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Above Where we work Right Diep Vuong, President, with scholarship recipient during summer camp Photography Credits: Pacific Links Foundation staff, volunteers and beneficiaries No likeness of trafficking survivors is shown in this document to protect their privacy.
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Expanding our Reach Dear Friends and Supporters, 2017 was an incredible year of growth for Pacific Links Foundation thanks to your continuing support. We launched the Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF) Project, funded by the UK Government’s Home Office, enabling us to deepen our reach especially in Central Vietnam to support populations vulnerable to being trafficked to the UK. In the UK, Vietnam is the number one origin country of trafficking victims under 18 and in the top five for all age groups. We also launched a new scholarship program, Scholarship to Elevate Education & Develop Skills (SEEDS) in Central Vietnam for both girl and boy students. Scholarships are awarded to talented students at-risk for dropping out of school with a strong desire to continue going to school who are from impoverished families. We remain committed to giving youth the future they deserve. Pacific Links Foundation believes that transforming vulnerable individuals needs to be rooted in empowerment. The more knowledge, skills, and self-awareness an individual amasses, the higher the likelihood s/he will increase her/his access to economic opportunities and thereby reduce her/his vulnerability to human trafficking and forced labor. Each of our programs together are designed to put up a stronger line of defense around at-risk communities against human trafficking and the more insidious crime of forced labor. With gratitude,
Diep N. Vuong President & Co-Founder
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acific Links Foundation empowers women and youth through improving life skills, raising self-awareness, bringing new knowledge and opening opportunities and supportive networks. Our Education & Training Portfolio empowers disadvantaged youth to access education and increase economic opportunities. Our Counter-Trafficking Portfolio empowers at-risk youth to prevent trafficking and survivors to build new lives. We envision a world where communities can develop to their full potential.
Impact Highlights 9,400+ Scholarships awarded to disadvantaged youth 16,000+ Factory workers & managers trained on trafficking risks & prevention 20,000+ Community members reached through awareness campaigns & events 2
Long-term shelters out of 3 in Vietnam for trafficking survivors
400+ Trafficking survivors assisted in their reintegration process
To g e t h e r, W e H a v e E m p o w e r e d
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Education & Training Portfolio Pacific Links Foundation invests comprehensively in disadvantaged women and youth to give access to education and increase economic opportunities. • Scholarships to Elevate Education & Develop Skills (SEEDS)
• Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE) • Social Work Summer Institute (SWSI)
Co-Programming • Mekong Academic Scholarships • Summer Camp
• ADAPT Clubs • Vocational Training
Counter-Trafficking Portfolio Pacific Links Foundation lead counter-trafficking efforts at the frontiers of Vietnam by providing the most vulnerable populations with access to education, shelter and reintegration services, and enabling new economic opportunities. Prevention • Factory Awareness to Counter Trafficking (FACT) • Financial Literacy App • Community Outreach 6
Protection • Returnee Initial Support Essentials (RISE) • Reintegration Services • First Responders Training & Support
Where We Work We work throughout Vietnam, and collaborate with partners including those in Asia and Europe. North Vietnam Lao Cai, Quang Ninh • FACT • Financial Literacy App • Community Outreach • RISE • Reintegration Services • First Responders Training & Support Central Vietnam Da Nang, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Nghe An • SEEDS • ECCE • Community Outreach South Vietnam Dong Thap, An Giang, Kien Giang, Tien Giang, Vinh Long, Tra Vinh, Dong Nai, Ho Chi Minh City • ECCE • SWSI • Mekong Academic Scholarships • Summer Camp • ADAPT Club • FACT • Financial Literacy App • Community Outreach • RISE • Reintegration Services • First Responders Training & Support
Since 2001, Pacific Links Foundation has grown from operating in 3 provinces to 13 provinces in 2017 7
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Renewed Hope Nghia’s* family has 5 people including his parents and 3 siblings. His father has had lung cancer for 3 years and had treatment until now. So far, the family has spent $7,500 USD on his hospital fee that was borrowed from the bank and relatives. The mother sells drinks in front of their house and works as a motorbike taxi driver, earning $150 USD per month. Nghia’s eldest sister got married and lives in Da Nang, sometimes she sends home money ($25-30 USD) to contribute to her father’s medication expenses. His second sister was a 3rd year university student when she dropped out of school to take care of their father at the hospital. When Nghia was a high school student, he worked as a motorbike taxi driver to help support the family. Their father’s medical treatment is such a huge economic burden to the family that Nghia feared that he would need to drop out of university. Thanks to the SEEDS University scholarship, Nghia is able to stay in school. He is currently a 2nd year university student, majoring in Oil Engineering. *Name changed for confidentiality 8
Pacific Links Foundation implements comprehensive educational solutions that serves underprivileged communities. Our beneficiaries include disadvantaged youth, early childhood practitioners and social work practitioners.
