[gender-cedaw-vn] Fwd: Benefit for Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange

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From: Chuck Searcy <chucksearcy at yahoo.com>
Date: March 26, 2011 11:53:46 PM PDT
To: mike boehm <tinhkhe at yahoo.com>
Subject: Benefit for Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange


Veterans for Peace
Hoa Binh Chapter #160, Vietnam
and
Madison Quakers, Inc.

Invite you to join us for a

Benefit for Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange

Showing of the film “The Sound of the Violin At My Lai”
with Director Tran Van Thuy
followed by
musical performance by Mike Boehm and the Mossman Family Band

Although the American people have been involved in humanitarian work in Vietnam 
since before the American War, the last 35 years have presented great challenges 
to help alleviate poverty and the lasting effects of that war.  Among the many 
successes and failures of this work, perhaps the most crucial challenge, and the 
most abiding result, is strengthening the bond between the people of these two 
nations.

The public is invited to an evening of film, music, and discussion about 
humanitarian work here, highlighting that of Madison Quakers, Inc.—in particular 
the partnership of Mike Boehm and Phan Van Do who have worked for nearly 20 
years in the central province of Quang Ngai, which includes the site of the Son 
My (My Lai) massacre.  Critical to their work is a long-term, personal 
relationship with the people of the province, the Women’s Unions and government 
agencies that help direct the MQI micro-loan programs, and house and school 
construction.

In the evening’s program, documentary director Tran Van Thuy will show his 
award-winning film The Sound of the Violin at My Lai, which features the fiddle 
music and words of Boehm.  This will be followed by discussion of ongoing 
humanitarian work by MQI and other NGOs in Vietnam, the challenges they face, 
and a look to the future.  It will end with a musical performance by Boehm and 
the Mossman Family Band, who helped raise moral and monetary support for victims 
of Agent Orange in Vietnam through house concerts in the Midwestern U.S.  They 
are currently in Vietnam to deliver these funds and share music, school 
children’s art, and friendship.

Donations for this continuing humanitarian work will be gratefully accepted.  

Date:        Wednesday evening, March 30, 2011

Time:        7:00 p.m.

Place:       Hanoi Cinematheque
   22A Hai Ba Trung St., Hanoi
   Tel. 04 3936 2648