Catalyst Foundation

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Catalyst Foundation - non-profit organization supporting orphaned, abandoned and homeless children in Vietnam through scholarship programs and direct relief efforts. It also works with children adopted from Vietnam.

In 2006 - 2007, the foundation was supported by Collective Philanthropy Project (CPP) of The Union of Northern American Vietnamese Student Associations (uNAVSA).[1]

One of the Catalyst Foundation founders, Scott Parker intended to ride his bike over 2000 miles from Oregon to Minnesota in August-September, 2007, to raise about $40,000 for building a school and safe shelter for the girls living in the garbage dump of Kien Giang.

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[edit] Projects

  • Fight against Vietnamese children sale and trafficking to Cambodia and China for forced prostitution and labour.
  • Helping needy children in poor regions of Dong Thap and Kien Giang Provinces (South Vietnam).
  • Girls Scholarship Program.
  • Micro Loan Program.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Collective Philanthropy Project. CPP Home Page.

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