Re: On establishing a leukemia fund/ Urgent !!!

[Vu Huu Vinh <vu@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

Hi all
To^i quye^n ma^'t chua^?n ddoa'n cu?a cha'u Phuong Lien ro^`i. Co' bac
na`o co`n giu+~ forward la.i giu'p. Ne^'u co' data mo+'i nha^'t thi`
to^'t. Thu+? the^m co+ may ddie^`u tri. ta.i Nha^.t xem sao. To+'i nay,
Prof va` Docs in charge cu?a khoa Nhi Be^.nh vie^.n truong DH Kyoto well
come die^`u tri. cha'u. Va^'n dde^` la` fund. Hie^.n ta.i cac Gs & Drs
ddang ho?i the^m cac ho^.i Leukemia o+? Nha^.t ti`m fund cho cha'u.
Ne^'u bac na`o co' access nhanh to+'i gia ddi`nh cha'u xin ho?i ngay
giu`m:
1. Chan doan cu. the^?:  ALL or AML
2. Hie^.n ta.i co' nhie^~m khua^?n kho^ng? mu+'c ddo^.
3. Tu?y ddo^` & huye^'t ddo^` ban dda^`u va` mo+'i nha^'t. ( It nha^'t
thi` cu~ng co' ca'i co^ng thu+'c BC (WBC count).
4. Gan, la'ch co' to kho^ng? mu+'c ddo^.?
5. Tuo^?i. ca^n nang? Nho'm ma'u? gia ddi`nh he^.(bo^', me., ma^'y anh
chi. em ruo^.t)
6. DDa'p u+'ng vo+'i ddie^`u tri. corticoid (thuo^'c  cu.the^?:vd
prednisolone)
Co' mo^.t ca'i to'm ta('t Be^.nh a'n (tieng Anh) la` to^'t nha^'t, vi`
co' the^? nhie^`u nguoi ca^`n de^? ho?i cho^~ kha'c

Ve^` leukemia fund. To^i nghi~ la` ra^'t ca^`n thie^'t, vi` ngoa`i
chuye^.n tie^`n ra ta co`n co' 1 association dde^? co' the^? trao ddo^?i
vo+'i cac ho^.i leukemia kha'c tre^n TG nha^'t la` cac nuoc la^n ca^.n.
No'i chuye^.n vo+'i cac chuye^n gia leukemia mo+'i bie^t ra(`ng cac nuoc
dde^`u co' ho^.i leukemia ra^'t ma.nh , nha^'t la` dda(ng ki' donor,
trong truong hop donor cu?a ho. khong phu` hop, ho. co the^? ask donor
cu?a nuoc khac. Tai sao VN la.i kho^ng, gi` chu+' donor VN thi` chac la`
ddo^ng. Cu~ng ca^`n pha?i co' exchange ( co' ddi co' la.i) thi` may
chang nhieu chau be' VN dduoc cuu chu+~a.

Oh..........Ddang vie^'t thi` o^ng doc keukemia dde^'n ba?o rang gia?i
pha'p duy nha^'t i't to^'n ke'm la` to^i nha^.n  adoption cho chau PL
vi` to^i co' ba?o hie^?m Nha^.t co' the^? ddie^`u tri. die^`u tri. my
kids vo+'i 95% insurance........ Co' bac na`o o+? Nhat o+? Nhat dda~ co'
gia ddi`nh nha^.n adopt cha'u kho^ng??? (pha?i ddang co' sa(~n ba?o
hie^?m).

Mong the^m y' kie^'n cac bac
VH Vinh

AnHai Doan wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> I am very busy at the moment, so please forgive me for this quick
> writing
> in English.
>
> I support the idea of establishing a leukemia fund. The fund could be
> used
> not only for the Phuong Lien case, but for other leukemia cases from
> Vietnam as well.
>
> Several months ago, I talked with Dr. Judith Ladinsky, chairman of the
> US
> Committee for Scientific Cooperation with Vietnam, about establishing
> a general VNSA fund, which would help finance various VNSA-supported
> activities and services. I was thinking at the time about hardware
> equipments for supporting VNSA and other related mailing lists,
> scholarship fund for students in Vietnam, book and equipment support
> for
> folks in Vietnam, and charity activities, such as these leukemia
> cases,
> among other things.
>
> Dr. Ladinsky supported the idea and express her willingness to help
> us.
> She said she could help setting up one such fund account at the US
> Committee, at no cost to us. The account will be established under the
>
> VNSA name, and handled by one or two people we choose. We have
> complete
> control over the account and how the money is spent for charity
> purposes.
>
> Since the Committee is a NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, money contributed to
> the
> account is TAX DEDUCTABLE. You write a check to the account, you will
> receive a receipt which you can use to deduct the paid amount from
> your
> taxable income. This is a big advantage of establishing an account
> with a
> non-profit organization. Besides, you may not know that together with
> ba'c
> Diem Quynh, the US Committee, and especially Dr.  Ladinsky, is also an
>
> active participant in helping the little girl Thuy Linh getting
> treatment
> in the US.
>
> So what I suggest is that, barring any really better alternative, we
> should ask Dr. Ladinsky to help in setting up one such account
> at the US Committee as the leukemia fund. If the general opinion
> seems to agree on this, we can ask ba'c Diem Quynh or someone else to
> talk with Dr. Ladinsky about setting up the account. Dr. Ladinsky is
> in
> Vietnam at the moment, but we can talk with Ms. Nancy Volk, her
> contact in
> the US.
>
> Other things we need to do (independent of where and how we want
> the fund to be established):
>
> 1) We need to choose one or two persons who will handle the fund and
> give periodic accounts on VNSA about how the money is spent.
>
> 2) We need to make a pledge list, in which each of us pledges how much
>
> money we would contribute to the fund once it has been set up. This is
>
> a necessary technique which is commonly employed at fund raising
> activities, and is completely in line with the Vietnamese proverb
> "DDe^? la^u c..t tra^u ho'a bu`n". We need someone to
> organize this pledge activity, I suggest Anh Hai-Tri Le or Ba'c
> Diem Quynh. Those of us who want to contribute can then pledge
> publicly or privately (to the chosen organizer) how much we would like
> to
> contribute. Those who want to contribute anonymously
> need to send private mail to the organizer and say so.
>
> Above are my suggestions regarding this leukemia fund idea.
> Please let us hear your opinion and suggestions.
>
> Best regards, AnHai.