Scholarship Program to Elevate Education & Develop Life Skills (SEEDS) Improving Educational Opportunities
SEEDS provides educational opportunities for talented disadvantaged students in rural areas of Central Provinces to equip them with essential life skills, help guide them towards a career choice and expand job opportunities. SEEDS aims to create a high qualified labor force for local communities and Vietnam in the near future. Results 2,000+ Middle school, high school and university students received scholarships in the 2017-2018 school year 60+ Student attended the 2017 Career Exploration and English Proficiency Program
“I am very proud of being a SEEDS student and am very thankful for that. The SEEDS program helps me go to school. More than that, SEEDS helps build up my confidence, and gives me motivation and determination through soft skills training especially through the Career Exploration and English Proficiency (CEEP) Program. I cannot be where I am today without SEEDS.” - 11th Grade Student, Quang Nam Province
Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE) Raising Early Childhood Knowledge
ECCE brings the latest knowledge in brain development, health for mother and child, safety improvement and child development to early childhood education practitioners. Results 270+ Teachers and administrators trained in 2017 in teaching methodology, children’s psychological and emotional development, and creative activities to engage young children with limited resources 5,000+ Teachers and administrators trained since 2001
“This training has really good content, helping me to add new methods to help kids in my teaching. I understand more deeply about children’s emotions and what we should and should not say with kids.” - Kindergarten Teacher & Preschool Vice Principal
Social Work Summer Institute
Increasing Social Work Capacity in Vietnam The workshops offers practical social work skills to support trauma victims. Building personal ties and exchanging good practices enables better awareness, prevention, intervention, and reporting. Results 170+ Participants attended the 12th Annual Summer Institute in 2017
“Taking professional courses in this summer seminar gives me the opportunity to learn new knowledge while improving my professional skills. Delving into the topics of social work and psychology will help me do my job better.” - Social Work Summer Institute Participant 9
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Mekong Academic Scholarships
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Education protects young women living in trafficking hotspots by enabling a safer and improved economic outlook. Academic scholarship recipients receive: • Tuition, fees, tutoring, graduation test prep • Bicycles to commute to school • Health insurance • Uniforms, books, school supplies • Home visits to check in with students and their families to assess/reduce dropout risks and raise awareness about trafficking • Family days for students, their families and community members to raise awareness about trafficking and financial literacy
Over four days, academic scholarship recipients come together from the remote and impoverished areas of the Mekong Delta to build friendship, raise self-confidence, develop life and career skills and learn how to safeguard themselves against human trafficking.
