Annual Reports – Tam Ky Project

Annual Report 2021

boxmagic — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 19:56:07 +0000

Dear friends/donors/supporters/volunteers of Tam Kỳ Project, Thank you so much for donating & supporting Tam Kỳ Project (TKP) in the past eight (8) years.

Your generous donation have helped to improve the quality of life for so many adults and kids in Viet Nam. We had raised over $200,000 in 2021 including $166,000 in cash and ~$50,000 gift-in-kind value for the 20 tons of Manna rice packets.

Here are a few highlights of our projects in 2021:

1. Distributed 20 tons of rice packets with needed vitamins to 2,000 kids in Nam Tra My, Quang Nam. Gift-in-Kind value $50,000.

2. Covid-Relief effort in Vietnam in 2021. Vietnam was experiencing its largest outbreak ever with over 1.2 million infections and 40,000 deaths. Vietnam had built over 30 field hospitals with 1,500 ICU beds and 30,000 non-ICU beds. When total cases reached several thousand per day, the government locked down Saigon and surrounding areas and Hanoi and started imposing a daily 6:00 pm curfew, no one could leave the city, and only emergency services were permitted to operate. The government also moved 10,000 troops into the city to enforce the lockdown and deliver food. But with a population of 9 million people, it wasn’t an easy task. There were hundred thousand of people who didn’t have food to eat. We were able to help with a couple of projects below:

Distributed food and necessities to over 4,000 people ($48,000)
Distributed over 15,000 N95 masks to field hospitals in need in Saigon and surrounding areas. The hospitals were desperate for these masks as there was a huge shortage of masks during this critical time. Gift-in-kind value $15,000

3. Provided Water filtering systems to 10 schools & villages in the highlands of Quang Nam & Quang Tri ($18,000). People in these rural mountain areas are often struggling to get water each day. They had to hike on a rough mountain road (an average of 30 minutes one way) to bring water home in small bottles and the water is highly polluted. We were able to build water wells with a filtering system so they could have clean water right in their village. The villagers and students are very excited and very thankful because this is a dream come true for them. Clean water will also help to prevent many deadly diseases that have been a huge problem for them.

4. Provided free cataract surgeries to 250 seniors in need who otherwise, would not have been able to afford this surgery. We sponsor the surgery fees, hospital staying fees for 3 days including 3 meals a day, and transportation fees from their rural town to the hospital in the city. They were very thankful to be able to see the world and their families again. The patients & their families will be forever thankful for this miracle ($12,113).

5. Provided warm jackets for 7,957 students in the highlands. The winter months are a harsh struggle for the people in the rural highlands of Vietnam, especially for young kids. The weather can be relentless and dangerous. These children suffer through the cold winters normally. They were so excited to be able to keep warm this past winter. ($16,500)

6. Food distribution for poverty relief. TKP volunteers visited 15 different provinces around Quang Nam and distributed food (rice, cooking oil, fish sauce, and broth mix) to 1,500 families who live below the poverty line including many who have terminal diseases. ($19,905)

7. Monetary gifts/red envelopes ($5,136) were distributed to over 500 cancer patients at Quang Nam hospital.

8. Provided monthly scholarships to orphans or children with special circumstances for $25-$30 a month so they can continue their education. We were able to sponsor 13 kids in need. ($4,722).

9. Provided 100 new wheelchairs to people with disabilities. Most of them do not have the ability to get around on their own and some had to drag themselves on dirt floors to get around the house. With the new mobility, they will not only be able to get around their own homes more easily, but they will be able to visit friends, and neighbors and rejoin the community. The wheelchairs donation is a life-changing event for the whole family. They are so touched and very thankful for this meaningful gift. ($5,225)

10. Provided 75 new bicycles for students in need. ($4,292)

11. Building a school in 2021 that was completed in early 2022. ($15,000 with the remaining $10,000 left to pay for the school construction in 2022)

12. Provided 200 shoeboxes filled with Christmas gifts for children in need around the world. ($3,000)

On a regular basis, we visit and cook hot meals for local orphanages, a rehab center for children with disabilities, senior centers, and local hospitals.

We also help many individual cases involving sudden accidents/deaths, sickness, people in the trauma centers who can’t afford to have surgeries, etc. We help the elderly or disabled people who live alone and have no family to help, orphans/kids with special circumstances, and many similar cases. ($5,000)

Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed and supported Tam Ky Project! Every dollar makes a difference! We would not have been able to help this many people without your support. You all have changed the lives of so many people!

