Neil Hannan's 2025 Vietnam Humanitarian Journey

𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞! 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟓𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐕𝐍𝐃 ($𝟐𝟎𝐔𝐒𝐃) 𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟓 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐡 (𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐞) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐫𝐬. 𝐍𝐠𝐨𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.    𝐀𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡 e  𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬  𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠:  𝟏𝟓𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐕𝐍𝐃 - 𝟏𝟎 𝐤𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞   𝟏𝟐𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐕𝐍𝐃 - 𝟏 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬    𝟕𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐕𝐍𝐃 - 𝟏 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐢𝐥 & 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬   𝟐𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎...

Facilitated by Khanh of Hearts for Hue and Mrs. Y of Vietnam Women's Union, here are images of yesterday's distribution of 500,000VND ($20 USD) to 25 flood-affected households in Huong Tra village. Also presented is a list of the recipients.

Facilitated by Khanh ( Hearts for Hue), we funded relief for 100 families in three flood-stricken villages yesterday. In each village, representatives of the Vietnam Women's Union selected the families with the most critical need. Priority is given to: -Poor and near-poor families  -Families with elderly, children, or people with disabilities  -Households that suffered severe property damage Khanh and I agreed that the best approach is to provide each family with funds with which to purchase essential needs. I confirmed that there are small stores operating on higher ground that are accessible to these villagers. Each family received 500,000 VND, which is about $20 USD. It's not a lot, but it'll help out tremendously in the short term. Here are items that would typically be purchased with the funds that we provided: 150,000 VND - 10 kg bag of rice 120,000 VND - 1 box noodles  75,000 VND - 1 liter cooking oil & seasonings 25,000 VND - 1 kg sugar 30,000 VND - 1 liter fi...