Ongoing Projects
Project Title: Fairchild Grade School Orphanage
MISSION STATEMENT: to build a boarding school to accommodate approximately 100 orphans
School Location: We will purchase land within 100 km of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Age Group: Five to ten years old
Curriculum: Primary and grade school curriculum in English, Chinese, Vietnamese and French
Artist's Impression of Orphanage School
Fund-Raising Target: $95,000 CDN over two years
Fund-raising efforts:
- Submitted applications to UNISEF, WHO (world health organization), Oxfam, World vision, CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) and Ashoka Changemaker and other charities.
- Local fund raising banquets in Toronto, Canada.
Source of Orphans: From several orphanages in destitute within 100 km of our school
Related Projects: The current mission of building a Grade School Orphanage is part of an overall vision called “from orphan to buddhahood”. High school and university education is planned in separate follow-up projects to transform these special children with deep experience of sufferings into leaders for change. Preliminary success of the follow-up projects has been achieved. One temple in Vietnam has agreed to accept half a dozen orphans in the age-group 5-10. Placement in Canadian temples has been arranged for a dozen orphans in the age-group 10-15. Our primary goal is to educate professionals to serve society rather than training religious practitioners. Collaborations from all religions are welcomed.
Strategic Personnel: We are in a unique position to execute this project successfully. We are able to penetrate barriers because our field liaison officer is a Canadian monk working directly with key personnel on site. Read more about our project team.