We would like to recognize
our top 4 donors in 2021:

Excelerate Capital: $40,000

Thanh Thu Nguyen & Duc Dang: $17,900

Kandy Kim & Andy Quach: $14,100
Pinkstraws/Denise Pham: $12,900

Special thanks to the following regular contributors of the Tam Ky Project:

Ly Nguyen & Sonny Son Nguyen and their daughters (Dr. Crystal & Dr. Shelby) for sponsoring a monthly scholarship for four (4) orphans in the last 5 years!

Nikki Dang for sponsoring four (4) orphans since 2020.

Danny & Christine Phan for contributing quarterly donations since 2018.

Dr. Natalie Nasser & Dr. Phong Vuong for their generous donation and special thanks to their relatives for donating 10,000 N95 masks.

On behalf of the Tam Ky Project, I would like to thank all of the donors/supporters/volunteers, and our Board of Directors/Board of Advisors for your amazing support!

Annual Report 2020

boxmagic — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:09:35 +0000

Dear friends/donors/supporters of Tam Ky Project, Thank you so much for donating & supporting Tam Kỳ Project (TKP) in the past seven (7) years.

Your generous donation have helped to improve the quality of life for so many adults and kids in Viet Nam. We had raised $164,000 in 2020 and had executed so many meaningful projects . You can follow our FB Page and see the updates on all projects as they happen.

Here are a few highlights of our projects in 2020:

PROJECTS in Vietnam:

1. Construction projects: ($6,000)

– Built 2 water wells to bring clean water for over 400 kids in the highland of Quang Ngai & Built a porch cover for a school in Tra Xinh.

– Funded 2 water filtration system for over 500 kids in the highlands so they can have clean water to drink and eat.

– Built a kitchen for a school in Tra Thanh. This is a rural school in the mountain and they used to have to cook outside and had to set up a tent to cook when it rained so they are very thankful to have a real kitchen to cook meals for kids. Kids live at school all week so teachers have to cook three meals a day for them.

2. Free eyes surgeries to bring sight back for over 500 people in the mountain area of Quang Nam. ($12,000). These people live in poverty and would never be able to afford the surgery if not for us sponsoring them. We sponsor the surgery fees, hospital staying fees including 3 meals a day and transportation fees from their rural town to the hospital in the city. They’re very thankful to be able to see the faces of their loved ones again.

3. Food distribution in light of Lunar New Year ($9,200). TKP volunteers visited 10 different provinces around Quang Nam and distributed food (rice, cooking oil, fish sauce and broth mix) to over 1,000 families who live below poverty line including many have terminal diseases. We also distributed to 500 families in the South of Vietnam.

4. Monetary gift/red envelopes ($6,154) were distributed to over 1,000 cancer patients at Quang Nam hospital during Lunar New Year.

5. Food Distribution for Covid Relief effort (3 rounds of virus resurgence) ($12,000). We were able to distribute food & necessities to over 1,000 families in Quang Nam area.

6. Flood Relief Effort in October 2020 ($63,000). TKP volunteers have visited and distributed food and necessities to over 3,000 families from different provinces in central of Vietnam. Most of these people had lost everything during the flood and were submerged in water for over 10 days without food and drinks.

7. Warm jackets project ($6,000). Provided warm jackets to over 2000 kids in the highlands of Quang Ngai & Kon Tum.

8. Provided monthly scholarship to orphans or children with special circumstances for $25-$30 a month so they can continue their education. We were able to sponsor 10 orphans in 2020 (Total cost $3,100).

9. On a regular basis, we visit and cook a hot meal for local orphanages, rehab center for children with disabilities, a senior center, and local hospitals. ($3,000)

10. We also help many individual cases involving sudden accidents/deaths, sickness, people in trauma center and can’t afford to have surgeries, etc. We help the elderly or disabled people who live alone and have no family to help , orphans/kids with special circumstances, and many similar cases.

PROJECTS IN THE U.S.A.

Masks Project: $6,966

Tam Ky Project has donated over 30,000 masks including 5,000 of surgical masks and over 25,000 of fabric masks to over 100 organizations including 62 hospitals, over 30 nursing homes (not all listed) , various groceries stores, police departments, homeless shelter and local temples. We’ve also shipped masks to several hospitals in Texas, Idaho, Colorado and 15 hospitals in New York & New Jersey and remaining are for all hospitals crossed California.

We also donated 1500 faceshields, 3535 bottles of sanitizers to local hospitals. And 15,000 gloves to hospitals and nursing homes.

