The Care to Help Project has completed twenty safe water projects and opened five schools in
the Central Highlands area of Vietnam since May, 2002.
Projects 1 and 2: "The Chicken Village" - completed between May & July 2002
The Care to Help project drilled two 350 foot deep wells with multi-fauceted
holding tanks at either end of the village. The levels of health observed
in the village of over 400 people, has risen markedly since they were
given access to clean water.
Project 3:
Di Linh Leper Village - completed October 2002
The Care
to Help project drilled a 450' well, and constructed a water tower
that supports a custom built 5000 liter stainless steel water tank which
then supplies running water throughout the village.
Project 4: Ro Men - Completed July 20, 2003
Village
Care to Help
completed construction of a new 350' deep well for the 400+ villagers of Ro
Men, on July 20, 2003, this is the first project where we have also constructed
a secondary water station away from the main holding tank.
Care to Help has
completed construction of a deep well and holding tank project in the Lang
Cu village at Gung Re. Lang Cu has a population of over 800, spread over three
hillsides.
Location of the new well, which is sited next to the medical clinic at Lang Cu. The Lang Cu
Project was sponsored and funded by the family of Sam Dallman, who wish the
villagers of Lang Cu good health.
Buu Thang
Pagoda, which is a home for children that are suffering birth defects
of various kinds, will now have clean water. This
project is being sponsored and funded by Lois Conaway of Warren, PA.
It is given to the children of Buu Thang as a gift from her and her
grandchildren. Would you like to help us to help these kids such as
these? Please consider sponsoring a project, or making a donation to
Care to Help. You can make a difference in their lives.
Project 7: Hang Lang - Completed Jan. 18, 2004.
In early January, 2004 we began construction of a well to provide
safe drinking water at Hang Lang Village outside of Di Linh, Vietnam.
This project was sponsored entirely by the Gill Family of Martinez,
California.
Phy Zut village
Care to Help spent the month of February, 2004 attempting to bring safe water
to the village of Phy Zut. Unfortunately we could not find good groundwater
beneath their village. We are very disappointed that we could not help them at
this time, we hope to come back at a later date to try again.
Project 8: Kha'mp Rong - Completed April 28, 2004.
On April 28, 2004 Care to Help completed a new deep groundwater water well at the village of Kha'mp Rong. This project was sponsored by Diane Tourville, Ethan Roush, and Rachel Bard from the Seattle area.
Project 9: Ta Nang Village - Completed May 15, 2004.
On May 15, 2004 CTH finished drilling a new well at the location
elementary & High Schools of Ta Nang Village. Before this well was completed,
the 700 students had no access to water. This project was sponsored by Cheryl
and Chuck Kline, Phillip, Buffy, Erik and Jack Simmons of Encinitas,
California.
Cheryl and Chuck Kline receive an enthusiastic welcome from the kids of Ta Nang
when they visit the village school, and the well project that they sponsored.
Project 10: Ka Do village - Completed May 25, 2004.
On May 25, 2004, Care to Help completed construction of a new
well project at Ka Do Village, 40 miles east of Da Lat. This well was built next
to the village elementary school, which currently has no safe water source.
This project is sponsored by a group of Seattle companies and citizens who
work with public water systems, including the Law Office of Thomas M. Pors,
Pacific Groundwater Group, Gray & Osborne, Inc., International Research
Associates, James & Gretchen Miller, Jay & Lorraine Manning, George & Edith Bower, and
Dan & Donna Bruno.
Project 11: Quang Hiep - Completed June 28th, 2004.
On June 28, 2004, Care to Help completed construction of a new
well to provide safe drinking water at Quang Hiep High School, and the
surrounding village. Quang Hiep is about 40 kilometers SE of Da Lat.
This project is was sponsored by the Watson family of Seattle, Washington.
Project 12: Ta Ly - Completed August 12, 2004.
On Aug 12, 2004, Care to Help completed construction of a new
well at Ta Ly Village, east of Da Lat, Vietnam. This village has 86 families and
over 500 people, they previously had no safe water source.
This well was sponsored by a diverse group of cyber friends that organized
themselves in order to help others:
Dusty Arrington & Kathleen Mcmahon, Albuquerque, NM
Rob Ayers, Concord, MA
Scott Brown, Chicago, ILL
The Gill Family, Martinez, CA
Michael Gordon, Laytonville, CA
Mike & Mary Sauvola, Reno, NV
Tim & Ria Smigelski, Philadelphia, PA
Tim Sullivan, Pittsburgh, PA
Harold & Rose White, Tsawwassen, BC Canada
Project 13: Quang Lap - Opened on September 6, 2004.
On August 2nd, Care to Help began construction of our first school project.