Improving Educational Opportunities
Results 2016-2017 School Year 1,000+ Students received scholarships 1,000+ Home visits conducted 1,000+ People reached through 20+ Family Day sessions 95% of 12th graders graduated high school, 20+ are attending college or university Since 2005 900+ Bicycles delivered 7,400+ Long-term comprehensive scholarships awarded to 2,200+ students Nearly 400 scholarship recipients graduated high school since 2007 Average dropout rate of 11.3%, far lower than provincial averages
Raising Self-Confidence
Summer camp emphasizes the importance of education and career orientation to strengthen the young women’s commitment to stay in school, thereby preventing unwanted dropouts and significantly reducing the risks of human trafficking. Results 800+ Students and their teachers attended the 14th summer camp in 2017 100+ Volunteers and workshop presenters contributed to 2017 summer camp
“This is my third year participating in Summer Camp. Before, I would never talk; I was painfully shy, like I was afraid of something. Everyone is so good at speaking and they have a lot of confidence, so I wanted to be able to speak and be confident like them. Each time I attend Summer Camp, I learn so much. This time, I was able to talk to others and ask them questions. I’m better at communicating with others now, and I see that I am capable of changing myself.” - 11th Grade Student, An Giang Province
“I learned about ways to protect myself and my family from being trafficked. The scholarship also gave me the opportunity to continue going to school, which lessened the burden on my family. In the future, I will try my best to study harder to get better grades.” - 8th Grade Student, Tien Giang Province
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ADAPT Clubs
Building Future Leaders
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ADAPT club is a youth development afterschool program that represents a rare opportunity for youth in the poorest areas of the Mekong Delta to further develop life skills such as leadership, public speaking, team-building, and engage in trafficking prevention. ADAPT Club activities increase school-age students’ ability to take action, make good decisions, and chart a future free from trafficking for themselves and their communities as well as increasing their selfconfidence and self-awareness. Results 260 Students participated in 2016-2017 ADAPT club activities at 5 schools 1,760+ Peers reached through schoolwide 2016-2017 ADAPT club days to spread trafficking awareness
“Before I go to sleep, I make a very detailed agenda for the next day. I made a rule that I cannot go to sleep until I complete my list. Whatever I promise and write down in my agenda for the next day, I will find way to accomplish them, even though difficulties may come my way. That is one of the best things I learned from ADAPT Club.”
300+ ADAPT Club students since 2013
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Vocational Training & Job Placement Improving Educational Opportunities
Vocational Training & Job Placement provides opportunities for vocational training, job readiness skills and financial literacy that improve young people’s economic stability and safeguard against trafficking. Results 10 Students received vocational training scholarships in 2017 800+ Students received vocational training scholarships since 2005
“Before, I thought that I didn’t have a future anymore because after graduating 12th grade, I didn’t go to school anymore. But because of Pacific Links Foundation, I was able to come up to Ho Chi Minh City and learn at a great school. That was enough motivation to keep me going.” - Vocational scholarship recipient 12
Better Future I was a student in Pacific Links Foundation’s Academic Scholarships Program for 4 years. Before I received the scholarship, I faced a lot of difficulties. My family was so poor. My father was the main breadwinner for my family. He had to work very hard to pay for my younger brother and I to continue going to school. We lived with our grandparents and also took care of them. My grandma was sick so every month we had to buy medicine for her. To share the burden, I would help my mother peel longans after school. We could earn 20,000 to 50,000 VND (~$1 to $2 USD) if we worked all day. That made my studies more difficult. But I never once thought that I should give up my studies because I believed that education was the only way I could get out of poverty. The scholarship changed my life. Pacific Links Foundation helped pay for my studies and gave me the opportunity to attend Summer Camp. I learned so much at Summer Camp. I learned how to protect myself from human trafficking. I practised my public speaking, leadership, and teamwork skills. Through constant practice, I became more confident in myself. Most importantly, I was able to pursue my dream. I am studying law at Saigon University. I would not be here today without the support of the Academic Scholarships Program. Now I know I must try my best in my studies and take part in more activities at my school. I also hope to give back by volunteering at Summer Camp next year. Finally, I want to give thanks to Pacific Links Foundation and the Academic Scholarships Program because they gave me a chance at a better life. I hope the program expands and prospers to give more girls the future they deserve through education. - Thao*, Former Academic Scholarship Recipient *Name changed for confidentiality
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Pacific Links Foundation implements comprehensive solutions that breaks the cycle of human trafficking, targeting populations most at-risk of being trafficked. Our beneficiaries include at-risk youth especially young women and girls, factory workers, trafficking survivors, and their families and communities.
Factory Awareness To Counter Trafficking (FACT)
Reducing Risks in the Supply Chain
Providing Access to Knowledge Awareness-raising and outreach events builds vulnerable community’s capacity to protect themselves against trafficking risks. These events in communal areas expose trafficking as a stoppable crime.
