Pa Cheo Charity Program

Pa Cheo charity program: 18 and 19 Jan 2014

From Circle of Friends:

Circle of Friends – youth volunteer organization would like to respectfully appeal for supports and contributions to Pa Cheo charity program scheduled to be organized on January 18 & 19, 2014 for 54 poor ethnic H’Mong families and 120 H’Mong secondary school students in Pa Cheo commune, Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province.

Circle of Friends call for the following donation items below for those underprivileged people and children.
• 350 warm coats, 54 gifts for Lunar Tet and 54 warm blankets for the families in Xeo Pa Cheo village.
• 4 bookcases and 260 reference books (non-textbooks) in different categories and subjects for 120 students at the 6th and 7th grades at Pa Cheo secondary school,
• 350 pair of winter socks, 350 kits of daily care supplies (including toothbrush, toothpaste, and soap) & school supplies, teaching and learning materials to 120 pupils.
• Used television set, computers to Pa Cheo ethnic boarding secondary school.
Your generous contributions can be made in the two following forms.
In cash: to cover the program operation costs and to buy the necessities and gifts mentioned above.
In kinds:
• New/used warm coats, socks, hats, scarves (clean and good conditions)
• New/used books, children’s books, school supplies for pupils of the 6thand 7th grades
• New/used computers, televisions, bookcases
• Tet gifts such as packs of instant noodles, bottles of cooking oil, etc.
Due date for in-kind and cash donations is no later than 17:00 on January 16 and 12:00 p.m., January 17 respectively for our better logistics arrangements.

We look forward to your contributions and thank you for your support.

About Pa Cheo village

Xeo Pa Cheo village is located in Pa Cheo commune, Bat Xat district in the North East of Vietnam. Pa Cheo commune in the 40 km South of the district center has the estimate terrain elevation above the sea water level of 1,397 meters and is surrounded by high mountain ranges. So it is quite difficult to access to it by road. Pa Cheo commune has been quite seriously damaged by the heavy snowfall that poured last December. 70 percent of the residents’ cardamom forest was lost. Last August, their farming areas were also affected by flash floods. Xeo Pa Cheo village is inhabited by 54 poor families of ethnic H’Mong group, one of the poorest villages in Pa Cheo commune. Due to the geographical complexity, no automobile vehicles are able to access to the village.

About Pa Cheo ethnic boarding secondary school

Pa Cheo ethnic boarding secondary school has 246 pupils in total, out of which 120 children study at the 6th and 7th grade class. Most of them come from poor families who live on farming activities. Principal Phuong Viet Cuong, who has been working here for the past eight years, said to us that the snowfall has considerably affected our school facilities. Teaching and learning conditions face lots of difficulties. Many of our students have to walk more than 10 km to school while wearing old frayed clothes and worn slippers in such freezing winter. We need more help from the public.

For financial contributions, please make wire transfer to:

Account Number: 0011000451214 | Account Holder: Luu Thi Thanh Loan
Bank name: Vietcombank | Bank address: 198 Tran Quang Khai Street, Hanoi
Transfer description: Donations to “Pa Cheo”
Please leave your name, email and/or telephone number, and the donation amount to Ms Thanh Loan via email at [email protected] for our checking and records.

For in-kind donations, please deliver them to the following addresses:

Thanh Xuan District | Address: B8-TT14 Van Quan urban area, Nguyen Trai street
Contact: Ms Nguyen Thi Nhan | Cell: 0915 360 888
Dong Da District | Address: 129/129 Giang Vo Street
Contact: Ms Nguyen Thu Phuong | Cell: 0165 932 6433
Cau Giay District | 15C, Lane 118, Cau Giay street
Contact: Mr Do Anh Quan | Cell: 0917 764 301

If your place is far from the above locations, please fill your information and donations in the link below. We will arrange our volunteers to come and collect them.