Current
Project
How We've Helped
Friends
of Danang
4017 Washington Road #152
McMurray, PA 15317-2520
Schools
On Veterans Day 1998, the Friends of Danang launched an initiative to raise $50,000 to build an elementary school in Danang, Vietnam. They did so after partnering with the Vietnam Children's Fund, an organization which builds schools in that part of the world. The inspiration for that fund was provided by Lewis B. Puller, Jr., a marine lieutenant who lost his legs and part of both hands in Vietnam. One year later, on Veterans Day 1999 the school opened and now provides classrooms for 600 students.
First School - Dedicated November 11, 1999
Following an emotional dedication of that facility and a return trip back to the United States, the Friends of Danang immediately began raising money to build another school. This time they partnered with a Pittsburgh area Rotary Club. Because some of its Rotarians took it upon themselves to contact other Rotary clubs across the contry, there was soon enough money collected to build another school, the Rotary School of Pennsylvania/USA. It was dedicated in April of 2002. The East Meets West Foundation, which has had a presence in Vietnam for over fifteen years, ensured that the school was properly constructed and erected in a timely manner.
Children at a Friends of Danang School
Medical
Clinic
In addition to these two large
schools, the Friends of Danang, working with East Meets West Foundation,
have raised enough money and has paid for the construction of three small
schools and a medical clinic. All of our work has focused on the Danang
area of Vietnam, with emphasis on meeting the needs of poor children.
Medical Clinic - Dedicated April 11, 2002
Let
Them Walk Again, Danang
We have provided prosthetic
and orthotic rehabilitation services for Vietnamese children who suffered
birth defects attributed to the effects of Agent Orange or who lost limbs
in land mine explosions. The need for such surgery exists as the result
of accidents caused by landmines and unexploded ordinances, as well as
agent orange related disabilities, birth defects and other childhood accidents.
Let Them Walk Again, Danang