The Global Village Foundation (GVF) is a non-profit charitable organization which provides education and health care for children and rural villagers in

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and some other countries of Asia. Established in 1999 by author and humanitarian

Le Ly Hayslip Le Ly Hayslip (; born Phùng Thị Lệ Lý; December 19, 1949) is a Vietnamese-American writer, memoirist and humanitarian. Through her foundations, she has worked to rebuild cultural bridges between Vietnam and America following the Vietnam Wa ...

, it is based in the United States. In 1986, coming back to Vietnam after a 16-year absence, Hayslip was deeply affected by the poor living conditions and devastation there. Deciding to make a difference, she initially set up the

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and later, Global Village Foundation for helping to rebuild and reconstruct her motherland and contributing to the peaceful dialogue between the United States and Vietnam. The main fields of the foundation operations include: * Education ** Portable

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Project (since 2006), setting up libraries in rural areas;''Mobile libraries to visit schools, Viet Nam News, September 2010'' ** Building new five schools (since 2000) and supplying them with equipment. * Emergency relief ** Annual delivery of rice and aid to poor areas affected by drought, flood and other natural disasters; ** Helping victims of the 2004

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in Thailand and

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. * Health and well-being ** Launching (from 2006) new Dental Health Education Project (DHEP) including

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education, preventive dental care, and

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to the children in rural villages of Vietnam; ** Helping and founding massage centers for the blind (in 2005–6) in cooperation with Singapore students; ** Construction of two new houses for the

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victims in Quảng Nam Province, and giving support in emergency cases for poverty-stricken families (since 2005). The 1993 film '' Heaven & Earth'', directed by

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, was based on the memoir ''

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'' by Global Village Foundation initiator

, who had a cameo appearance in the film. The story of Le Ly Hayslip's humanitarian journey and the activities of GVF in Vietnam were also portrayed in the award-winning DVD documentary, '' From War to Peace and Beyond''. In 1995, Le Ly Hayslip was honored by the

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award in

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for her humanitarian and reconciliation activities.

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GVF Home Page
Dental health education Charities based in California Children's charities based in the United States Foreign charities operating in Vietnam Organizations established in 1999 1999 establishments in the United States

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