The Afghan diaspora resulting from fall of Kabul on August 15, 2021 and aftermath of war triggered painful memories of the Vietnam War and the fall of Saigon in 1975 for Vietnamese Americans in Washington State and on the VA NGO Board. These traumatized but determined volunteers launched the VietsforAfghans (V4A) grassroots […]
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Thank you to everyone who has been supporting our VANGO COVID-19 relief efforts. Your donations have helped us to bring PPE supplies to health care workers and first responders every week since March locally and as far as New York, Illinois (Chicago), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), and Florida as well as […]
We had the privilege of joining Vân-Ánh Võ and her world-music ensemble in the studio this week, and we want to bring special attention to their creativity in using parchment paper in their music–crinkled to sound like rustling bird nests and wrapped around the marimba mallets to produce a special […]
We had so much fun preparing for and during the event. Enjoy these photos to get a glimpse of all the fun we had! Just like that, it was over, but it was so worth it. For more information about events like this one, please contact HIPE Team on Facebook.
We’re so excited that all the tickets to our FUNraiser have sold out! We have been working hard all week to make sure the office is ready for our event on Saturday! Get ready for a morning filled with fun English activities and treats with the HIPE team! You don’t […]
Join us for a morning of fun and learning for children at the HIPE office in Hue, Vietnam: Date: Saturday, February 23, 2019 Time: 8:00-10:00am Location: 2/16 Đoàn Hữu Trưng – Phường Phước Vĩnh – TP. Huế Tickets: 100.000VND (Limited entry) Participants will be guided through various interactive educational stations led […]
What good does it do to have something to say if the people you want to hear can’t understand you? Tony Lâm, America’s first Vietnamese-born elected politician, spoke of his journey as an immigrant and how he learned to thrive in a foreign country while supporting a family of […]
Save the Date! Music Bridge‘s concert will be the opening act at Yerba Buena Garden Festival in San Francisco on Saturday, August 25, 2018. YBG Festival presents classical, world, and jazz music, contemporary and traditional dance, theater, children’s and family programs, and cultural events reflecting the rich cultures and creativity […]
Healthy Initiatives through Peer Education (HIPE) exceeded targets set for 2016 and while the regular health education sessions in schools continue to be important, more children and youths are being reached through the community-based health prevention and promotion program. Since the inception of HIPE in 2010, we have increasingly been […]