CONTACT INFORMATION
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Foundation for Microprojects in Vietnam,
Christopher J. Carpenter, President
Email: c.carpenter@bluewin.ch
Address in Switzerland:
Chemin au Coudre 18,
CH-1263 Crassier,
Switzerland.
Tel/fax: +41 22 367-1416;
Mobile: +41 79 255-8035
Address in Vietnam:
60 Nguyen Thai Hoc,
Hanoi,
Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Tel: +84 4 845-7871/845-6785
Fax: +84 4 823-2055
Mobile: +41 79 255-8035
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OBJECTIVES
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The
objective of the Foundation for Microprojects in Vietnam is to help alleviate
poverty in the rural areas of Vietnam. The Foundation finances small-scale
rural-development projects that can have an immediate impact on the livelihood
of the local population.
Assistance
focuses on the installation of drinking water, the construction of primary
and secondary schools, rural roads, bridges, dispensaries and irrigation
systems in the poorer communes of the country.
Each
project costs no more than US$30,000. Hence the name - 'microproject'.
A total of 60 projects have been undertaken, or are in the process of being
implemented, since 2000. The total number of beneficiaries is estimated
at 161,000 persons in 12 provinces.
The
Foundation for Microprojects in Vietnam is a non-profit, non-governmental
organization (NGO) funded by the private donations of its founder and other
individual supporters.
Contributions
to the foundation are currently being sought and would be welcome. Please
see under 'Funding'.
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