Tag: charity
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Third time lucky – or are we?
If you have good health and food on your table every day, then indeed, count yourself lucky. However, some of the patients at the Children’s Hospital 2, Nguyen Du street, are overdue to receive a bit of luck in their lives. It is Friday afternoon, ten to four, and we have arrived. Early and soaked…
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Observing kindness and documenting with an iPhone
It’s Friday 4pm in Ho Chi Minh City. We are at the gates of the hospital again. This time we arrive early and it’s still daylight and the group has just assembled outside the cafeteria that is located inside the compound. Red plastic chairs are shuffled around and hands are shaken. More people are present…
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What a difference a slip of paper can make – A visit at the hospital ward, Nguyen Du Street, District 1
A chain of events. A one year anniversary notification found its way to my inbox. An Expat blog meet-up, always at a new location, and almost always having new people participating. Thus, I met Dennis and his wife, Quynh, for the first time. A random encounter with a touching outcome. They do charity. Several stories…
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Saigon Scooter Centre’s annual Charity Run 2010
This year was the fifth anniversary of the Charity Run event organized by Saigon Scooter Centre. My first time to attend. The event raises money for charity and the full information can be accessed here. This will be the longest blog post in terms of images. Take a look and get a feel of the…
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The “100 Faces” photography project and the Vietnamese contribution
“The project is a book in which sale proceeds will be donated to The Global Hunger Project. We are collecting an array of portraits from different photographers around the world. The Goal of this Project: Gain exposure for photographers and the art of photography, raise money for global affairs addressing children poverty, expose the world to…
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Project Charity
The charity project is something that has been on and off. First time we started it, was around 2003. We found 5 different, privately run orphanages and visited them. We interviewed and photographed, went back home and wrote articles about them that were then posted online on a now forgotten portal site. However, the years…