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A Family’s Thank You
Over the past 17 years Lifestart Foundation has helped over a thousand individuals and families. It is always lovely to receive a heartfelt letter of gratitude.
Typhoon Damrey and Flood Donation
Thanks to the donations we received from many of our generous supporters, we were able to help many families who were affected by Typhoon Damrey and floods that impacted Central Vietnam at the end of 2017.
Building Kitchens & Bathrooms for Extremely Poor Families
The second family to be the recipient of this project is the family of one of our Education Scholarship students, Linh,
Milk Delivery: A Continuing Project
We met six week old little Ngoc yesterday. The reason for the meeting was to deliver Ngoc some much needed formula as she is an abandoned baby at the local hospital. She is healthy and being well cared for by the staff at the hospital but will soon move to an orphanage in Danang where
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Building Homes – Transforming Lives
- Donations for Children with Cancer – 6 August, 2019
- Donations for Poor Family – 30 July, 2019
- Toy Donation for Children’s Hospital in Hue – 12 June, 2019
- Donations for Poor Families – 2 May, 2019
(More: Local Expat Kate Donation – 15 May, 2019 - Local Expat Cyril Donates shampoo, soap, combs and toothbrushes – 19 April, 2019
- Microwave Donation for Student – 14 April, 2019
- A Heartfelt Letter of Gratitude from Trinh and Family – 15 July, 2017
(More: Building a New House for Mr Cu and Family – 27 April, 2016) - Building a New House for Mr Trung and Family – 2 November, 2016
(More: Mr Trung’s Old House – 24 August, 2016) - Building a new house for Ms Chau and family – 27 July, 2016
(More: Chau’s Old House – 8 June, 2016) - Building a New House for Mr Binh and Family – 27 January, 2016
- Building a New House for Mr Mot and Family (Final Update) – 11 November, 2015
- Building a New House for Mr Mot and Family (2nd Update) – 7 October, 2015
- Building a New House for Mr Mot and Family (1st Update) – 23 September, 2015
- Mr Mot’s Old House – 19 August, 2015
Kitchen and Bathroom Project
- Support for Tham and Her Family (Final Update) – May 9th, 2018
(More: Support for Tham and Her Family (Orignial House) – May 9th, 2018) - Support for Linh and Her Family – May 9th, 2018
- Support for Binh and His Family – April 7th, 2018
Typhoon and Flood Relief
- Support for Ngoc’s Family After The Flood and Typhoon Damrey – July 31st, 2018
- Support for Duyen’s Family After The Flood and Typhoon Damrey – July 10th, 2018
- Support for Vy’s Family After The Flood and Typhoon Damrey – Jun 19th, 2018
- Support for Phuong’s Family After The Flood and Typhoon Damrey – May 22nd, 2018
- Support for Quynh’s family After The Flood and Typhoon Damrey – Apr 14th, 2018
- Typhoon Damrey and Flood Donation – Dec 6th, 2017
- Waiting for Super Typhoon to Arrive in Hoi An – Nov 9th, 2013
- Tropical Storm Ketsana – A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words – Nov 17th, 2009
- Devastating Floods Hit Central Vietnam – Dec 9th, 2007
Provision of Much Needed Food Hampers to Poor Families
- Hamper Box for Kim Duyen – Jun 3rd, 2018
- Hamper Boxes for Thu and Dat – Jun 7th, 2017
- Hamper Box for Trieu – Jul 20th, 2016
- Hamper Box for Dat – Sept 30th, 2015
- A Donation of Rice and Cooking Oil for Vy – Aug 12th, 2015
Provision of Livestock Including Cows, Chickens, Ducks and Goats for Breeding and Income Generation
