VIETNAM CHILDREN'S FUND

The Vietnam Children's Fund was founded in 1993 by Kieu Chinh, Vietnamese-American actress, lecturer and philanthropist, Terry Anderson, journalist, Vietnam veteran, author and the late Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr., a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and severely wounded marine in the Vietnam war. Puller believed that in war no one goes unscathed but that children, the most vulnerable of all, suffer the greatest hardships. He felt the Vietnam Children's Fund was a gesture that could not only help close the past but ensure a brighter future for the children of Vietnam. The first school, located on the former demilitarized zone in Quang Trị Province, was dedicated in Puller's name in April 1994, the 20th anniversary of the end of the war... VCF recognizes that in order to make an impact it is important to be proactive and aggressive in these programs. The fact that the results will be verifiable, quantifiable and offer real carbon offset value to international donors, VCF is in a great..

Also known as: VCF, Vietnam

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