Meals to Hospitals: $2,631

Provided 500 meals to frontline workers at local hospitals in Orange County during Covid-19 breakout.

Homeless project: $3,469

Donated 1600 emergency meal kits, 2000 gloves, waters, 10 gallons of rubbing alcohol to The Courtyard Transitional Center in Santa Ana and Anaheim Emergency Motel Shelter for people with Covid 19 symtoms.

On Easter, donated pizzas, water bottles, chips, banana, protein bars to 250 homeless kids and adults and the Link in Santa Ana & the Bridge in Anaheim Shelter. $10 Mcdonald gift cards & Easter treats bags to 21 kids there.

Donated 200lbs of ham to Mary’s kitchen for the homeless

Village of Hope: $2000

Donated diapers, formulas, female hygiene to Orange Rescue Mission/Village of Hope for babies, kids and women who came from abused homes.

Seniors Project: $1,345

To provide a month of fresh produce and dried/canned food to 50 seniors who live alone with financial difficulties in Orange County.

Scarves/blankets/Clothes : (over $10,000 in value)

We’ve donated over 2,000 scarves/blankets/clothes to 10 different centers including local senior centers/shelters/Village of Hope.

On behalf of Tam Ky Project, I would like to thank you to all the donors/supporters/friends/volunteers and our Board of Directors/Board of Advisors Iggy IgetteHa Tien N Amy NitaoJohn VanZandtBibi OngPhong VuongNatalie Yvonne NasserJen Thanh ThaoElizabeth Ha DuongDanny Dinh @Lori Nguyen Thuong N. TranKrystal Hong Quyen PhamPham Đình NgọcJoanna SuJessie N Shannon QuintanaKat LindsaySteve WilburnTheresa Nguyen for your amazing support!

Special thanks to the following sponsors for their great contribution:

Chi Thanhthu Nguyen & anh Duc Dang $17,000

Chi Denise Pham/@Pinkstraws $14,000

Lori Nguyen/Excelerate Capital $11,200

Trung Vuong Alumnae Associate $7,025;

Linh Lam Mylinh Lam Khanh Linh Lam families/friends $5,000+

Smile Of Compassion Projects Nam CT Nguyen $5,000

Amy Nitao & families & friends $5,000

Kelly Ta $4,000

Tongueout $3,750

Natalie Ton & bac Viviene Dinh & friends $3,000

Quynh Nguyen $3,000

Trang Quynh Le & friends/families $3,000

Tiffany Nguyen & company $2,000

Lac Lam/Mimi Lam/Elegant Nails LLC $2,700

Hong Dang $1,900

Hung Nguyen (chi Ngoc) & friends $2,000

Charles Song Nguyen & Lien Doan Chi Lang $2,000+

Dr Diane Nguyen & friends: $2,000+

Bi Le &@Sonny Son Kim Nguyen and their twins (Dr Crystal & Dr Shelby) for sponsoring monthly scholarship for 4 orphans in the last 4 years!

Nikki Dang for sponsoring 4 orphans started in August 2020.

And to everyone else who have contributed and supported Tam Ky Project, thank you so much! Every dollar makes a difference! You all have changed lives for so many unfortunate people!

Here are all the reports
from our fundraising in 2020:
(click to download)

2020 Summary

Tien Thu-Chi tai Vietnam 2020

Lunar New Year Fundraising 2020-2

Covid 19 Fundraising – Viet Nam 2020

Covid-19 Fundraising USA 2020

Giving Tuesday Fundraising 2020

Fundraising for Flood victims in central VN 2020

Banh Beo Fundraising 2020-10

Fundraising 2020 -08 (blankets-scarves)

Fundraising for Shoebox 2020-11

Annual Report 2019

boxmagic — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 16:16:05 +0000

Dear friends/donors/supporters of Tam Ky Project, Thank you so much for donating & supporting Tam Kỳ Project (TKP) in the past five (6) years.

Your generous donation have helped us to accomplish so many meaningful projects/missions in Viet Nam. We had raised over $150,000 in 2019 and had done so many projects on a regular basis so we cannot list all projects here. You can follow our FB Page and see the updates on all projects as they happen.

Here are a few highlights of our projects in 2019

1. Anh Đức, chị Thanhthu Nguyen & her family had donated $16,500 for their mission to Viet Nam in January 2019. They traveled with TKP volunteers to visit a bridge that they had funded in Tra Leng ($7,000) Without this bridge, the kids have to walk for 6 hrs to get to school during the winter. The bridge will keep them safe and cut their trip short for several hours. With the remaining $10,544, TKP volunteers helped to purchase rice, cooking oil, fish sauce and many necessities and distributed alongside with anh chi, to over 1,000 poor people in Tam Ky, Tra Leng, Da Nang, Da Lat & Ninh Thuan.