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Human trafficking poses great potential risk in many global industries’ supply chain, including apparel, hospitality, agriculture, and electronics. To combat this, the FACT program trains factory workers and managers about human trafficking in industrial zones. We work with employers to create good practice standards in labor recruiting and retention to reduce trafficking risks in the supply chain.
Community Outreach
Results 6,800+ Community members reached through 23 outreach events in 2017
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800+ Students reached through 6 school outreach events in 2017
9,500+ Factory managers and workers trained in 2017
“Secret Gardeners” short film launched in cooperation with ECPAT UK
16,000+ Factory managers and workers trained since 2013
13,300+ Community members reached through outreach events since 2016
“The training was really helpful because it provided necessary information as well as the knowledge and practical skills to help me protect myself from tactics used by traffickers. After the training, I also felt that my spirits were higher at work and became more alert to protect myself and those around me.”
20,000+ Community members reached through awareness campaigns since 2005
“At this age [15-18 years old], the most important thing is to continue going to school for a better future. Anyone could be a trafficker.” - 16 year old student, Da Nang City
- Factory Worker, Saigon Coffee Factory Tien Tien
Financial Literacy App Enhancing Life Skills
The Financial Literacy App empowers mobile workers and youths to build their capacity to think concretely about savings, remittances, dual household burden, mobility, human smuggling and trafficking risks. Results App development started in 2017 15
Returnee Initial Support Essentials (RISE)
Reintegration Services
We enhance first line of response to trafficking survivor at the border upon their return to Vietnam by providing RISE care packages. Care packages include a sport sack containing:
We offer comprehensive reintegration services to empower trafficking survivors with the self-confidence and self-reliance to reduce re-trafficking risks and establish the foundation for a better future. We work with trafficking survivors throughout Vietnam and at our Long Xuyen and Lao Cai Compassion House to provide long-term, individualized assistance. Services include:
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• Towel, soap, detergent, toothpaste, toothbrush, sanitary napkins, shampoo, comb • Set of clothes (pants, blouse, underwear), flip flops, notebook, pens, travel costs to get home, referrals to local support services Results 200+ RISE packages distributed to our counterparts such as border guards in 2017 to give to trafficking survivors 700+ RISE packages delivered since 2012
Building Self Reliance & Reducing Trafficking Risk
• Safe housing • Vocational training/academic schooling, and literacy tutoring • Job placement and internships, individual development account • Health insurance and access to comprehensive medical and dental care • Emotional support through art & dance therapy, case management • Life skills training: job readiness, career exposure, reproductive health, financial literacy, etc. • Identity and residency legal assistance • Support to family members such as microcredit loans, medical care, health insurance, etc. • Returnee Initial Support Essentials (RISE) package • Referral services Results 40+ Trafficking survivors took up residency in our Compassion Houses in 2017 40+ Trafficking survivors assisted with community-based reintegration services in 2017 400+ Trafficking survivors assisted in their physical and emotional recovery for reintegration since 2008
“At the Compassion House, I was able to overcome my past. Before I did not have any dreams, but after coming to the Compassion House, I created my goals. I studied sewing and then I was lucky enough to study photography. Pursuing my dreams is not only my personal effort, but the collective effort of everyone who has supported me here.” - Compassion House Resident
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First Responder Training & Support