- A Flock of Chickens for Trang’s Family – Apr 25th, 2018
- A Gift for Chung – Jan 23rd, 2018
- A Donation of Chickens for Ly – June 1st, 2016
- A Donation of Cooking Oil, Rice and Chickens from Our Volunteer Larissa – Feb 10th, 2016
- A Donation of Chickens for Phuong – Dec 2nd, 2015
Provision of Bicycles to Enable Transportation to Work and School
- An Electric Bike Donation for Ngoc – 10 March, 2019
- An Electric Bike Donation for Thu – 16 January, 2019
- A Bicycle Donation for Nhan – 9 January, 2019
- An Electric Bike for Buu – Oct 2nd, 2018
- An Electric Bike for Sang – One of Lifestart Foundation’s Physics Superstars – Jul 30th, 2017
- 3 New Bicycles Donated for LSF Education Scholarship Recipients – May 31st, 2017
- An Electric Bike for Dat from His Sponsors – Ish and Andrew – Jan 11th, 2017
- A New Bicycle for Tham – Dec 7th, 2016
- An Electric Bike for Trang from Bega High School, Australia – Nov 9th, 2016
- A New Bicycle for Anh – Oct 26th, 2016
- 2 New Electric Bikes for Phuong and Trang from Bega High School, Australia – Oct 13th, 2016
- A Bicycle and Monetary Donation for Thanh to Commence His Study At The Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy – Sept 23rd, 2016
- An Electric Bike for Thao – Jun 15th, 2016
- An Electric Bike for My – Apr 20th, 2016
- An Electric Bike for Lien – Feb 24th, 2016
- An Electric Bike for Trieu from A Group of Students from Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School, Australia – Nov 4th, 2015
- A Bicycle Donated for Quyen – Aug 14th, 2014
- An Electric Bicycle Donation for Lua – Jul 31st, 2014
- An Electric Bicycle Donated for Hong – Jul 17th, 2014
- Bicycles for Many – Nov 8th, 2007
Donation
- An iPad Donation for Dieu – 27 March, 2019
- A Laptop Donation for Phuong – 11 March, 2019
- A Laptop Donation for Hong – Jan 2nd, 2019
- Advanced Book Donation from Stivi (Second Round) – Dec 13th, 2018
(More: Advanced Book Donation from Stivi – Oct 9th, 2018) - Laptop and iPad Donation Day at Lifestart Foundation – Nov 21st, 2018
- A Laptop Donation for Lifestart Foundation Medical University Scholarship Students – Nov 21st, 2018
- A Laptop Donation for Thu – Nov 17th, 2018
- Advanced Medical Text Book Donation Day – Oct 24th, 2018
- Advanced Book Donation from Jill – Oct 17th, 2018
- Recycled Textbooks Donation for Poor Students – Oct 3rd, 2018
- A Laptop Donation for Thanh – Sept 5th, 2018
- Recycled Textbooks Donation for Poor Students – Aug 14th, 2018
- A Samsung Galaxy Tablet Donation for Loc – Aug 6th, 2018
- Recycled Textbooks Donation for Poor Students – Aug 4th, 2018
- A Laptop Donation for Nhi – Jul 30th, 2018
- A Birthday Gift Donation for Dat – Jul 24th, 2018
- A Laptop Donation for Nay – Jul 16th, 2018
- A Laptop Donation for Toai – Jul 9th, 2018
- A Birthday Gift Donation for Thu – Jul 3rd, 2018
- A Donation for Trang – Apr 25th, 2018
- A Book Donation for Disadvantaged Children – Jan 31st, 2018
- Household Items Donation by Rose and Her Family – Aug 13th, 2017
- Formula Milk Delivery for Six-Week Old Little Ngoc – Jun 22nd, 2017
- A Laptop Donation for Nhung – Nov 30th, 2016
- Lifestart Foundation Distributes $45,000 Aud of Infant Milk Formula to Orphans, Sick Children From Poor Families and Mothers Who Were Unable to Breast Feed in Quang Nam Province – Aug 31st, 2016
- A Donation for Thu – May 4th, 2016
- A Donation for My – Apr 20th, 2016
- A Donation for Lieu – Mar 23rd, 2016
- Recycled Textbook Donation for Poor Students – Dec 16th, 2015
- Recycled Textbook Donation for Poor Students – Aug 26th, 2015
