VietBay Group - Typhoon Yagi Relief Fundraiser

Typhoon Yagi is the strongest storm that hit Vietnam in the last 30 years, affecting 26 provinces and cities in Northern Vietnam and 40% of the population. Yagi and the following flash floods caused by heavy rain led to 330 deaths and missing and is expected to setback Vietnam's GDP growth this year by 0.15%. And the damages still keep on coming.

We are raising money and working with our trusted partners The Lotus Charity Foundation (Quỹ Từ thiện Bông Sen) and VNHELP to bring urgent and timely assistance to help people most affected by this destructive event. This includes both short-term emergency support and medium-term help to get people back to their normal life.

VietBay Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in California. All US donations are tax deductible. If you are requesting a matching from your company, please direct it to VietBay Inc. (EIN: 83-2887496, Benevity). Please email treasurer@vietbay.group if you need a receipt for the matching.

If you have any questions, please email us at board@vietbay.group. Thank you very much for your generosity!

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Update 1/25/2025:

VietBay's Yagi Relief Fund ($20,000USD) has been used to support the Lotus Foundation's effort to deliver 1000 relief packages in three locations: Xuân Hòa, Nậm Chạc, and Đào Thịnh just before the Lunar New Year in Vietnam.

Update 1/5/2025:

VietBay's Yagi Relief Fund contributed to the joint effort led by VNHELP and Hội Chữ Thập Đỏ Thiện Tâm in delivering 1000 relief packages to 5 locations in Yen Bai, Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, and Lang Son provinces from 12/27/2024 - 4/1/2025.

Update 10/10/2024:

VietBay board member Thai Duong has been accompanying the Lotus Foundation to assist about 2400 families in the Lao Cai (Xuan Thuong, Xuan Ha, Nam Lac, Simacai) and Yen Bai (Dao Thinh) provinces. Each emergency relief package includes 10kg of rice, and 2 packs of salt, and monetary support in the most damaged area (the monetary supports range from 500-3000K VND depending on the level at which their house is damaged by the flood).

Update 9/28/2024

Committed $50,000 USD to the Lotus Foundation's (Quỹ Bông Sen) typhoon Yagi relief effort to provide emergency relief packages (food and monetary), rebuilding houses, and support agricultural production recovery, helping people in the following 5 locations to restore their normal life as soon as possible: (1) Xã Nậm Lụt, Thôn Nâm Tôn (Lào Cai); (2) Xã Xuân Hòa (Lào Cai); (3) Xã Xuân Thương (Lào Cai); (4) Huyện Simacai (Lào Cai); and (5) Xã Đào Thịnh (Yên Bái). Please refer to the Lotus Foundation's survey report for details.
The total donations to our campaign reaches $150K.

Update 9/27/2024

Using VietBay's Yagi Relief Fund, our partner VNHELP, working directly with the local education departments, was able to deliver timely support to 4 different schools in the Yen Bai province that was hit hard by the typhoon (pictures of the trip are in the Media section): Minh Chuẩn, Tân Lập, Khánh Thiện, and Lý Thường Kiệt.

Update 9/18/2024

Our campaign crossed $110K milestone.
Our partner VNHELP is working hard in confirming the final needs for each of the 10 schools in Lục Yên supported by VietBay's fund, they will start the procurement & delivery process soon.

Update 9/16/2024

Our campaign crossed the $90K milestone.
Committed to support VNHELP's effort in restoring 10 schools in Lục Yên district, Yên Bái province with the total cost of 454,832,500 VNĐ (+5% transportation & coordination fee) to repair/replace equipments and provide new textbooks.

FAQ

How did this campaign get started?

Before this campaign, VietBay has initiated various campaigns to help Vietnamese living in Vietnam such as those affected by COVID-19 outbreak, natural disasters, orphanages, or disadvantaged kids in remote areas. We worked with non-government partners in Vietnam and all our raised money is 100% used on our beneficiaries with no overhead cost.

When Yagi hits Vietnam in August 2024, like any other Vietnamese community, our hearts are with the working people who got their life damaged by the the disastrous storm and its after-effect. Therefore, this fundraising campaign was born to provide short and medium-term helps to get the most affected people get back to their normal life.

How would your donations be used?

Since we don't have a representation in Vietnam, we channel your donations to local organizations. We only work with trusted, non-government charitable partners in Vietnam and US. Our activities are 100% apolitical, with our sole purpose is to help people in dire need of help.

Our largest partner is the Lotus Foundation and VNHELP. We trust them for several reasons: transparency (audited by Earns and Young), great coverage in Vietnam, and efficiency with close to 100% donations go to the beneficiaries. We have also collaborated with them for many successful projects in the past.

How does matching work?

A big source of our donations comes from corporate matching. In US, many companies have a matching policy for their employees. Many VietBay members were able to leverage their employers' policies and effectively double or triple their original donation.

If you are requesting a matching from your company, please direct it to VietBay Inc. (EIN: 83-2887496, Benevity: https://causes.benevity.org/causes/840-832887496?lang=en). Please email treasurer@vietbay.group if you need a receipt for the matching.

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