2. Natalie Ton & her family had donated $3,100 in 2019 including $2,100 to provide food & necessities to 160 people who were affected by the flood disaster and $1,000 to provide free eye surgeries to 25 patients who can’t afford surgeries.

3. Hope For Tomorrow Loc X. Nguyen donated a total of $33,766 in May 2019 to build two (2) Kindergarten schools. The first one was built in the highland of Tra Cang, Nam Tra My. The second one was built in the highland of Tay Tra, Quang Ngai. The old schools were more like sheds and these young kids were suffering either from the brutal heat in the hot months or the extreme cold & wet during raining season. The kids, parents & teachers are so thankful for these new schools.

4. Tongueout Dr Iggy Igette had collaborated with TKP to build a water filtration system and brought clean water to over 1000 kids & their families in the highlands of Tra Nam, Nam Tra My in July 2019. The Project costs $15,000. Thank you Dr Phong Vuong & his dad Diem Vuong who is an engineer and he helped designing this system and brought all the parts from the U.S. and built it in Viet Nam with his team. These families don’t have to struggle bringing home water from the far away creeks and the clean water will also help to keep away many diseases.

UC Irvine students went on a medical mission trip with TongueOut & they raised $2,000 to build a Water Well in Tra Nham, Viet Nam. The new Water Well provides clean drinking water to 304 elementary school students and 200 villagers.

Tongueout also donated another $2,500 to buy presents for 304 kids here.

5. Han-Schneider International Children’s Foundation had donated 20 tons (40,000 lbs) of MannaPack Rice which costs about $40,000. The rice packets come with all the needed vitamins to help kids fighting malnutrition. The rice packets were shipped from Port of Long Beach to Port of Da Nang, VN in June 2019. TKP volunteers drove for 7 hours to deliver the rice to over 2000 kids in the highlands of Nam Tra My, Viet Nam. Thank you to As Ly & Linh Lam for connecting us.

6. Elegant Nails LLC in Santa Fe Place Mall Lac Lam had donated a total of $5,100 to the poor patients at the local hospital in Tam Ky, Quang Nam. TKP volunteers helped to distribute the money and cooked warm meals for over 500 cancer patients.

7. In light of Vietnamese New Year, TKP volunteers visited 10 different provinces around Quang Nam and distributed food (rice, cooking oil, fish sauce and broth mix) to over 300 families who live below poverty line including many have terminal diseases. Total cost ~$4,000.

8. Amy Nitao had donated $6,000 to provide 2500 warm jackets to kids in need in Kontum, Viet Nam. These kids live in the mountain area and barely clothed so the winter is really brutal for them. They are so thankful for these jackets.

Nitao family has also donated an English Mobile Library.

9. PinkStraws Denise Pham had donated $4,700 in 2019 for several projects. They funded $2,000 for the Mid-Autumn festival event to bring the festivities to 420 kids in Binh Sa,Thang Binh, Quang Nam. TKP volunteers brought a team of dragon dance to entertain them and passed out treats, lanterns, balloons, school supplies, backpacks and especially giving twelve (12) brand new bicycles to the students who have special circumstances and facing financial hardship. Pink Straws also donated an English Mobile Library to the school.

$1,700 were donated to the rice distribution delivery cost project to bring food to the kids in the highlands and the remaining $1,000 were used to provide monetary support to 6 cancer patients in October 2019.

10. Kandy Kim and her niece, Violette Truong had donated $7,726 to rebuild a broken bridge in Binh Que, Thang Binh, Viet Nam. The former bridge had major damage and had caused a few fatal accidents. The new bridge has helped with transportation for over 10,000 people at this village. The villagers are so excited and so thankful for this bridge. It has been a long dream for them to have this new bridge. It will not only help to improve the business for the village but more importantly, it will save lives

11. Tam Ky Project had collaborated with Smile of Compassion Projects Nam CT Nguyen & provided free eyes surgeries to 375 patients in July 2019. We had over 1000 patients came for screening and the doctors were able to do surgeries for only 375 patients who were blind from cataracts and other diseases. Some were only able to see light or darkness and now, they got their vision back. They were so excited and very thankful to have their vision back. Some elders even dropped on their knees and bowed to the volunteers to express their gratitude. TKP raised $5,000 to fund this project.

