Our Mission: bring Christmas cheer to 300+ needy orphaned and abandoned children we have met on our journeys to Vietnam in the past 5 years.

Our Inspiration:Mrs. Bao & Mr. Claude’s story & their 300+ kids

• Mrs. Bao & Claude exemplify unconditional Aloha/Love for the orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children of Vietnam.

• In their golden retirement years, they turn away no children. They are raising 7 infants at their home – ranging from 8 months to 4 years old – and running 12 shelters for 300+ orphaned, abandoned and underprivileged children.

• They met and married in 1974 Vietnam, relocating to Claude’s U.S. home after a year.  Missing her family and knowing the plights of children in a post-conflict era, Mrs. Bao began pilgrimages to Vietnam some 22 years ago.

• Upon “retirement” 5 years ago, following their Christian calling they moved back to Vietnam permanently to be with the children even more, and help out full time by setting up shelters sprinkled throughout Saigon.

• Homeless children are one of the most pressing social problems in Vietnam in general and in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) in particular.

• 74 children die every day as a result of poverty, disease, starvation, accidents, injury and drowning. Stat from UNICEF March 2011

• Children in Vietnam are vulnerable to emerging economic disparities, child abuse, child trafficking, child labor and HIV/AIDS.

• Medical assistance is non-existent for most. For every 100,000 people, there are only 53 physicians.

The Crisis in Vietnam:

Orphans, Abandoned & Abused Children and Shelters• We provide assistance to 12+ shelters, full-time care to

300+ children.

• Some are orphans, some were abused, some just abandoned as a result of unplanned pregnancy “social orphans”, and some come from extremely poor families where their parents cannot provide for them.

• 12+ shelters are divided by gender and age ranges, making it easier to provide care.

• Schooling and vocational training are provided, along with religious teachings in the bible, Christian songs and discipleship.

• They are taught that they are Loved.

Education and Training

• The government operates the schools in Vietnam and charges tuition that many cannot afford.

• Many children roam the streets or are locked up all day while their parents work, never attending school at all.

• Assistance provided for these children includes one to three meals daily, teaching them the alphabet, how to read and write, and basic math.

• A sewing training center was set up outside Saigon for the indigenous young female population.

• A motor-scooter repair shop provides vocational training for teenage boys. They are provided meals and a place to live at the shop, and after a year they have the skills to be self-supporting.

• A beauty shop has been established to provide hairdresser and manicurist training for teenage girls living in shelters. These job skills provide hope for a better future, and prevent them from being tempted into prostitution and the sex trade.

Education and Training

Outreach & Assistance• Doctors donate their time whenever medicine, medical

supplies and transportation expenses are provided, all coordinated through local pastors.

• Assistance is provided through food, medicine, vitamins, bibles, mosquito nets, blankets and monetary donations by short-term visiting ministry teams, providing clothing, toys, candy, and much sought after playful company.

• Some donations are designated for indigenous, deaf and mute, or special needs children.

• Most indigenous groups live in the countryside farming and fishing. Unfortunately, they were resettled in forested, mountainous, or jungle areas where the land can’t be farmed. They lack sufficient safe water, and many have malaria, skin ailments, respiratory or intestinal illnesses.

What Will My Help Provide? • Vietnam is a rapidly developing nation; the less fortunate are often times

forgotten or left behind in the social fabric.• Your donation could:

• Provide 1 year college scholarship per student ($200-$600); or• Provide 1 month food & safe shelter for 10 homeless children ($500).

• Vocational Sponsorship provides the opportunity for poor young people to learn an employable trade by attending a vocational school ($200-$400).

• A large enough donation can build a vocational school for the charity, hence providing an opportunity for children to learn a trade, and enable more jobs to support the charity.

Company Matching Donations• Please make checks to:

Spread the Aloha to Kids charityPO Box 27019Las Vegas, NV 89126

• Please include email or mailing address to receive donation receipt for tax purposes [we are a non-profit public charity registered with the IRS 501(c)(3) section]

• For more info please visit or email:o www.SpreadTheAlohaToKids.orgo info@SpreadTheAlohaToKids.org

Cam’on (Thank you), Questions?