The kids are learning with the software. They want to tell us they're really happy. Co Sang's wish is to move her home into the village so it's more convenient. Right now, she has a piece of land already.
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Chao Nancy 3 may gio van dang hoat dong tot. Hien tai co dang giup cho cac em su dung thanh thao VT va se cho cac em su dung dia EL kis.
Cac em muon cho chi Nancy biet la cac em rat vui vi duoc hoc mien phi va con co may thuc hanh.
Uoc ao cua co la co muon lam nha cua co tai do de tien cho cac em duoc thanh hanh nhieu hon khi khong co mat co tai do{(vi khong co co o do nen ong do so hu may).Co da co mieng dat do roi}
Please help me send my thank you to Mr. Kevin Teo.
I thank God for Mr. Kevin Teo and his love for the children in Vietnam, especially the children in Cam Ne Village. I want to thank you for trusting me with the responsibility of using your laptop for teaching purpose in the village. Thank you for providing an opportunity for the chilidren in Cam Ne to take a step of knowledge in the field of computing. Like Auntie Nine, who has given her home for the learning purposes of children, my home will be a place for the children in the villages as well. At Cam Ne, we will see the names of our donors and helpers everyday as we use the computers and remember to pray that God will see clearly your hearts and bless you abundantly. The happiness of our children here along with mine is immense and tears only fall when we want to express how thankful we are towards your love and generosity. Farewell and see you again in my next letter after we've open the first English class at Cam Ne.
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Nho con giup co goi nhung loi cam on cua co den ong Kevin Teo.
Camon Chua cam on ong Kevin Teo da co tam long yeu thuong den tre em VN noi chung va voi Camne village noi rieng Toi xin cam on ong da cho toi quyen duoc su dung va quan ly may computer ,cam on ong da tao dieu kien cho cac tre em o Camne buoc them mot buoc moi trong kien thuc van hoa trong linh vuc dien tu .Toi cung nhu ba Chin la nguoi cho su dung can nha minh de day cho cac em va cac em o day luon nhin thay ten cua nhung an nhan da giup minh trong phong hoc va luon cau nguyen cho qui manh thuong quan cau Chua thay ro tam long cua qui qui va ban on du dat tren qui vi va ong noi rieng su vui mung cua cac em o day cung nhu toi rat lon va chi biet chay nuoc mat chu khong the thot nen loi khi noi loi cam on voi ong.Tam biet hen ong thu sau khi chung toi khai giang lop moi.
Regarding the electricity issue at CamNe, the church's power supply box has been abnormal. If you touch it, you will get electrocuted. The other day, a Singaporean member who taught Clicker 5 said SEALNet will help buy one USP device but we don't know when we will get it. Everything here is by God's blessings. I only know to lift all of my work to the Lord. I believe we will be successful.
Right now, I am also taking care of Vacation Bible School for all the kids in CamNe Church. Thank you for helping us with computers and for giving me a cellphone. This will be very useful for my service and contacting you and your friends. Thank you God for leading you, Peter, and Kenneth Wong, and your friends to CamNe Village. May God be with you and your friends always and see your hearts and bless SEALNet. Amen.
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Cam on con da tra loi thu cho co .
Van de dien tai CN cai on ap cua HT da bi Move so vao la bi giat dien .Hom truoc co ban nguoi Singapo day chuong trinh Clicker 5 co noi se giup cho 1 pin dien khong biet la khi nao se co .Moi viec o day deu nho Chua ban phuoc cho co chi biet pho cac viec minh cho Chua co tin chac minh se thanh cong.
Hien co cung dang lo cho chuong trinh hoc Thanh Kinh mua he cho cac em o HT CNe .Cam on con da giup do co ve van de may moc cung nhu may phone dieu nay rat can thiet cho co trong khi lam viec va lien lac voi con va cac ban.Cam on Chua da dua dan con ,Thien Tu ,Kenneth Wong va cac ban den voi Camne village .Cau Chua o cung con va cac ban luon ngyen Chua thay tam long cua cac con ma ban phuoc cho SEALNET.Amen.
On May 2, 2009, Saturday, at 3pm, all the staff and volunteers were present to mingle and eat pizza. I arrived with the rest of the staff and volunteers along with the material and equipments for the concert at 3:30pm, and we started our Staff/Volunteer Briefing or Walk-Through of the entire concert. Leaders received their assignments and they were split into eight teams. Vounteers enthusiastically joined teams they were interested in helping. After that, all teams dispersed to go straight into their jobs.
At 3:30pm, Paul Dateh & Ken Belcehr and Tim Be Told also arrived. Paul and Ken just came off their flight from LAX, Tim Be Told just came from their flight from Connecticutt, and immediately started setting up the stage at 4pm.