Thank you to New York Life –Khoa S NguyenFullterton Team John Vũ: $2,250 (gift of vision to 56 patients).

Thank you Chị Tinh-trang T NguyenAlbert Nguyen: $1700 (gift of vision to 42 patients).

12. In November 2019, TKP also did a mud run and raised $4,130 and funded eyes surgeries for an additiontal 110 patients from the rural highlands in Quang Nam.

13. TKP has been providing monthly scholarship to orphans or children with special circumstances for $30 a month so they can continue their education. We were able to sponsor 15 orphans in 2019 (Total cost $5,000). Thank you so much to Bi Le Sonny Son Kim Nguyen and their twins daughters (Shelby & Crystal who’ve just graduated as PharmaD) for sponsoring 4 orphans in the last 3 years.

On a regular basis, we visit and cook a hot meal for local orphanages, rehab center for children with disabilities, a senior center, and local hospitals.

We also help many lone cases involving sudden accidents/deaths, sickness, people in trauma center and can’t afford to have surgeries, etc. We help the elderly or disabled people who live alone and have no family to help , orphans/kids with special circumstances, and many more.

Tam Ky Project in California had also done many local projects here in Orange County. We baked and cooked dinner for families who have kids going through cancer treatments, Shoebox project to deliver gifts to over 200 kids around the world and volunteering at local food banks. On Feb 2019, TKP volunteers flew to Paradise to help the fire victims. We raised $7,000 and helped over 300 families in need there with money and food especially for many who were living in their cars. Details of this relief effort can be found on our Facebook page.

On behalf of Tam Ky Project, I would like to thank you all the donors/supporters/friends/volunteers and our Board of Directors/Board of Advisors for your great support! Dr Dung Trinh (Iggy) Elizabeth Ha DuongHa Tien N Dr Joanna Su Dr Natalie Yvonne Nasser Dr Phong Vuong John VanZandtBibi OngDanny DinhAmy NitaoJen Thanh Thao VinhJeffrey BurnsThuong N. TranJessie N Shannon Quintana DrPham Đình NgọcDrKrystal Hong Quyen PhamLori NguyenKat LindsaySteve WilburnTheresa Nguyen Thank you for an awesome year!

Annual Report 2018

boxmagic — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:53:19 +0000

Dear friends/donors/supporters of Tam Ky Project, Thank you so much for donating/ supporting Tam Ky Project (TKP) in the past five (5) years.

Your generous donation have helped us to accomplish so many meaningful projects/missions in Viet Nam. We report all donation and expenses for all of our projects on our Facebook page below. You can view all the donation and the breakdown of all the expenses since our inception in 2013 (under Files tab on our FB page) . https://www.facebook.com/groups/tamkyproject/ You can check us out on our website at www.tamkyproject.org

Here are a few highlights of what we’ve done in 2018. We’ve had many projects on a regular basis so we can’t possibly list all projects/details here. However, you can follow us on our FB Page and get the updates on all projects as they happen.

1. For Vietnamese New Year, we visited 10 different provinces around Quang Nam and distributed food (rice, cooking oil, fish sauce and broth mix) to 352 families who live below poverty line including many have terminal diseases. Total cost $4,652.

2. Distributed money to 1000 poor patients who has cancer and other serious diseases. Total project $2,000 was sponsored by Elegant Nails LLC in Santa Fe, NM.

3. Built 5 houses and a dorm for people who were affected by severe flood in Nam Tra My. Total costs about $7,000. These were sponsored by Hope for Tomorrow (www.hftusa.org) and one house was sponsored by Lori Nguyen.

4. We provided water filter system, gas stove, TV and solar system and presents for 300 kids in Long Tuc & presents for 2 orphanages in the South of VN. Total costs $8,300 and all was sponsored by anh Duc & chi Thanhthu Nguyen & her family.

5. Built a small school in Tra Khe, Tay Tra, Quang Ngai for Kindergarteners for 25 kids.

Total cost $10,595 for one classroom, 1 bathroom, a room for the teacher to stay overnight, a gate, a security wall around the school because it is near a cliff and a cemented play area. We’ve raised most of the fund for this school from our fundraising event in May 2018 including $2000 from TongueOut, $1,000 from @Lisa Ngo & $1,000 from @kickin’ Crab in Buena Park (Truc Linh Huong Thuy Singer Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen).

6. Built another school in Tra Xinh, Tay Tra, Quang Ngai also for Kindergarteners for 45 kids.

Total project costs $20,503 for two classrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, a security fence around the school, a gate and a porch roof. (This is another project with Tongueout and they funded the whole project via donation from Kandy Kim and her family & friends).

