Giao Diem Humanitarian Foundation

Pediatric Nutritional Supplement Program (PNSP): Provided nutritional supplements to 3506 children as well as nutrition and health education to their parents and teachers to reduce the malnutrition rate. The program focuses on underweight ethnic minority children 6 and under and their caregivers in 32 under-served schools from 8 districts in central Vietnam provinces. The program includes a school based component which provides daily soymilk and a nutrient dense afternoon meal as well as anti-parasitic medication and micronutrients (Vit C, zinc, iron). A second component offers at-home support via an enhanced nutrition and health/hygiene education program offered to the parents/caregivers of the PNSP students. Bulk food supplements were also provided for families to pickup. On average, the malnutrition rates were changed from -13% to -50%, in these children from Sept to May, depending on the district.

Scholarship programs: 1 to multi-year scholarships awarded to 18 poor high school and university students (monthly);

General humanitarian programs: year long nutritional supplements to 50 nursing home residents and 100 orphanage children; Assistance to hospitals and Buddhist organizations to improve the nutrition and health of the poor in their local communities in Vietnam as well as nutritional and hygiene support for poor victims of natural disasters. These programs served approximately 1800 families or individuals.