4pm, Bob the sound guy arrived and also started setting up the stage. The big Stanford campus made Cubberley Auditorium hard to locate but everyone soon arrived on time.
From 4-6:00pm, all the sounds, lighting, equipments, emcee debrief, decor, service fair set up, directional signs were all set up, refreshments, and more all came together.
6-6:30pm TBT and PD did sound check and Ed Chao, Richard Wang, Becca Tang opened with the Pre-Show Concert at 7pm. The guests all came in.
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Concert
We started the show with a ServiceAsia Video to introduce the audience to the mission and bands. Peter Nguyen created all the media for the show and introduced service needs in East Asia and core features of East Villagers through a series of videos throughout the concert. Ed Chao, the emcee, introduced Paul Dateh and Ken Belcher to come up on stage and the crowd went wild. Paul Dateh is a hip hop violinist with many fans and has over 3 million views on youtube. His accolades in jazz and classical violin are countless, but what was amazing, was his humility and kind-nature which made him very easy to approach. He played around 11 of his best songs through playing the violin and singing, with Ken Belcher on acoustic. We will be posting videos for you to see for yourself, but his performance and personality blew the crowd away.
Mid-way, Ed introduced Tim Be Told. Tim came on stage with the rest of the band (Andrew Chae, Jim Barredo, Luan Nguyen, and Parker Stanley), telling the audience that they did not get much sleep the night before because they had to catch the flight from Hartford to San Jose to make it in time for ServiceAsia from their previous concert in Connecticut. Many of the guests thought that he would not have enough energy; however, he intros with the keys and opens his mouth to sing, people were so surprised that his voice was crisp, clear, and strong. They were amazing and Tim's lyrics resounded in many people's hearts and the band's talent is unquestionable! He wrote about his daily life, struggles, and issues that all of us could relate to. Each one of the band members were so talented and in the same way, we will have to let you see for yourself through watching and listening to their videos. After the concert, many guests bought TBT's cd.
Two months ago, I made a suggestion to TBT and PD to collaborate on the last song to close off the concert. Both of them were willing and Tim had just written "Just Another Man." Tim sent Paul the mp3, Paul practiced, and with only practicing a little bit during sound check, they sounded incredible and ended the concert very nicely with this heart-wrenching song about Tim's reaction to sex-trafficking and child-soldiers and war.
Both Paul Dateh, Ken Belcher, and Tim Be Told were a pleasure to work with. They were very happy to be in California. ServiceAsia was TBT's first performance ever in California! We were so happy to have them and work with them. They hope to work with us on more concerts in the future.
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Service Fair
Most of the stayed until 11:30pm to participate in the service fair, which had 14 non-profit organizations representing. Please check out my other blog entry with the list of all partners. We thank you all organizations for providing refreshments and being such a great support for the ServiceAsia Concert. I heard many people say that the work that you are doing in East Asia and America is truly wonderful and to see all the groups come together is really inspiring. ServiceAsia also serves to celebrate all the hard work and dedication of people and organizations who have dedicated their time to serve East Asia. Thank you for your partnership and we hope to work with you on many more meaningful future events.
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Thank You
Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation - Thank you for the Chao Family's sponsorship of ServiceAsia, encouragement, and vision They have been so wonderful and supportive of the cause.
Tim Be Told and Paul Dateh & Ken Belcher (Artists)
Ed Chao, Richard Wang, Becca Tang (Artists)
Chao Foundation, East Villagers, Asian Liver Center, Asian Central, The Haas Center for Public Service, Volunteers in Asia, Technology Education Connection Cultures, Stanford Tzu Chi, Good Samaritans Medical Dental Ministry, The SOLD Project, Southeast Asian Service Leadership Network,Asian American Donor Program, and Freedom Summit (Partnering Organizations)
Peter Nguyen (Media)
Dan Nguyen (Photographer)
Steve Ko (Videographer)
Nicki Sun (Reporter)
The SOLD Project (Video Interviews)
Peter Nguyen, Stephanie Parker, Meng-Hsuan Wu, Alan Hshieh, Steve Ko, Allen Huang, Nicki Sun, Alice Lee, Bailey Wong, TalentLau, Anthony Yu, Christina Louie, A'Lester Allen, Karen Coelho, Debby Le, Elisabeth Sum, Julie Van, Annie Chao, Donald Hoang, Julie Len, Melissa Hsiao, and many more volunteers who have made the night possible. (Staff & Volunteers)
Family and Friends for coming to the concert and supporting East Villagers and the cause!