7. Providing clean water for school of Tra Xinh because the kids were getting their water from the nearby creek and rain water. The well project costs $1,748 , someone has donated half of the cost so we only paid 50% of the cost. (Sponsored by Natalie Ton & Lan Tran).

8. Built two (2) Mobile English Libraries for students in need in Tam Ky. They were sponsored by Amy Nitao and her family.

9. For Mid-Autumn Festival, TKP volunteers brought the festivities to 575 kids who has never experienced these common activities before, including dragon dances and lanterns. We gave them treats, school supplies, lanterns and 8 bicyles for good academic students who can’t afford the bicycles but have to travel far for school. Total costs $1000.

10. Providing monthly scholarship to orphans or poor kids with special circumstances. $30 a month to sponsor a kid so they can continue their education. We were able to sponsor 15 orphans in 2018 (Total cost $5,000). (Bi Le & Sonny Son Kim Nguyen and twins (Shelby & Crystal) sponsored 4 kids in the last 2 years, Linh Lam & friends sponsored 2 kids, KD 1 kid, Susan Su 1 kid, Hoa Tran 1 kid).

11. Funded over 1000 jackets and treats for kids and rice for their families for this past cold winter in the highlands of Quang Ngai. Total costs about $5,000.

12. Contributed a $1000 to build a bridge in Tra Don (sponsored by Lori Nguyen).

13. Built a playground (indoor & outdoor) for kids in the highlands of Nam Tra My ($2,500) was sponsored by chị Tinh-trang T Nguyen.

14. On a regular basis, we visit and cook a hot meal for local orphanages, rehab center for kids with disabilities, a senior center, and a mental institution. Total costs for these events are about $5,000 for this year. (@Trang Quynh Le sponsors over $2000 a year).

Mission Trip July 2018

– Visited the kids at the two schools that we’ve built and donated toys cabinets, 2 water filter systems, blankets, pillows, beds, school tables, and presents for the families of the kids. Total costs $1400.

– Distributed school supplies to 100 kids in Tam Dan who live in poverty. Total costs $735.

– We brought 35 school kids from the highlands to the city for the first time. They are in 3rd -7th grade. They traveled on foot for 3 hrs to the school and the bus picked them up and traveled for another 5 hrs on the road to get to the city. We took them to the beach, visited local museum and amusement parks. First time for everything and they were all so grateful and amazed at everything. Total costs $1,057

– Visited and distributed scholarship to 10 orphans.

We also help (on a regular basis) many lone cases involving sudden accidents/deaths, sickness, people in trauma center and can’t afford to have surgeries, etc. We help the elderly or disabled people who live alone and have no family to help , orphans/kids with special circumstances, and many more.

We have a dedicated team that would go direct to these people’s houses and investigate to make sure these cases are for real before we come up with a plan to help them.

Tam Ky Project in California has also done many local projects here this year as you can see on our Page. We baked and cooked a yummy dinner for the families who have kids going through cancer treatments, Shoebox project to deliver gifts to over 150 kids around the world and volunteering at local food banks.

On behalf of Tam Ky Project, I would like to thank you all the donors/supporters/friends/volunteers and our Board of Directors/Board of Advisors Iggy IgetteElizabeth Ha DuongHa Tien NKrystal Hong Quyen PhamDanny DinhJeffrey BurnsJoanna SuJen Thanh Thao VinhJohn VanZandtBibi OngThuong N. Tran Pham Đình Ngọc@Jessie Quintana Kelly Ta for your great support. Thank you for an awesome year!

Annual Report 2017

boxmagic — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:34:38 +0000

Dear friends/donors/supporters of Tam Ky Project, Thank you so much for donating/ supporting Tam Ky Project (TKP) in the past four (4) years.

Your generous donation has helped us to accomplish so many meaningful projects/missions in Viet Nam. We report all donation and expenses for all of our projects on our facebook page below. You can view all the donation and the breakdown of all the expenses since our inception in 2013 (under Files tab on our FB page). https://www.facebook.com/groups/tamkyproject/

Here are a few highlights of what we’ve done in 2017. We’ve had many projects each month so we can’t possibly list all projects/details here. However, you can follow us on our FB Page and get the updates on all projects as they happen.

1. In light of Vietnamese New Year in Feb of 2017, we provided for about 300 families who live in poverty with presents including rice, cooking oil, a box of instant noodle, fish sauce and seasoning powder and a red envelope We also gave presents to 22 seniors and many poor patients at local hospital as we reported on our page (Total project costs about $5,000).

