ACCV was established after the Vidotto family went on a family trip to Vietnam in September 2006. During our visit we spent some time at Friendship Home Orphanage in Hanoi. We were completely taken with the children of Friendship Home and with the street kids and former-street kids that we met during our stay.
We were also quite overwhelmed when we compared the quality of life given to our own children as opposed to the plight of these Vietnamese children who are just as bright, just as delightful, and just as deserving of the opportunities necessary to reach their potential!
We returned to Australia determined to do something, and as a result the Australian Charity for the Children of Vietnam (ACCV) was born!
Based in Brisbane, Queensland Australia, ACCV is now a registered charity. Our goal is to build an organisation that can offer relief to the children of Vietnam and give them assistance in breaking the poverty cycle.
We have three major points of focus in our future plans and goals;
- To assist the underprivileged blind children of Hanoi
- The children of Friendship Home Orphanage.
- Education and Vocational training for older kids.
We believe in a very direct approach, we fund raise, we then head back to Hanoi and the money is distributed directly where it is needed. There are no middle-man expenses, 100% of all funds donated go directly to the children of Vietnam, all administrative costs are donated by the Vidotto family.