Increasing Capacity to Support Survivors We provide trainings to first responders including border guards and local government agencies who assist trafficking survivors. The trainings increase their ability to use a victimcentered approach, identify victims, use referral services, and provide victims with timely and proper care; helping to reduce victims’ risk of being re-trafficked or becoming traffickers. Results 60+ Border guards and government officials trained in 2017 200+ Border guards and government officials trained since 2012
“The RISE package is very useful. Without this program, we do not have the funds to buy these basic essentials to support the victims. Now that we have this program we have the initial resources to support the victim. We hope for the continued support from the program.� - Deputy Commander of the Border Guards
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A Second Chance Moua* met a Chinese man, Chang,* via Facebook. Two days later, he invited her to go to China to meet him. Chang arranged for a taxi to pick her up at home. When she got to Ban Vuoc, he asked a man come to pick her up. She didn’t want to go with that man because she didn’t know him. She was then told that to go back home, she would need to pay 6 million VND (~$250 USD) for the taxi. She didn’t have the money, so she followed the man to China. That night, she met Chang who wanted her to become his wife but she didn’t agree. Chang then locked her up in the car for 2 days and gave her to another Chinese man. This man brought her to a building and confined her to the 2nd floor. When he wasn’t paying attending, she jumped down from the 2nd floor to escape, and got injured. She then met an old man, who helped her get to the Chinese police station. Eventually, her father came to pick her up at the border gate. Moua is a resident of the Lao Cai Compassion House. She is receiving vocational training in sewing techniques at a tailor shop. - Kim Ngan Nguyen & Thanh Pham, Lao Cai Compassion House staff *Name changed for confidentiality
C o m i n g To g e t h e r Our last stop, was the Bac Ha ethnic minority market, where we held one our regular awareness raising/ outreach activities. We’re fortunate to have the mothers of trafficking survivors volunteer as our Hmong translators and advocates. The two moms on the left had their daughters returned to them, and now run search parties when other girls go missing and perform plays and go door to door in their community to raise awareness. The mom in the white shirt also built her own reintegration and community center in her village where survivors will be able receive English lessons and vocational training. Through our outreach, we know that the most common ruse to trick teenage girls into going to China is using Facebook to cultivate fake romantic relationships followed by a face-toface meeting at a market, where she’s then often drugged or outright kidnapped. The two moms on the right have daughters who met their traffickers on Facebook; the daughter of the mom on the right is still missing. The mom and her husband came up to us and said they wanted to tell their story to warn other parents, and also to appeal for help to find their daughter. June 14 was the 1 year anniversary of her disappearance, and the mom says she has a constant feeling in her gut that her daughter is dead. She tries to keep hope alive, though, but she says that most days she wakes up and misses her daughter so much that she just wants to die. 18
- Mimi Vu, Director of Advocacy & Partnerships
We work closely with partners from the local to international levels including: • Grassroots networks to educate communities about trafficking • Families, teachers, and communities to keep at-risk youths safe from traffickers and from dropping out of school • Domestic and international corporations to protect their workers and supply chains from trafficking through awareness campaigns and workshops • Local and national governments to ensure trafficking survivors’ safe return and successful reintegration • Local and international NGOs to provide referrals, vocational training, and other reintegration services
Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF) Project Increasing capacity to prevent trafficking
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The MSIF project includes multiple prevention efforts including trafficking awareness information at village markets, bus stations, schools, improving future generations of Vietnamese law enforcement, knowledge and understanding of human trafficking and modern slavery, and approach in dealing with victims and traffickers, and engaging stakeholders in an “End to End Vulnerability Mapping,” systematically examining the trafficking journey from the source country (Vietnam) to the transit countries and finally to the destination country.
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Agnes Chan Aimee Phan Alan Barros Alan Chin Alex Angelchik Alyson Nguyen Alyssa Maharani Amanda Nguyen Amanda Phan AmazonSmile Foundation American Express Charitable Fund Amy Kolb Amy Lam Amy P. Nguyen Amy Szeto An & Tam Le An Tran Andrew Clark Andrew Lam Angela Dickey Angelina Huynh Angie Chau Anh Kim Tran Ann Nguyen Anne Trinh Anonymous donor(s) Anthony Huynh Anti-Slavery International ASIA CAS COMPANY Audrey Nguyen Australian Vietnamese Women’s Association Bao Ngoc Le Benny Marschmehlow Bichdieu Tong Bill Nguyen Binh Nguyen Rybacki Binh Vo Body Line Bolton Morales Brad Linn Bradley Howe Bridget Girard British Embassy Hanoi Brook Taylor Bryan Sanford Bryan Shaw Bui Thi Thu Thao C&H Vina
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Cara Mccann Carin Holroyd Carmen Anne Chan Carmen Wong Carol Wang Carolyn Baumann Carolyn Broughton & Nikki Nguyen Cat Tuong Cathy Lam Ceci Tran Charles R. Bailey & Ingrid M. Foik Chau Do Chau Phan Chau Pyatt Chelsea Schumm Chi Tri & Tina Thuy Tran Chi, Hau, Dao Chia-Kuang Yu Chieh Lin Children of Peace International, Inc Choeu Kaing Chris Carnes Christina David Christina P. Bui Chung Nguyen Chuong Vu Columbus Foundation Consular Club of HCMC Courtney Boutin Craig Fox Cydney Hayes Cynthia Lee-Sheng Dan Truong Dang T. Phan & Doan-Trang Nguyen Daniel Nguyen Daniel P Kaplan Daniella Hwang Danielle Hunt Danny Tran David Lin Denise Mitchell Denise Phan & Bruce Shaw Denise Stilley Derya Akbay Desta Raines Diane Truong Doan L. Phung
Doan Thi My Hoa - GIZ Duc Hieu Tran Dung Phan ECPAT UK Edward Semansky Edwina Harrop Ellen Perry Ellie Burnett Eric Hemel & Barbara Morgen Eric V. Le Ethan Malmal Eugene W. Gilman Faith Grant Fred Mayer Gabby Pham Gabrielle Tran Giang Le Giang Minh Nguyen Giao Ly Goldman Emerald Google Greg Martinez GroupM Hai Nguyen Hai Nguyen Hang Thi Le Hanh Dao Doan Hanh My Dao Hanh Nguyen Hanna Bui Hao-Nhu Thi Do Hillary Nguyen Hoa Le Hoa Zung Tu Hoang Nguyen Hoi Le Hong Nguyen-Phuong & Diep Ngoc Vuong Hong Pham Hung Lam Hung Nguyen Huong-Anh Long Isabelle Thuy Pelaud Jack Clark Jacob Brooks James Bui James Grahn James Kennedy Janelle Scott Janette Ellis Jason Yang
Jayant Ahuja Jennie Le Jennifer Hoang Jerod Collins Jesus Ceniceros Jillian Brudi Jim Keim Joe Luu Joelle Boudreaux John Anner John Daniel Vogelzang John Nguyen Jon Christensen Donor Advised Fund Joscelyn Blumenthal Joshua Ross Juanita L. Lehman Julie Mou Julie Roos Justin Le Karenne Koo Karlee Nguyen Katelyn Clay Kelly K-Stop Kemin Tsung Ken Tran Kent Huynh Kevin Cao Kevin Carnes Kevin Khoa Nguyen Khanh Nguyen Khanh Nguyen Khiem Ho Khiem Thien Nguyen Kim Hong Nguyen Kim Nho Nguyen Kim Thu Nguyen-Dang Kim Tran Kimberly Ky Ky Than Lam An Dinh & Danny Lai Lam T. Nguyen Lan Anh Hoang Lan K. Nguyen Lan Nguyen Landon Carter Schmitt Memorial Fund Lang Tre - Mui Ne LLC Lani Phan Lauren Nguyen Laurie Griffin
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Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Miller MS Vina Co., Ltd Murphy Oil Corporation My-Kim Tran Nancy Lam Natalia Lobo-Guerrero Natasha Karr Neal & Susan Newfield Nga Kieu Nga Tran Ngan Huynh Nghia M. Ho & Huong T. Nguyen Ngo Minh Dung Ngo Thi Hong Hanh Ngoc Tran Nguyen Lam My Loan Nguyen Thi Kinh Nguyen Tri Nhu Quynh Nguyen Xuan Loc Nhan Ngoc Le Nhu Hoa Phan Nicholas Ho Nikki Chau Oakland Sunrise Rotary Ocean Nghia Trinh & Jean Lieu Patricia Aguilera Patrick Siy Paul Chiar Paul Tran Peter Hwang Pham Phuong Thao Phan Ngoc Duong Philip Kennedy Philipp Wengenroth Phong Nguyen Phong Phu International Joint Stock Phoukhoune Vongsanga Phuoc Em Huynh Phuong Cao Phuong Le Phuong Ly Phuong Le & Chi Tran Phuong Ta Phuong Thao Nguyen Phuong Tran Phuong Truc Pham Quang Chung Trinh Quang Nguyen
