In January, 2015 the Helping Humanity Fund visited the Anh Dao orphanage, which is located about an hour outside Nha Trang, Vietnam. With the help of a coordinator from Loving Kindness Vietnam, we purchased and delivered various items including school supplies, rice, games and snacks. Ahn Dao currently serves 72 children. Below the photos we have included a breakdown of the items we purchased, along with their cost. We will follow up shortly and add scans of our receipts.
Photo with Sister An Son, the Nun who runs the Orphanage. Despite the constant challenges she faces, she seems to be a very joyful person.
You can see where the children sleep. 3 children share each bed.
These are several children here who have mental disabilities. There were a couple local volunteers helping them.
Purchasing rice along the way. 50 KG worth (about 110 pounds) cost approx. $26 USD. This is enough to provide several hundred servings, if not more.
There is a large garden at the orphanage that looks very well maintained.
This is the kitchen.
Firewood
The following are a breakdown of the items we purchased and distributed. We did receive a 5% discount on the total which is not factored in, but is viewable in the scanned receipts.
School Supplies
Notebooks (400 purchased)
140 @ 7,000 VND ($0.33 USD), totaling 980,000 VND ($45.91 USD)
10 @ 7,500 VND ($0.36 USD), totaling 75,000 VND ($3.52 USD)
60 @ 7,400 VND ($0.35 USD), totaling 444,000 VND ($20.80 USD)
50 @ 7,400 VND ($0.35 USD), totaling 370,000 VND ($17.34 USD)
30 @ 8,000 VND ($0.38 USD), totaling 240,000 VND ($11.25 USD)
80 @ 7,300 VND ($0.35 USD), totaling 584,000 VND ($27.36 USD)
30 @ 7,500 VND ($0.36 USD), totaling 225,000 VND ($10.54 USD)
72 Pens @ 3,500 VND each ($0.16 USD), totaling 252,000 VND ($11.81 USD)
72 Pencils @ 2,900 VND each ($0.14 USD), totaling 208,800 VND ($9.78 USD)
2 Pencil Sharpeners @ 8,000 VND each ($0.38 USD), totaling 16,000 VND ($0.75 USD)
7 Boxes of 8 color pencils, totaling 98,000 VND ($4.60 USD)
Total spent on notebooks: 2,918,000
Total spent on school supplies: 3,492,800 VND ($163.60 USD)
Games, toys and Snacks
2 cases of milk (48 small boxes in each case) @ 322,800 VND ($15.12 USD), totaling 645,600 VND ($30.24 USD)
4 boxes Custas Cakes @ 80,500 ($3.78 USD), totaling 322,000 VND ($15.09 USD)
5 cakes totaling 105,000 VND ($4.92 USD)
2 Badminton Sets @ 17,000 VND ($0.73 USD), totaling 34,000 VND ($1.60 USD)
1 Volleyball @ 125,000 VND ($5.86 USD)
1 Soccer Ball @ 225,000 VND ($10.54 USD)
4 boxes Kicking Scuttlecok-like item @ 17,500 VND each ($0.82 USD), totaling 70,000 VND ($3.28 USD)
2 Hula Hoops @ 39,000 VND ($1.83 USD), totaling 78,000 VND ($3.66 USD)
1 Big bag of bouncing balls @ 58,000 VND ($2.72 USD)
2 Puzzles @ 47,000 VND ($2.21 USD), totaling 94,000 VND ($4.41 USD)
1 Toy Bowling Set @ 85,000 VND ($3.99 USD)
1 Legos Kit @ 210,000 VND ($9.84 USD)
Total spent on games, toys and snacks: 2,051,000 ($96.01 USD)
Misc. Items
Sales Tax – 161,141 VND ($7.55 USD)
Transport – 500,000 VND ($23.42 USD) – no receipt provided by taxi driver
2 25kg bags of rice totaling 550,000 VND ($25.77 USD) – no receipt provided by vendor
Total Spent: 6,754,941 VND ($316.40 USD)