I want to represent East Villagers to express my deepest appreciation for all your help yesterday to make the event so successful. I was so surprised to see how many people showed up to volunteer. We wouldn't have been able to pull the event off without your help. From putting up directional signs, manning tables, bringing refreshments, to picking up trash, and many more tasks behind the scenes. I wanted to let you know that we saw each of your dedication to support East Villagers and the concert. After the concert, everyone kept telling me how friendly the staff and volunteers were. Once again, thank you for all your help. The night would not have been the same. -- Nancy Nguyen, Concert Manager
Tim Ouyang's "Just Another Man" in Collaboration with Paul Dateh Tim on keys and vocals, Paul on Violin, Just Another Man is about sex-trafficking and child soldiers, this song collaboration by two young and amazing artists ended the ServiceAsia Concert 2009.
Paul Dateh
Originally, Paul Dateh was only supposed to be a violinist. Beginning his violin studies at the age of four, it seemed that Dateh’s future in the classical industry was set in stone. But, on his first day at The University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, Dateh suddenly dropped his major in Violin Performance and enrolled in the Jazz Studies program instead. The move shocked his colleagues as it was hard to understand why anyone would walk away from fourteen years of classical training to begin learning an entirely new musical discipline. But, Dateh knew that he wanted to be more than just a classical musician; his goal was to become a musician, in every possible way.
Today, as a singer, an award-winning songwriter, and an instrumentalist, it would appear that Dateh is on track to achieving his goal. His work can be heard on releases by various artists within both mainstream and underground hip hop circles, and he can currently be seen performing throughout the United States with his band “The Live Movement”.
Combining elements of soul, pop, rock, gospel and blues, Tim Be Told has emerged in the Charlottesville music scene with their own unique sound. After tracking their debut album "Getting By" in the Summer of 2007 and playing their first show a mere few months later, the band has gone on to perform at various East Coast venues such as the Knitting Factory, Jammin Java, and the Satellite Ballroom. Recent winners of UVa’s 2008 Battle of the Bands, Tim Be Told (Tim Ouyang, Luan Nguyen, Andrew Chae, Jim Barredo, and Parker Stanley) continues to grow a loyal and passionate fanbase both in Virginia and beyond. With each show, the band gains new listeners with their infectious guitar hooks, captivating melodies, and driving rhythm parts; but most importantly, they hope that their music will cause people to view life through a different lens, one of honesty, hope, redemption, and change. Website: www.timbetold.com Mypace: www.myspace.com/timbetold
Preshow Concert: Ed Chao, Richard Wang, Becca Tang
Here are the Partnering Organizations of ServiceAsia 2009. To view photos from the Concert, please visit www.serviceasia.org.
They were all present at the Service Fair after the concert. Please find the organizations and their representatives on www.EastVillagers.org
Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation (Sponsor) ServiceAsia is fully sponsored by the Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation. The Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation was founded in California’s Silicon Valley in 2005 by Ping Chao and his wife Amy Chao. The foundation aims to fund and nurture initiatives improving the health and well-being of children and youth in economically disadvantaged regions throughout the world; promoting the spirit of philanthropy and developing awareness of non-profit practices and opportunities for service for the younger generation of China and the greater Chinese Diaspora. www.chaofoundation.org East Villagers (EV) East Villagers is the only online community dedicated to non-profit organizations, their projects, and volunteers' life-changing stories. Anyone can share their life-changing stories and impact people all around the world. East Villagers allows users to share experiences with friends and family through blogs, images, and videos. Through these first hand experiences, villagers can inspire others to make a difference. The community is tailored to treat non-profits and volunteers as first class members. EV wants to bring organizations the best features to help them connect with past and present members, keep a history of their untold stories, and help them build a community around their cause. This first class treatment is not found at any other place. Our priority to listen to the community’s needs and make it happen. www.eastvillagers.org Asian Liver Center (ALC) The Asian Liver Center at StanfordUniversity is the first non-profit organization in the United States that addresses the high incidence of hepatitis B and liver cancer in Asians and Asian Americans. Founded in 1996, the center uses a three-pronged approach towards fighting hepatitis B through outreach & education, advocacy, and research. Specifically, the AsianLiverCenter spearheads educational outreach and advocacy efforts in the areas of hepatitis B and liver cancer prevention and treatment, serves as a resource for both the general public and health practitioners, and implements clinical and research programs. We hope you will use our website as a resource to learn about hepatitis B and liver cancer and current treatment options. liver.stanford.edu
Asian Central (AC) Asian Central launched in February 2008, with the creation of the Stuff Asian People Like Blog by the author, Peter Nguyen. A few weeks later on March 27, 2008, Asian Central was created to be a tight-knit online community to help Asians connect through culture and entertainment worldwide. This is the only place to find out about everything Asian. Watch your favorite videos, learn about Asian history, discuss current events on the forums, find out about the latest Asian events, and read our nationally syndicated blog: Stuff Asian People Like. Asian Central is the place to find news from all around the world: music, movies, blogs, and restaurant reviews. www.asian-central.com
