Vietnamese Adoptees Give Back At Go Vap Orphanage Care Day

Vietnamese Adoptees Give Back At Go Vap Orphanage Care Day Tube. Duration : 14.23 Mins.

During the 35 year anniversary since the American War in Vietnam ended a few of us adoptees from around the world congregated for a reunion in Vietnam. A Care Day was arranged at Go Vap orphanage on April 10th 2010. We arranged a tour of the orphanage & delivered aid; such as books, toys, stationary, clothes, medical aid, inflatable air beds, vitamins, Sudocrem, toothpaste & toothbrushes for the kids. This was an emotional event for some of us adoptees, some had never returned to Vietnam or had not visited an orphanage before. My personal belief is that when you are an orphan yourself & know you were also in the same situation as these babies; seeing all of them in the steel cots that we would have slept in, then of course it can be emotional & bring a sense of where we all came from. That is exactly how I felt when I first returned to Go Vap in 2007, which is the orphanage I was placed in for the first two months of my life. Words alone cannot express how wonderful it was to see how my fellow adoptees were returning home to help other orphans for that special day. It was definitely a day of 'giving back' but I also think it was one where we all received love & joy from the kids. After the tour of the orphanage we took 40 kids (including healthy, Down's syndrome, disabled & malformed) & 18 members of staff with us for a fun game of bowling to the Diamond Plaza. The kids absolutely love the escalators, something which we take for granted... I must admit I was a bit worried ...