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Dear EMW supporters and friends,
Happy New Year! Thanks to the incredible generosity of supporters like you, East Meets West just wrapped up a highly successful end-of-year giving season. Individual donations totaled over $163,000 in the month of December while new commitments from organizational partners like American International Group, the Boeing Company, The Ford Foundation and Southwest Airlines totaled almost $1.1 million.
We sincerely thank all of you who gave to EMW through your online donations, special appeal support and using our new Compassion Gifts catalog. Your support continues to make our work possible.
Because of your generosity, EMW will be able to work on new programs in 2007 and expand on several existing ones, including:
- Building our new Support Network for People with Disabilities Program (SN-PWD) in Quang Ngai province, thanks to a large grant from the Ford Foundation. The EMW program will renovate medical facilities to serve people with disabilities and create channels by which this population can access medical and educational services.
- Designing and building a new ecological garden in Hue in partnership with the New Moon Foundation. Located in a famous picturesque area, the New Moon Ecological Garden will offer both organic gardening and a serene, peaceful landscape designed to encourage peaceful reflection.
- Expanding the EMW Dental Program. With the goal to provide more than 40,000 modern dental services a year by 2008, the EMW Dental Team will continue to reach thousands of poor children who would otherwise never receive dental care.
- Breaking ground on EMW's new boarding school in Kon Tum province funded by USAID. The school, to be built in a region comprised mostly of ethnic minorites, will house 250 students, vocational training workshops, a library and computer lab, an animal husbandry area and organic vegetable gardens.
- Continuing to expand our Operation Healthy Heart program throughout Vietnam, made possible through new partnerships with American International Group and Southwest Air (see below).
We'll continue to keep you posted through our e-news and our magazine, Reach Vietnam, of all our program work, staff and event news.
Thank you again for your continued support
and best regards for a peaceful and prosperous 2007, 
John Anner
Executive Director
P.S. Our upcoming Annual Report, mailed to all EMW donors, will take a comprehensive look back at EMW's year in 2006 so be sure to get on our mailing list to receive a copy, if you are not already.
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American International Group Announces $300,000 donation to Operation Healthy Heart
Many critically-ill children in Vietnam will soon receive the life-saving heart surgery they have been waiting for thanks to a generous commitment made by American International Group (AIG), one of the largest insurance organizations in the world. Martin Sullivan, President and CEO of AIG, announced during the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in November that the company would donate $300,000 to help support EMW’s Operation Healthy Heart (OHH) program over the next three years. The $300,000 committment will allow EMW to expand the OHH program into southern Vietnam.
Read more about AIG donation.
Find out more about Operation Healthy Heart.
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Martin Sullivan, President and CEO of AIG at the recent APEC summit
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 Southwest Airlines and EMW Launch New 2007 Giving LUV, Saving Lives Campaign
Southwest Air and EMW will be partnering in 2007 on the new Giving LUV, Saving Lives campaign to support EMW's Operation Healthy Heart. Dee Dee Nguyen, EMW's Development Officer says, "Because Southwest is known as the airline with a great heart, we knew they would be the best partner for this campaign to build awareness around the needs of critically-ill young children in Vietnam." Check the EMW website frequently for updates around this new campaign.
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 Linklaters Law Firm employees celebrate with children at the new Quang Ngai school their donation built
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Linklaters Law Firm Hong Kong employees visit the rural school in Quang Ngai their firm helped build
Six employees of the Linklaters Law Firm arrived in December to visit a rural commune in Quang Ngai province so they could tour, and celebrate, the new school their firm helped build.
A partnership between Linklaters, EMW and Room to Read, the Pho Van No. 1 Primary School was built in the memory of a fellow Linklaters employee, Tom ap Rhys Pryce, who valued the importance of education in improving young people’s lives.
Read full story.
More about EMW school construction program
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The upcoming Winter 2007 edition of Reach Vietnam |
Newest Issue of Reach Vietnam out at the end of January - subscribe today!
Don't miss out on Issue #04 of Reach Vietnam, EMW's quarterly magazine. The upcoming issue, out at the end of January, will feature an article on EMW's effort to help Vietnamese victims move beyond the effects of Agent Orange; a story of an extraordinary teenager whose mission to raise money for EMW led her to a special friendship with the young girl whose life she helped save; and a report back on two community kindergartens built with a training program in community self-reliance. The magazine is free to anyone donating $100 or more a year or order a subscription for $25 per year. The next issue will include our 2006 Annual Report so order today. Call 1-800-561-3378 to subscribe or donate to EMW today.
More on Reach Vietnam and download sample back issues.
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