Hope Today

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Hope Today - non-profit charitable organization, providing assistance for the poor and disadvantaged in Vietnam. Founded in 2000 by a group of Vietnamese-Americans and based in the USA.

The Organization's activities, according to its statement, are fully based on volunteer efforts, absence of administrative costs taken from donations and the strict code of conduct. The main sponsors are private individuals (mostly American citizens of the Vietnamese origin).

HopeToday cooperates with other humanitarian charitable organizations to ensure essential charity services for the needy people.^[1]

[edit] Main Projects

Sunflower Project
- Assistance to the orphans in Nam Dinh, Dong Nai and Sai Gon and to the children of disabled families in Sai Gon;
- Assistance to elementary schools in Ben Tre and My Tho;
- Assistance to a blind elementary school in Ham Tan;
- Assistance to a kindergarten class and elementary schools in Quang Tri;
- Assistance to a kindergarten class and a nursery in Nghe An.
Project Rose
- Providing bicycles to the poor students in the rural area outside of Hue;
- Providing scholarships and assistance to the poor students in Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue, Phan Rang, Pleiku, Lam Dong, Saigon, Phuoc Long, Can Gio, Dong Thap, My Tho, Ben Tre, and Ruong Tre;
- Providing assistance to the blind youths in Quang Tri;
- Providing trade training assistance to the disabled youths in Ben Tre.
Project Lotus
- Assistance to the poor and elderly in Kenh Nhieu Loc;
- Assistance to the poor and sick elderly in Binh Chanh;
- Assistance to the poor and elderly in Ben Tre;
- Assistance to the poor and elderly in Vung Tau;
- Assistance to free medical clinics serving the poor, elderly and HIV/AIDS patients in Hue and Nghe An;
- Providing scholarships to free clinic nurses to become doctors to better serve the poor;
- Providing aid to the cancer patients and to the lepers in rural area.
Project Iris
- Providing fresh water wells for the lepers in the highland area of Pleiku and for a poor village in Nghe An.