Monday, August 11, 2008

Asian Philanthropy Forum: $3 million challenge grant from Vietnamese American philanthropist

The image above is a giant globe called Eartha at theDelorme Map Store in Freeport Maine. which we visited with our kids.

Here is a International Philanthropy story.

Asian Philanthropy Forum: $3 million challenge grant from Vietnamese American philanthropist: "In May, Doan L. Phung, a 68-year old Vietnamese-American philanthropist, gave a keynote speech at the fourth annual Asian Pacific Philanthropy Consortium (APPC) conference in Hanoi, Vietnam. The theme of the conference was 'Diaspora Giving: An Agent of Social Change?' and Mr. Phung spoke about his reasons for giving back to Vietnam. At the end of his speech, Mr. Phung announced a $3 million USD challenge grant to the Vietnamese-American NGO"

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