The mission of Children of Vietnam (CoV) is to “build brighter futures for poor, orphaned, homeless, disabled and vulnerable children in vietnam” with two overarching goals:
a) to assist children and families overcome the cycle of poverty, ill health, and homelessness;
b) to provide immediate aid to children and families in crisis.
this mission is driven by our founders’ beliefs, which guide our daily efforts:
every child deserves to be happy,
every child deserves a bright future,
every child deserves a future without poverty,
every child deserves to develop to his or her full potential,
we are making this happen one child, one family, one community at a time,
we are doing this by educating, healing, sheltering and nurturing.
CoV strives to achieve its goals through six initiatives further outlined below: healthcare, education, housing, nutrition, empowering foundations for women & their children, and hope system of care for children with disabilities. With the dedicated support of its founder, Ben Wilson, who works without pay, CoV’s 13-member board of directors, multiple volunteers, one and a half full-time us-based employee, 4 part-time hourly assistants, and a staff of 9 in-country Vietnamese nationals work to implement these various initiatives at the grass-roots level to provide maximum impact.