LIN's Covid-19 Response Community Fund 2021

Dear friends, 

I hope my message finds you safe and well, wherever you may be. 

Three months after we introduced Covid-19 Response Community Fund, we have never imagined receiving such amazing support from the Community, and we are so touched to see many people such as yourself who give a hand wholeheartedly. Thanks to your generous donation and support, 10 local nonprofit organizations (NPOs) working tirelessly on employment, children, youth development and women causes, were able to receive this important funding support which play a significant role to help those organizations to carry on their operations and programs that serve those marginalized groups in their local communities in the next 6 months. This financial aid will somehow alleviate the burden of operational costs to sustain the organizations and resume their activities after the social lockdown. 

Please click here to download our initial report of Covid-19 Response Community Fund with summary of our fundraising result, introduction of 10 NPOs receiving the fund and our criteria how to select these 10 NPOs. We will continue to follow up with these NPOs in the next six months to evaluate the impacts of this funding support on their organization and their work, we hope to have some great stories and photos to share with you by the end of this year too. 

At this time when I am writing this report, Vietnam has entered to second wave of the pandemic after nearly 100 days without community cases. Danang, a central city in Vietnam has gone under strict lockdown from unknown source of Covid-19 cases started from three major hospitals in the city. Other cities and provinces are now again in a precarious status. We are also aware that the difficult times will not be over anytime soon, the social distance regulation doesn't allow any gathering more than 30 people and many people, activities are back to uncertain stage like before, that being said, we will need to continue remaining vigilant and resilient which helped Vietnam overcome the first wave of the pandemic. 

I do hope this shall pass soon and we can feel safe to go out, meet, connect with each other and do things out door again. In the meantime, please stay safe and healthy during this unprecedented time. 

Once again, on behalf of the LIN team and 10 selected NPOs, we thank you for your generosity and kindness. 

Should you have any question or need any further information in the meantime, please do let us know. 

With gratitude,

Vo Ngoc Tuyen (Kelly)

Head of Corporate Partnerships & Fundraising