The Trust's latest project was to raise enough money to buy cows for Agent Orange victims in Phong Dien district north of Hue in central Vietnam. We raised enough to buy 25 cows and they will be handed over on November 24 2008.
Previously we had handed over 65 cows to families in the A Loui district, west of Hue in central Vietnam. The money for both projects was raised internationally as well as in Australia.
There were heroic fundraising efforts, such as that of the women of Legacy, war widows and card players at Claremont in southern Tasmania. They raised more than $3400 at two luncheons in the local RSL hall where there were stalls, door raffles, etc.
All the money we received, 100 per cent, has gone to the recipients in Vietnam. We bear all other costs ourselves. Our supporters come from around the world and include office workers, businesspeople, professionals, war widows, pensioners and others on fixed incomes.
We are pleased to have the support of a new business in Melbourne, tabletopbbq.com, which, as its name suggests, is importing tabletop barbecues from Vietnam. It is donating five per cent of its sales revenue to this Trust.
Vietnamese tabletop barbecues
