The running total is now up to $1980. Only $20 more to go until I reach my goal of $2000. But, of course, I have a new goal. I'd like to spend a large portion of the cash on the older children, but also I heard about the need for a water treatment tank at Nam Dinh (the orphanage where my son is). A tank costs $1200, but is a great project for us to do. That means I need to raise more money to help out the older kids as well.
Birla Children's Village is the orphanage in Hanoi that I plan to work with. I've seen a lot of write ups online about them. It is a large orphanage that has 70-120 children ages 3 and up that live there permanently. My plan, as John advised, is to go there to meet the director and ask them what is most needed. I hear the biggest need is food and school supplies.
Yesterday I got a huge donation of clothes and blankets from the Families with Multiples bi-annual consignment sale. I took a chance and asked what happened to the items that don't sell and before I knew it, I had a car full of clothes, shoes and blankets. My living room is full of boxes now; way more than we can carry to Vietnam, so the rest will be donated locally.
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