Vietnam Health Project
About
Our Mission
Vietnam Health Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting poverty in Vietnam. Through fundraising and volunteering, we focused our efforts on promoting quality healthcare, providing basic education, improving living conditions, and developing public infrastructures for Vietnamese children in need. Past projects implemented in Vietnam include building schools and houses for impoverished families, donating healthcare supplies to orphanages, and providing aid to struggling communities.
Why Vietnam?
More than three decades removed from the war, Vietnam still fights the battle against poverty due to postwar effects. Almost a third of the country lives under the poverty line with rates increasing in rural areas. With growing demand for quality healthcare, basic education, stable living conditions, and reliable infrastructure, Vietnam needs aid in order to provide its communities with a sustainable future.
VHP at UW-Madison
We incorporate various leadership, volunteering and learning opportunities both locally and internationally to provide a unique experience for our members. Our volunteers serve Babcock Ice Cream to our loyal fans at the Men’s Badger Hockey games, host campus-wide Vietnamese food sales, and sell bracelets hand-made by victims of Agent Orange. And although the focus of our organization is to raise funds to go toward our project, our members have other opportunities to get involved- cultural literacy workshops, real-world leadership experience, and membership integration events.
We welcome all UW-Madison students and community members in joining our mission to becoming a solution for some of our global disparities.