Quang Lap village is an ethnic minority village that had no school available
for their youngest children, roughly preschool to 3rd grade. They asked us if we
could help them with a school. CTH was able to strike a historic agreement
with the local government: CTH would build the school, the government would
provide the teacher, and the village will handle all maintenance and utilities. As
a result, schooling is free for the kids of the village.
Funding for this school has been gladly provided by the R.M. Watson Co. in
appreciation of its friends and clients:
Larry and Sherri Benaroya, The Benaroya Company
Steve Malsam, Wakefield Homes
Len Evans, The Evans Company
Ken Watson, Graphics Sportswear
HAL Real Estate Investments Inc.
Peter Ostrander, Fidelity Title Co.
Michael Heijer, Grancorp
Lars Jonsson, Stellar International Holdings
Greg Hilgren, Calvest Realty Advisors
Teutsch Partners
Legacy Partners Residential
TIAA-CREF
JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management
Sares/Regise the intro
Young, DeNormandie & Oscarsson
ING Clarion Partners
"This school is dedicated to the hearts and minds of every precious
child passing through its doors." -Bob Watson
Project 14: B'dor - Completed Oct. 28, 2004.
On October 28, 2004 Care to Help completed construction of a new deep
groundwater well system for the village of B'Dor, which is about 120km south of Da
Lat, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. B'Dor is an ethnic minority community
of over 2000, and they currently have access to a very poor and unsafe water
source.
This safe water project is being sponsored by Mike Jones of Oroville, WA in
honor of his parents, Jim and June Jones of Concord, CA.
Mike Jones recently traveled to meet the villagers of B'Dor, where he
sponsored this safe water project for them. It was a life changing experience for all.
Project 15: B'Co - Completed Nov. 15, 2004.
Project 15: On November 15, 2004 CTH dedicated a new safe water well at B'Co,
a village next door to B'Dor village. B'Co has over 1000 residents. This
project was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bellevue, Washington.
On April 22, 2005, we completed construction of a new
safe water project at Bao Tuan Village. This project was sponsored by Hannah
Bartholomew and friends, from Seattle, WA. Thank you, Hannah!
Project 17: Ka La To Kreng
On May, 8 2005, opening ceremonies were held for
the new water project at Ka La To Kreng village. This project was sponsored by
Becky Liebman and Charlie Stephens of Olympia, WA. Thank you Becky & Charlie!
Project 18: Buu Thang Pagoda & Orphanage
On September 30, 2005, Care to Help dedicated a new 24 bed dormitory
building & a bathroom/bathing facility at Buu Thang Pagoda & Orphanage.
CTH has worked at Buu Thang before, building them a safe water well
system that was operational on Jan. 1, 2004.
Project 19: Pho Te Village
In Mid-February 2006, CTH completed a new safe water well project at
Pho Te Village. Pho Te has a close relationship with Buu Thang, where
we recently completed the orphanage dormitory project.
This project was sponsored by Trang and Matthew Buck of Cincinnati, Ohio; Hoang Manh of Westchester, New York; and Lien Nguyen of San Diego, CA.
Project 20: Loc Tho
On April 20, 2006 Care to Help completed our second Friendship School at the village of Loc Tho. Loc Tho is just inland from the coastal city of Nha Trang. This project was made possible by the generous sponsorship of Greg James, and Topics Entertainment, of Seattle, Washington.
Project 21: Long Cat - September 2006
Long Cat village had one very small school room. The day that we
completed the new school building and classes began, over 100 students
showed up for the first day of school! Many more than the teachers
expected. This building has a capacity of about 35 students, so they
are holding three school sessions per day. If the demand for schooling
stays high, we may return and expand this building, or add a second
structure.
Project 22: Nam Hiep - September 2006
We built two wells, previously, on school grounds in and around the
village of Nam Hiep. Since they do a wonderful job of maintaining the
projects we have built for them, it was easy to say yes when they asked
us to help them again at a new school they were building. We visited
Nam Hiep in November of '05 with a group of our friends and supporters,
when the pricipal of the school asked us for our help again, our good
friends Tom Bartholomew and Sarah Mack stepped up and said they would
be happy to sponsor the project. And here it is!
With this project, and the well we built at Pho Te village, we are
using a new design, hoping to reduce maintenance needs. We are using a
raised stainless steel holding tank instead of a the masonry holding
tanks we had been building.
Project 23: Kim Son - December 2006
In December 2006, CTH completed a new school building for the kids at
Kim Son Pagoda, south of Nha Trang. Kim Son has a long history of serving the local poor children well by
providing schooling. Their old school building was insufficient to
allow them to handle the number of kids wishing to attend school. Over
100 children now attend this school.