2. We’ve raised $6,000 to build two (2) small Elementary schools in the highlands of Nam Tra My, Quang Nam and $3,000 to build another Elementary school in Quang Binh, VN. (Total of $9,000 for these three schools).

3. We helped to build a 36 meter long cement road for the entrance to an Elementary school in the highland of Nam Tra My. In the winter , the road is very wet, muddy & slippery and it is not safe for kids/parents or teachers to walk to school on this road so now the kids can walk safely to school. (Total project costs $660).

4. On a regular basis, we visit and cook a hot meal for local orphanages, senior center, and mental institution. Total costs for these events were about $5,000 for this year

5. We sponsored 20 kids from a school in the highlands and took them on a road trip to show them the city and the beach for the very first time in their life. They all enjoyed it so much and were so very grateful. We hope to do another one this year as a reward for kids that have good behaviors and good academic records. (This project costs $1,100).

6. .Took a group of orphans out for a day to eat, shop and be entertained at the local amusement so they can be like normal kids even just for a day ($300 per event).

7. Built a mobile English library for the poor students in Tam Thang ($470).

8. Sponsored 10 orphans for $30 per month/per kid, so they can buy clothes, school supplies and necessities so that they can continue going to school. They would not be able to go to school if they didn’t have our sponsorship ($2,700 for the 9 months of 2017).

9. We’ve raised $13,700 to help with the Storm Relief Effort in Quang Nam including rebuilding 7 homes for the families who live below poverty line and built one room at a new school for the kids to stay overnight during the week due to the distance from home (several walking hours).

10. We’ve raised $8,810 to help with the Storm Relief Effort in Hoa Binh, North Viet Nam and fed almost 1000 families who had been starved during the brutal storm that killed hundreds people and live stocks and destroyed hundreds of homes as well. It was a very devastating storm.Thank you the team from Trai Tim Quang Duc for the joint effort and leading this mission.

11. Visit and provide nutrition milk to cancer patients at local hospital on a monthly basis. Thank you to a friend and his family for sponsoring this special program in the past few years.

12. Replaced another wood burning stove with gas stove for a school in Tra Nam for over 200 kids who live there from Monday thru Friday. (Total project $1,625).

We also help (on a regular basis) many lone cases involving sudden accidents/deaths, sickness, people in trauma center and can’t afford to have surgeries, etc. We’ve saved many lives for helping these people in time. We also help the elderly or disabled people who live alone and have no family to help , orphans/kids with special circumstances, and many more. We have a dedicated team that would go direct to these people’s houses and investigate to make sure these cases are for real before we come up with a plan to help them.

Tam Ky Project in California has also done many local projects here this year as you can see on our Page. We baked for the families who has kids going through cancer treatments, we adopted 1 family and fulfill their wish list for Christmas. We volunteered at local food bank and helped harvesting crops to provide to the needy families in OC.

We’ve raised over $70,000 in America & over $30,000 in Viet Nam in 2017. We had done so many wonderful projects as listed on our page.

Special thanks to our long term partner Trai Tim Quang Duc Nam Hong Nguyen and TongueOut Iggy Igette for your wonderful partnership in this past years! Looking forward to another great partnership in 2018!

Last but not least, a big thank you to all the hard working volunteers in Tam Ky who has donated their time and labor to all of our projects. Everyone has families and jobs but they make time to do these projects on their free time without being paid.

We really can’t do all these wonderful projects without them. I am truly blessed to be able to work with such a great team! Thank you!

On behalf of Tam Ky Project, I would like to thank you all the donors/supporters/friends/volunteers and our Board of Directors/Board of Advisors for your great support. @Iggy Igette John VanZandtBibi OngDanny DinhJen Thanh Thao VinhThuVan TranHa Tien NJeffrey BurnsSteve WilburnJessie N Shannon Quintana Looking forward to another great year in 2018!

Annual Report 2016

boxmagic — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:41:38 +0000

Dear friends/donors/supporters of Tam Ky Project, Thank you so much for donating/ supporting our charity in the past three (3) years.

Your generous donation has helped us to accomplish many meaningful missions. We report all donation and expenses for all of our projects on our facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/tamkyproject/ You can check us out on our website at www.tamkyproject.org You also can follow us on Instagram https://instagram.com/p/BOr48epl8_J/

Here are a few highlights of what we had done in 2016. We’ve done so many projects each month if not each week/day so I can’t list all projects/details. However, you can follow us on our FB Page and get the details and the breakdown of all the expenses since our inception in 2013 (under Files tab on our page).

