The Humanitarian aspect of Vets With A Mission began in
1988 and is a group of Vietnam veterans and non-veterans who are
dedicated to bringing healing, reconciliation and renewal to the
people of Vietnam. It strives to accomplish this through the compassionate,
humanitarian efforts of people who desire to rise above the tired
political arguments and unnecessary apologetics concerning our
involvement in the war. Vets With A Mission is
doing something constructive to help a people with whom we have
shared so much suffering in common. Get more detail on Vets With A Mission Humanitarian Projects here.
Though America withdrew from Vietnam in 1975,
the tragedy did not end there for the Vietnamese people. They
still suffer from the devastating effects which decades of war
have brought to Southeast Asia. Today, nearly 75 million people
struggle under the curse of poverty, inadequate medical care,
and grinding hardship. Though normalization is now a reality and
Vietnam has taken aggressive steps to modernize her economy her
infrastructure, health care, and standard of living still lags
behind most of the world.
Vets With A Mission has a variety of projects. We work to establish Clinics and Rehabilitation
Centers and have currently built twenty one rural health stations
in Vietnam. We offer medical training programs and work with the
local doctors to help improve their level of education and skills
in the medical profession. We provide medical supplies and equipment
to the clinics we've built as well as existing clinics. We work
with local churches providing Bibles and Christian literature,
funding church repairs, and supporting their outreach efforts,
which includes Christian medical teams that reach out to those
who are unable to get proper medical care. Through Vets With A
Mission these medical teams can give hope to the increasing number
of addicts and HIV/AIDS victims in Vietnam.
Your tax deductible contributions
help support the following:
To Establish Clinics and Rehabilitation
Centers - Volunteers are involved in construction and
renovation of rural medical clinics to meet the many health care
needs of the poor.  We
also help establish rehabilitation centers to train young people
in vital job skills, care for disabled veterans and provide prosthetic
assistance. Vets With A Mission sponsored and
helped built the Health Information and Education Center (H.I.E.C.)
in Da Nang, which operates educational health programs on basic
preventive health care issues with special emphasis on STD's,
HIV/AIDS.
Medical Training Programs -
Vets With A Mission teams bring in medical professionals in a
variety of fields to help train their Vietnamese counterparts
and improve the substandard quality of Vietnamese medical care.
Doctors, dentists, nurses, dental hygienist and specialists work
with the Vietnamese in the field and offer their expertise in
training seminars. We have supported medical projects in Dong
Nai Province, QuangNam-Da Nang Province, Nge Be District, the
Pediatric Research Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Pediatric Hospitals
1&2 in Ho Chi Minh City, The Center of Traumatology &
Orthopaedics in Ho Chi Minh City, The Saigon Medical School, the
Dinh Quan Distric Hospital in Dong Nai Province, the Rehabilitation
Center in Da Nang, and the Peace Village Rehabilitation Center
in Song Be.
Provide Medical Supplies - We
bring in shipments of medical supplies, nutritional supplements,
diagnostic and surgical equipment, dental supplies, orthopedic
equipment, and pharmaceuticals to stock and maintain the operation
of the medical facilities we support.
Church Support - We also help
Christians in Vietnam by providing Bibles and literature, funding
church repairs, and supporting their outreach efforts to lepers,
Aids victims, and drug addicts.
HOW CAN YOU HELP? Vets With
A Mission depends on concerned individuals and organizations who
desire to alleviate the suffering in Southeast Asia. All contributions
are fully tax deductible. If you desire to help, or need additional
information on our projects, policy, team trips to Vietnam, orphan
sponsorship program, or medical needs, please contact us at:
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For more information on our projects in Vietnam visit our Vets With A Mission Humanitarian website. |