- Laptop Donation Day – Jul 29th, 2015
- Recycled Textbook Donation for Poor Students – Jul 8th, 2015
- Laptop Donation from Princes Hill Secondary College Melbourne – Mar 26th, 2015
- A Donation for Thao – Mar 25th, 2015
- A Donation for Thuy Trang – Mar 19th, 2015
- A Donation for Hong – Mar 17th, 2015
- A Donation for Ngoc – Feb 16th, 2015
- Donation from Bega High School – Feb 10th, 2015
- A Donation for Thinh – Feb 8th, 2015
- A Donation for Hoang – Dec 16th, 2014
- A Donation for Duy – Dec 9th, 2014
- A Donation for Hoang – Nov 18th, 2014
- A Donation for Thanh Ly – Apr 19th, 2014
- A Gift for Chung – Jan 23rd, 2014
- Thong – A “Can Do” Kind of Man – Jun 11th, 2008
- Thuy, Duc, Truyen and Tay – Aug 16th, 2007
- Hoa, Phuong & Their Three Sons – Aug 10th, 2007
- The Worldwide Problem of A Working Mother! – Meet Hoa in Hoi An – Jun 8th, 2007
- Hiep’s Changed Life – A Perfect Seedling Grant! – May 14th, 2007
- Life on The River – Mar 21st, 2007
- Meet Rin, Kin and Thao – Mar 14th, 2007
- A New Beginning – Jan 9th, 2007
Elderly Assistance
- Elderly Assistance – A New Program – Feb 7th, 2007
Fundraising & Support for Lifestart Foundation
- Expat Stivi – Helping the Local Community – Dec 13th, 2017
- Good Guys Doing Good Things – Andrew and Cyril – Nov 13th, 2017
- Fun Run Fundraising Event of Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia – Nov 13th, 2017
- Lifestart Foundation 2017 Charity Ride – Apr 30th, 2017
- Lifestart Foundation 2017 Charity Ride – Day 6 – P’Rao to Hoi An – Apr 23rd, 2017
Part 2
Part 1 - Lifestart Foundation 2017 Charity Ride – Day 5 – Apr 21st, 2017
- Lifestart Foundation 2017 Charity Ride – Day 4 – April 20th, 2017
Part 2
Part 1 - Lifestart Foundation 2017 Charity Ride – Day 3 – Hue to A Luoi – Apr 19th, 2017
- Lifestart Foundation 2017 Charity Ride – Day 2 – Heading to Hue – Apr 19th, 2017
- “The Massive Murray Paddle” Fundraising – Nov 28th, 2016
Day 4
Day 3
Day 1 - Fundraising Baking by Karianne and her friends – Oct 22nd, 2016
- Donna and Andrew’s Wedding Guests Made Donations to Lifestart Foundation in Lieu of Gift Giving – May 29th, 2016
- Fundraising of St. Michael’s Church Trivia for Nguyet – Oct 25th, 2014
- On Your Marks, Get Set… Over 150 Miles to Go in The Desert – Mar 20th, 2014
(More: James from The UK (aka The Birdman) Volunteers Again – This Time with A Super Human Effort! – Feb 4th, 2014) - Our Fundraising Intiative Through Global Giving
Announcing The Fundraising Amount and Our Thank-You – Jan 10th, 2014
An Exciting Update on The Fundraising Initiative – Dec 10th, 2013
International Day of People with Disability – Dec 3rd, 2013
Today, An Exciting New Fundraising Initiative Begins! – Nov 25th, 2013 - Cushions for A Cause – Apr 30th, 2013
- Lifestart Foundation 2011 Annual Fundraiser – Christmas In July – Oct 17th, 2011
(More: Christmas In July 2011! – May 24th, 2011) - Community Connections: Small Business Crusoeden Body Offers Support to Lifestart Foundation – Dec 13th, 2010
- Lifestart Foundation Annual Fundraiser Thank You! – Sept 17th, 2010
(More: Christmas In July – May 29th, 2010) - A One Day Adventure In Melbourne, Amazing Race Style! – Mar 1st, 2010
- Melbourne Fundraiser – Nov 12th, 2009
- Cycle Vietnam for A Worthy Cause – May 10th, 2009
(More: Cycle Vietnam and Raise Funds for A Worthy Cause at The Same Time – May 5th, 2009) - Birdman Returns – Jul 18th, 2008
(More: The Melbourne Birdman Competition Update – May 11th, 2008; Birdman to The Rescue – Feb 11th, 2008) - The Royal Australian Navy Volunteers – Oct 23rd, 2006