This week, I had the option of reflecting on that 11-page novel “Paper Tigers” by Wesley Yang that was recently featured in New York Magazine, but seeing as how the topic of Tiger-anything nowadays is simply tiresome, I opted for a dose of something more inspiring instead. If you didn’t catch it last month, the founder of Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation, Michael Brosowski, … [Read more...] about Michael Brosowski & the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation: Hero to Vietnam’s street kids
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Disparities Amongst Vietnamese Children
“Mom, don’t worry. I’m not in pain. I won’t cry,” softly uttered a little boy named Thien Nhan (Good Person) as he laid on an operating table in Italy. The doctors and operating room staff were preparing to reconstruct Thien Nhan’s testicles and penis, which had been devoured (along with his right leg) by wild animals within the first three days of his birth. How did this … [Read more...] about Disparities Amongst Vietnamese Children
The Horrors of Human Trafficking
11.23.09 - Finally home in Lang Son, Vietnam and given a chance to start her own family, Nguyen Thi Phuong is exulting with joy while holding her first child. Phuong was a victim of human trafficking to China, where she was kept captive for over two years. Lured to the China and Vietnam border, Phuong was taken against her will to an unknown village in China, sold to become … [Read more...] about The Horrors of Human Trafficking