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At the beginning of the Canh Dan year 2010, the executive of the Making Dreams Come True Volunteer Group sincerely wish sponsors and volunteers a new year filled with health, peace and happiness.
To greet the very new year Canh Dan 2010, much of love has been sent to the pediatrics through the volunteered activities of Making Dreams Come True Volunteer Group. From the bottom of our hearts, we would like to send our profound gratitude to the sponsors who had sent your meaningful gift in the very first days of the year 2010:
1. "Warm early time of New Year" Party dedicated to the pediatrics in Oncology Department of National Hospital of Pediatrics during Tet holiday:
The party in early time of New Year was held with the atmosphere of love filled in the air with plenty of loving hearts of the respectful sponsors as the kids’ gifts:
· The Vietnamese staff working at the Embassy of the Netherlands: gift of VND 2 million
· Mr. Tran Hong Minh (Polytechnic quarter of collective housing units, volunteer of Making Dreams Come True Volunteer Group): gift of VND 1 million
· Ms. Trinh Thanh Huyen (Cau Giay, Hanoi): came to share her time in organizing the Party and gifted 1.5 million VND
· Mr. Tuan, Ms. Hien (Ngoc Khanh, Hanoi, volunteers of Making Dreams Come True Volunteer Group): organized the Party and gifted VND 1 million
Twenty-five pediatrics spending time of Tet Holiday in hospital were happily received lucky money (VND 100,000 per every kid) and lovely gifts (painting stories, toothbrushes, toothpastes). Besides, the kids had chance to join a very happy party for the festival with cakes, candy, milk and snack. The Party had brought the atmosphere of spring to the hospital in reality, that has brighten up through the radiant smiles on the kids’ faces.
To ensure the support of donors indeed provides the benefit of long-term health for the pediatrics, the amount of VND 2 million was decided to spend on providing the MP3 players for listening to music for wishing to reduce the kids’ pain during their drug infusion. This is created as a part of the therapeutics program by music that executed by Making Dreams Come True Volunteer Group in coordination with doctors and nurses of Oncology Department of National Hospital of Pediatrics.
2. "Warm early time of New Year" Party dedicated to the cancer pediatrics in Pediatric Department of Tam Hiep K Hospital:
The Party was held with lucky money, biscuits, milk, fruits (of about VND 1 million in total) was presented to the kids by doctor Nguyen Duc Y.
In addition, doctor Nguyen Duc Y (http://www.nguyenyduc.com/) also extracted the entire royalties received from The Old Age’s Health which has just been released in Vietnam to directly donate to the cancer pediatrics having difficult circumstances and being treated in Tam Hiep K Hospital.
3. Amount of 16 million VND was sponsored for project of “Kangaroo Playroom” at Cardiology of Central Pediatric Hospital.
There are many pediatrics who were inborn cardiac disease treating in Central Pediatric Hospital. Many of them were from far areas and living under poor condition. In year 2010, Making Dreams Come True Volunteer Group wish to bring more joys and smiles to such those children through a project of building a space for children, a playroom named Kangaroo. This project is initiated and collected money from friends by two young volunteers Tommy and Clare Deehan who are Australian nationality.
We would like to express our gratitude to these following persons who are joining in project of “Kangaroo Playroom”:
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Greg Jess, New Zealand
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Mira Jess, Slovakia
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Serge Giacomo, France
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Jean-Christophe Robert, France
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Sarah de Jong, The Netherlands
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Tommy Morgan, Australia
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Clare Deehan, Australia
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Mat Harvey, Australia
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Amber Cohen, Australia
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Patricia and Andrew Best, Australia
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Lauren Whiteley, Australia
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Adam Jackson, Australia
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George Hayden, Australia
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Huw Horswill, Australia
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Anita Gluyas, Australia
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Ingrid Deehan, Australia
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Glenn Fairchild, Australia
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Andrew and Skye Fix, Australia
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Melanie Nanscawen, Australia
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Corey Davis, USA
As our expectation, “Kangaroo Playroom” will be opened on International Children’s Holiday of June, 1st 2010
4. Hanoi International Woman Club – HIWC join in Making Dreams Come True Volunteer Group to take care to cancer pediatrics in Tam Hiep K Hospital:
Hanoi International Woman Club (http://www.hanoi-iwc.com) which includes international women living and working in Hanoi. Through connection with Making Dreams Come True Volunteer Group, on May of 2009, HIWC sponsored 5 automatic perfusion machines Terumo for Tumour Ward of Central Pediatric Hospital (valued 149.625.000 VND). These machine are improving treatment quality for lots of cancer pediatrics in Central Pediatric Hospital.
As proposal of Making Dreams Come True Volunteer Group, HIWC has just accepted to sponsor for a supply contract of fresh milk, noodle package, nutritional biscuits and fruits like bananas, oranges and apples ... to improve nutrition quality for pediatrics of Tam Hiep K Hospital. Valid period of this contract is one year. According to the contract, in every Tuesday’s afternoon and Saturday’s morning, when volunteers of Making Dreams Come True Volunteer Group come to visit pediatrics at K Hospital, they will bring fresh milk, noodle package, nutritional biscuits of HIWC to pediatrics on behalf of HIWC. This project will bring more realistic benefit of health for pediatrics and ensure nutrition during their treatment process. Total value of strengthening nutrition contract of HIWC for pediatrics in Tam Hiep K Hospital is 66.000.000 VND with period from March of 2010 to March of 2011.
Once again, Making Dreams Come True Volunteer Group would like to thank all sponsors and partners kindness who are along with us to light dreams of cancer and fatal disease pediatrics. |