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We would like to thank you for your kindness, generosity, and dedication. We look forward to your continued support. 2020-2021 has been a remarkable year, a year of unrelenting challenges, a year of purposeful discovery, and most importantly, a rewarding and perspective-filled year for donors and award recipients. We look forward to 2022. โ Best Wishes, Perspective Charity Family.
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๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ-๐๐ฏ , ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ.๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ โ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆโ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ. ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, Nhu-Quynh Nguyen – Texas 2022
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Thanks for all the info. When Dung & Janny first told me of this, I thought it was a great idea. I feel one of the problems facing the younger Americans is a lack of perspective regarding just how lucky/wealthy/privileged we are. I related that my Dad was an immigrant from Sweden at age 7. Landing in NYC, he had a rough time with the kids from other national groups but went on to great personal success with only an 8th-grade education. We didnโt often speak about life issues, but I recall clearly the time he said to me โ I only wish I could have given you what I had as a child – to be born poorโ. – from Paul Winberg from AR – 2020
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I served three tours of duty in Vietnam 1966-1969. As a Navy Seabee, I was assigned to do construction projects such as building roads, bridges, housing, airports, and other projects that were needed. I lived and worked in areas surrounding Da Nang, Hue and Phu Bai. I became acquainted with several Vietnamese families. I grew to love and respect the Vietnamese people.
During a search for an old friend that I had met during the Vietnam war, I met a member of the Perspective Charity. We talked about the educational needs of children in Vietnam. This touched me. I have two Vietnamese American friends that because of family finances and logistics, as children were only able to attend school, one through 3rd grade and one through 5th grade. These friends still grieve for the lost opportunities they had. That is a reason I feel so strongly that education is the most important foundation on which a person can build upon, achieve their goals and make their dreams come true. We have donated money for a young woman to attend college and provided funding for several young children to attend classes to learn the English language. We have decided we would like to be a sponsor through Perspective Charity in order to make a difference in a childโs life. We feel this will result in a very strong and successful Vietnam for years to come. from Terry Albertson from MO – 2021
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Itโs my honor to be part of group to do something for the unfortunate kids. Thanks for letting me know, Janny. Honestly, your heart and action are what inspire others to work or support you, dear. Keep up the great and meaningful work. – from Huy Nguyen from TX – 2022
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As a child, Dung Duong fled a third-world country, lived in refugee camps, was jailed, and found himself homeless before immigrating to the United States, ultimately growing up in poverty. A strong student and gifted engineer, Dung eventually found success as an entrepreneur and investor. In telling his full story, Dung doesnโt dwell on what he lacked in his youth. Instead, he focuses on what he did have: intrinsic motivation, a strong will, and the desire to positively impact the world. Perhaps, like Dung, you also have a desire to make the world a better place
Dung also is the author of Shifting Optics: Life in Perspective Book: In Shifting Optics, Dung shares his stories and honest recollections so that you can take them from the perspective if you wish. Told with a wink and a smile, he offers up his lifeโs story to show there is always a light in the darkness, thereโs always a tomorrow, and thereโs always a way to move forward and improve the world in our own unique way. from Dung Duong (Advisor/Co-Founder) – TX