DONATE TO THE 4TH TOUR OF WOMEN AGENT ORANGE SURVIVORS FROM VIETNAM
 Please donate to our 2008 Women's Delegation from Vietnam. We want to bring over 3 women from Vietnam to speak across the U.S. from Sept. 29th - October 30th, 2008.
Our budget is $41,600 for a tour visiting 6 cities thoughout the U.S. So far we have raised $7,940 (as of 9/14/08).
Both women are Agent Orange victims.
 Ms. TRẦN THỊ HOÀN (age 22), was born on December 16, 1986 in Đức Linh district of Bình Thuận province in Central Vietnam. She is a second generation victim of Agent Orange. Her mother was exposed to Agent Orange as a result of the war. She was born without two legs and one hand is seriously atrophied.
From the time she was12 years old, Hoan has lived in Peace Village II, the Agent Orange center at Từ Dũ Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City.
Hoan is now a college student in computer science at a university in Ho Chi Minh City and is fluent in English. This is her first visit to the U.S.is a 22 year old young woman born without legs, but a vibrant speaker eager to talk about her life in an orphange, her college education and the experiences of second generation victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam.
 Mrs. ĐẶNG HỒNG NHỰT was born on December 12, 1936, married in 1959 and gave birth to a healthy son in 1960.
Between 1961 and 1966 she joined the resistance forces in the Southeastern region of Vietnam (included Tây Ninh, Bình Dương, Củ Chi), which was heavily sprayed with Agent Orange. She was directly exposed to Agent Orange and suffered from skin rashes and diarrhea. Between 1966 and 1972 she was arrested and imprisoned by the US-supported government.
In 1973 and again in 1975 Ms. Nhut suffered miscarriages early in her pregnancy. In 1975, she again suffered a miscarriage. In 1977, she gave birth to a congenitally deformed still-born child. In 1980, she had another miscarriage. In 2002, she had surgery to remove an intestinal tumor. In 2003, she underwent another operation to remove a tumor from her thyroid. She now has cancer.
Ms. Nhut’s husband was a resistance fighter in the same region between 1960 and 1975 and was also exposed to Agent Orange. He was later diagnosed with intestinal cancer, metastasizing to the lung and the liver. He died in May, 1999.
Lastly, Ms. ĐINH THỊ MINH HUYỀN, is accompanying as an Interpreter. Ms. Huyen is from the Vietnam Peace & Development Foundation and Vietnam Association for Protection of Children’s Rights. She is the former Ambassador for Vietnam to Canada and a long time representative of Vietnam and it is a honor to have her accompany this tour.
Any donations after the event will
go to our education work within the U.S. to achieve real justice
for Vietnamese Agent Orange victims.
You deduction is tax
deductible through the non-profit status of our fiscal sponsor
Veterans for Peace.
We have no paid staff.
100% of all monies raised go to our education work.
Any donations beyond
our expenses will go to the Vietnam Association for Victims of
Agent Orange/Dioxin to provide for the needs of Agent Orange victims
in Vietnam.
Thank you for your
participation and support. Together, we can make The
Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign
a resounding success!
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