Quynh Tran & Kim Liou Quynh Tran Reagan Boritzki Rebecca Taylor Reiko Berman-Shingu Renee Nguyen Richard & Dabney Schmitt Ringier Vietnam Co. Robert & Connie Lurie Sabrina Bösinger Sai Gon Furniture Samuel Reddick San Diem Le Scott Biddlestone Shawn Leavitt Shelly Zimmerman Simone Peterson Solutum S.L. Son Nguyen Son Van Nghiem & Anh Lieu Song-My Tran Spring Valley Rotary Steffenie Jones Stephanie Cademartori Stephanie Leblanc Susan Pham Suzanne Watts Takahiro Hisada Tam Nguyen Tamara Nguyen Tammy Tran Tan Viet Ho Techsoup Terrance Schmitt Thang Tran Thanh Bien Dao Thanh Dang Thanh Tra Nguyen Thao Diep The Fertel Foundation The Samuel Eells Literary & Educational Foundation, Inc. Thien Nguyen Thinh Nguyen Thoa Nguyen Thomas O’Connor Thu Koelling Thu Nguyen Thu Quach
Thuy Nguyen Thuy Quach Thuy Trang T. Nguyen Thuytien Nguyen Tien Tien Tiffany Nguyen Tingwei Chang Tinh-Trang Nguyen Tipsy Art Company To Thi Yen Loan AT Company Tori Dang Tracy Nguyen Tram Ho & Thinh Khuu Tran Ai My Tran Khanh Tuyet Tran Kim Ngoc Trinh Do Trinh-Ai T. Tasedan Truc Dang & Binh D. Ha Truc Quynh Ho Truong Khanh Linh Tuan Ha Duong Tucker Wann Tung Ngoc Hoang Tung Vu Tuong Ha-Duong Tuyen Diep U.S. Consulate HCMC Ursula Heise Uyen Nguyen Vi Nguyen Victoria Hotels & Resorts Viet An Nguyen Vince Pham Vincent Tong Vincent Tran Virginia Tsai VMware Foundation Vo Xuan Thu Vu Phan Whitaker Sherk Whitman Family Foundation William Forsyth Xingyu Zhou Xuan Duong Xuan Thuy Huynh Youngmin Cho Zachary Perez Zahida Khan 23
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Expenses Fundraising Costs 6% Administrative Costs 7%
87 CENTS of every $ donated goes directly to our programs
Program Costs 87%
2 0 1 7 To t a l E x p e n s e s *
2 0 1 7 To t a l R e v e n u e * Source of Revenue
12/31/2017
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12/31/2017
Individuals
$ 1,104,027
Program
$ 1,413,290
Corporate/Foundations/ Institutional
$690,590
Inkind Program
$229,327
Other Income
$2,949
Fundraising
$82,095
Inkind
$301,603
Inkind Fundraising
$54,374
General & Administrative
$87,138
TOTAL REVENUE
$2,099,169
Inkind General & Administrative
$17,902
TOTAL EXPENSES
$1,884,126
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c at i o n & T r a i n i n g • Deepen impact upon SEEDS beneficiaries • Develop SEEDS summer camp
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u n t e r -T r a f f i c k i n g • Expand FACT to train 100, 000 workers and managers in the next 3 years • Develop the FACT certification program • Support community outreach/advocacy groups to widen trafficking awareness at the grassroots level • Further relationships with local and national governments to ensure trafficking survivors’ safe return and successful reintegration • Provide 600 RISE care packages for trafficking survivors in border provinces • Expand reintegration services for trafficking survivors • Develop a 24/7 hotline service for first responders
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supports one disadvantaged student from the Central provinces for one year in university
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provides trafficking survivors with one year of vocational training/academic schooling
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supports one disadvantaged student in the Central provinces for one year in high school
$300
supports one at-risk young women in the Mekong Delta for one year in middle/high school or one disadvantaged student in the Central provinces for one year in middle school
$100
supports an initial care package to trafficking survivors upon return
$90
provides one bicycle for an at-risk young women in the Mekong Delta to commute to school
$90
supports a 4-day summer camp for one at-risk young women from the Mekong Delta
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provides a month of food to a resident at our shelters
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