Minh T. Nguyen

I got involved in the fight against human trafficking after seeing Dateline NBC’s deeply disturbing documentary “Children for Sale” showing how Vietnamese children as young as eight were trafficked to Cambodia for sexual exploitation. On one of my visits to Vietnam, an English high school teacher told me about her intention to sell herself as a Vietnamese bride to Taiwan, not knowing that under the covers of these “bridal” services are often systematic human trafficking rings, with many of these “brides” being raped, beaten and denied of health services, until they end up contacting the Vietnamese NGOs operating in the host country.

On May 13^th 2006, I’ll be joining hundreds of other Vietnamese youths to walk in the Human Race of Silicon Valley to raise funds for the Vietnamese Alliance to Combat Human Trafficking (VietACT). My goal is to fundraise $3000 through personal donations alone. This is a rather high goal, but I believe that with this urgent issue at hand and your generous donation, I can reach this goal so that we can continue to support the Vietnamese NGOs operating in Southeast Asia as well as put an end to the root cause of this human catastrophe. To learn more about VietACT and this Relay Against Trafficking campaign, please see our press release.

I sincerely ask you to support me on this 5K walk by making a tax-deductible donation. Checks must be made payable to “Human Race” (the race organizers will then later dedicate the marked donations to VietACT) and be sent to me preferably before April 25^th, but definitely before May 13^th. Email me for my home address and let me know if you do not want to be listed in the donors list below. For those who are not from the United States or if you simply prefer the ease of online transactions, you can also donate by using the PayPal button above and I will write a personal check for you instead. Any donation, regardless of whether it’s $10, $25, $50 or $100 (or even more) is highly appreciated. Please also help by forwarding this website to other people.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your donation and support.

April 7^th 2006,

San Jose, CA

Minh T. Nguyen