laura Huong Phan, Branding , Communications, and Design Consultant
Laura has been a brand consultant in the private sector for the past five years in Los Angeles, New York
City, and Dubai, stewarding global campaigns for various clients. She has always had a strong passion for
public service work been involved in various non-profit organizations and served on a non-profit board in
New York City. Her desire to do social development work drove her to come back to Vietnam. Laura has BA
degree in Communications, English and Psychology.
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Outstanding and Incredible Advisors, Consultants, and Volunteers
Kathryn Arnfield, Marketing and Research Consultant
Having recently moved to Vietnam from the UK, Kathryn interned with the VinaCapital Foundation and applied her public relations and marketing experience to assist with the branding and communications for
some of VCF’s major fundraising initiatives. Kathryn has a bachelors degree in Communications and Media
from Sheffield Hallam University and obtained her post-graduate diploma from the Chartered Institute of
Public Relations in London.
Bonnie Potts, Finance and Accounting
Bonnie began her international work in Montero, Bolivia, volunteering in orphanages. After two trips to Bolivia, she was inspired to experience different cultures and explore working in an international setting. She
is currently an intern at VinaCapital Foundation, using her experience in finance and accounting. Bonnie
has a B.S. in International Business and Development.
Le Thuy-Doan, Writer
Thuy-Doan is a volunteer/intern at VinaCapital Foundation working on the website and communications
for Heartbeat Vietnam. She previously worked as a Client Service Director of AVC Communications, a local
PR company in Vietnam. Thuy-Doan was also a business reporter for the Sacramento Bee, the Los Angeles
Times, and the Hartford Courant. She is a cum laude graduate from the University of Southern California’s
Annenberg School of Communications, and she also studied at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Thuy-Doan has degrees in Print Journalism and English Literature.
Tran Mai Hoa, Translator
Hoa is currently a junior at the Foreign Trade University in Ho Chi Minh City majoring in External Economics.
She loves helping poor people through charity activities. Previously, Hoa volunteered with Operation Smile
and Interplast as a coordinator and translator. When she is not studying, Hoa spends her free time helping
VCF by translating website content, documents, and patient profiles. She also enjoys visiting Heartbeat
Vietnam children in the hospital after surgery, connecting with NGOs, meeting inspiring people, and contributing a little effort to make Vietnam and the world a better place.
Morgan Minus, Writer, Graphic Designer
Morgan graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Journalism from the Queensland University of Technology in
Australia and recently obtained a Masters in Media Design from Full Sail University. She began volunteering with VCF during a recent trip to Vietnam, and now continues to help VCF from her home in the United
States. Along with logo and brochure design, her work for the foundation also includes writing and editing
copy and program proposals.
Cameron McRae, Intern
Cameron joined VCF in 2010 and contributed to the administration, finance & marketing functions of the
foundation. He is completing the final semester of a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Marketing in Australia. Cameron credits his time with VCF for pushing him forward in his professional development; having completed a further internship with a youth advertising agency upon his return and gaining renewed
enthusiasm in forging a meaningful career. In addition to completing his studies, Cameron is working to
harness his interest in social development and provide ongoing support to the foundation as he begins his
professional career.
Christine Nguyen, Consultant
Christine graduated from Yale University in May 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular, Cellular, and
Developmental Biology. She is a 2010 Fulbright Scholar. As a consultant for VCF, Christine mapped services
for children with special needs in Ho Chi Minh City to better understand gaps in provision and how VCF can
help address them.
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www.vinacapitalfoundation.org • www.heartbeatvietnam.org • [email protected]