East Meets West's Compassion Home program provides children and their families a dry and safe dwelling where they can live safely and with dignity. A new home protects a family from floods and typhoons, provides a place for children to sleep and study and can form the foundation for a new family business, such as a barbershop, cafe or grocery shop.

To build a concrete block home with a tile roof, concrete floor, clean water well and latrine costs as little as $1,800, an expense beyond the reach for most Vietnamese families.