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Vietnam Children’s Fund (VCF) is a non-profit organization based in Unionville, Virginia, United States. The group's mission is to help the children of Vietnam.〔(VCF in Charity Navigator )〕〔''NGO Centre Vietnam''〕 It builds “turnkey” schools to modern standards, ready for occupation. (The Vietnam Children’s Fund (VCF) ) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to build a network of elementary schools in Vietnam as a living memorial to all those who perished in the war. ==History== The Vietnam Children’s Fund was founded in 1993 by the late Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr., a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and severely wounded Marine. Puller believed that in war no one goes unscathed but that children, the most vulnerable of all, suffer the greatest hardships. He felt the Vietnam Children’s Fund was a gesture that could not only help close the past but ensure a brighter future for the children of Vietnam. The first school, located on the former demilitarized zone in Quảng Trị Province, was dedicated in Puller’s name in April 1994, the 20th anniversary of the end of the war. VCF has now completed 50 schools which serve more than 30,000 children. Many schools are built in the poorest and most remote areas of the country where the need is greatest. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vietnam Children's Fund」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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