The Haas Center for Public Service The Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University believes that every student can have an impact through public service – opportunities through student service groups, local non-profits, and Haas Center programs allow students like you to work toward positive social change through activism, advocacy, direct service, philanthropy, policy/politics, research, and social entrepreneurship. Drop by the BIRC on the first floor of the HaasCenter for personalized service advising and we’ll help you figure out how to how to apply what you’re learning to positive social change. Feel free to just drop by or email nicholas.cheng@stanford.edu to set up an appointment.haas.stanford.edu
Volunteers in Asia (VIA) VIA is an independent and entrepreneurial non-profit organization founded at StanfordUniversity in 1963. Its mission is focused on increasing understanding between the United States and Asia through programs promoting public service and cross-cultural education. VIA provides U.S. Citizens and U.S. Residents volunteer opportunities and fellowships in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand, where volunteers may teach English or work with a local non-profit organization. 1-2 year long opportunities exist for college graduates and summer opportunities exist for both undergraduates and graduates. VIA brings Asian students from top universities in Asia to Stanford where they learn about American culture, public service, and healthcare. Programs take place during the spring and the summer, providing Stanford students with the opportunity to serve as coordinators and help run these programs during school break. www.viaprograms.org
Technology Education Connecting Cultures (TECC) TECC is a non-profit organization that leads teams of Chinese and American entrepreneurs in developing and implementing social ventures focused on technology and education. TECC believes that a great deal of positive social impact can arise from leveraging a socially conscious and motivated network, along with the enabling capability of technology and education. TECC's overall impact occurs at two levels. First, TECC helps to bridge the gap between the technologically rich and poor. Second, TECC fosters greater understanding between Chinese and Americans through collaborative work on projects that have a unified mission and goal. www.teccultures.org
Southeast Asian Service Leadership Network (SEALNet) SEALNet's mission is to bring service to Southeast Asia and to promote the spirit of service leadership in the region. We strive to accomplish this by building and nurturing a community of service leaders who are passionate about social development in Southeast Asia. During the summer of 2008, SEALNet conducted projects in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. SEALNet has been conducting service leadership projects to various parts of Southeast Asia since 2004. www.sealnetonline.org Stanford Tzu Chi Tzu Chi is an international humanitarian organization whose name means "compassionate relief." Founded over forty years ago in Taiwan by Dharma Master Cheng Yen, the organization's membership and activities now span the globe. Striving to put "Buddhism in Action", Tzu Chi is fundamentally a grassroots organization, and we hope to better our local Bay Area community by joining together as a Stanford chapter. Some of our events include: distributing food to low-income families in San Jose, dinner service at Menlo Park shelter, recycling & environmental protection, health fair, and mobile clinic. You don't have to be Buddhist to join; everybody is welcome, and we serve all who need help, regardless of race, nationality or religion. www.stanford.edu/group/tc
Good Samaritans Medical Dental Ministry (GSMDM) The Good Samaritans are a group of Christians responding to the call to bring physical, emotional, and spiritual healing to the people of Vietnam. In 1999, the ministry started in Saigon and became the base of operation for the Good Samaritans. Since then the Mission has steadily grown in size to hundreds of volunteers and thousands of supporters. 2009 not only marks the Good Samaritans’ tenth anniversary, but will also see the expansion of our work, as we launch the creation of the Good Samaritan Medical and Dental Institute, a free-standing facility which will provide primary and specialty care on a year round basis, in the city of Nha Trang. Its ultimate purpose is to model competent, state-of-the-art care in a spirit of respect for all patients, regardless of their social or economic circumstances. www.gsmdm.org The SOLD Project SOLD is a grassroots organization, a film, and a movement dedicated to stopping the buying and selling of children into prostitution. SOLD partners with pre-existing Thai organizations that work in the areas of rescue and rehabilitation and hopes to provide education scholarships to children at-risk. The purpose of the film is to tell the stories of children whose lives have been affected by prostitution in some way or another. Sex sells children. Together, we can make it stop. www.thesoldproject.org
Asian American Donor Program (AADP) The Asian American Donor Program (AADP) is a community non-profit (501c3) organization geared towards saving lives. We are an official recruitment group of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) specializing in conducting outreach and donor drives in the Asian, Pacific Islander and Multi-racial communities. AADP's logo, the origami crane, was chosen in fond memory of Sadako Sasaki. www.aadp.org
Freedom Summit Our mission is to inform, unite, and engage the Christian community against the global epidemic of human trafficking. Our hope is to gather people from around the Bay Area who will join the modern abolitionist movement. Speakers include Bethany Hoang, David Batstone, Nathan George, Francis Chan, and Phil Wickham. May 15-16, Mountain View, CA.www.freedom-summit.org