1. In light of Vietnamese New Year in Feb of 2016, we provided for about 300 families who live in poverty with presents including rice, cooking oil, a box of instant noodle, fish sauce and seasoning powder and a red envelope(~$2,500).

We gave red envelopes of total 14,100,000 vnd (~$620) to over 100 poor patients at local hospitals including Children’s Hospital.

2. On a regular basis, we visit and cook a hot meal for local orphanages, senior center, and mental health institution. And a few times a year, we also take the orphans out for a day to eat, shop and be entertained at the local amusement park like what normal kids do. They all yearn for love and affection more than anything else so we will continue to bring them love.( Costs about ~ $500 per event).

3. Built a cover for a playground at a local orphanage (over 100 kids here) ($1,000)

4. Provided brand new bicycles, uniforms & school supplies for poor students. We also provided dictionary books, uniforms and supplies to kids who attending free English lessons at local schools that being offered to poor kids. (~1,500)

5. Visited a school in the highland in Tam Tra, Nui Thanh, Quang Nam and gave out presents to 314 poor kids, 200 school uniforms and celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival with them. (~$900)

6. In April 2016, Tam Ky Project, has collaborated with Team @TongueOut coming from California ,traveled for 6 hrs on bus through mountain roads and a long hike on a wet raining day to visit an elementary school in the highlands. We gave out toys to over 100 kids and presents to 20 families who live in poverty. TongueOut donated 10 portable fans to each classroom and a Water Filter System. We also provided entertainment for the kids including clowns, magic shows and a concert. The kids definitely had an experience that they won’t be able to forget. Kids are in the age range 6-11 yrs old who live in one room at the school all week and come home on Friday afternoon. (~$1,000)

7. We were able to provide two (2) brand new gas stove system to two (2) schools in the highland, to replace their wood burning stoves. These gas stoves save them many hours of cooking per day and they don’t have to inhale the poisonous smoke anymore. Each of the system costs about $2,000. But we also visited with the kids and gave them treats and we also gave them free haircut in July when Diann and I were there.

8. Visit and provide nutrition milk to cancer patients at local hospital on a monthly basis.

9. Tam Ky Project has collaborated with Tongueout to help a blind center in Phu Ninh, Tam Ky. They have over 100 blind adults gathering at this center to make a living by making toothpicks, brooms, and now offering massage service.

We donated one (1) water heating system, two (2) air conditioning system and a steamed machine for the massage room for their new massage service center to hope making enough money to support themselves. Total is about $1100.

10. We provide monthly monetary support to several orphans who lost parents suddenly and can’t support themselves through school/colleges. We normally provide support for a year and we will review their situation after a year to determine whether or not they still need help from us. Their grades also need to be at an acceptable level to continue receiving our support.

11. This past October, we’re able to raise over $15,000 to help the flood victims in the Central VN. We collaborated with Trai Tim Quang Duc and together we’ve helped about 2000 families who being affected by the severe flood in central Viet Nam.

We also help (on a regular basis) many lone cases involving sudden accidents/deaths, sickness, people in trauma center and can’t afford to have surgeries, etc. We’ve saved many lives for helping these people in time. We also help the elderly or disabled people who live alone and have no family to help , kids being abused by their own parents, and many more. We have a dedicated team that would go direct to these people’s houses and investigate to make sure these cases are real before we hand them the money to help.

Tam Ky Project in California has also done many local projects here this year as you can see on our Page. We cooked for the families who has kids going through cancer treatments on Thanksgiving Day, we adopted 4 families and fulfill their wish list for Christmas and helped to deliver gifts to many other unfortunate families in Santa Ana area. Thank you so much to all the volunteers on these projects!

Special thanks to our long term partner Trai Tim Quang Duc Nam CT Nguyen and TongueOut Iggy Igette for your great partnership in this past year! Looking forward to another great partnership in 2017!

Last but not least, a big thank you to all the hard working volunteers in Tam Ky who has donated their time and labor to all of our projects including some very tough ones such as traveling more than 8 hours on rough roads and braving the dangerous water during the flood rescue attempt couple months ago. We really can’t do all these wonderful projects without them. I am truly blessed to be able to work with such a great team! Thank you!

On behalf of Tam Ky Project, I would like to thank you all the donors/supporters/friends/volunteers and our Board of Directors/Board of Advisors and wishing everyone a happy, healthy & prosperous New Year. Cheers to 2017!