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Sunday, February 5, 2012
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  Medical and Scientific Aid for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (MSAVLC) was set up in 1965 (as the Medical Aid Committee for Vietnam) and has operated since 1980 with only volunteer helpers. It is an enabling organisation, providing medicines and medical equipment so that doctors and nurses can carry out the work that they are qualified and eager to do. The emphasis is on support for grass-roots and primary health care projects, generally in response to specific requests. Our support meets a wide range of needs but mostly those of children. It includes repair of hare lip and cleft palate, cataract operations, treatment and prevention of trachoma , training courses in modern methods for “traditional” midwives, provision of equipment for early diagnosis and treatment of congenital abnormalities due to toxic chemicals (predominantly Agent Orange), treatment of TB in the community, and the provision of hearing aids for children.

 The Trustees Annual Report 2010 can be downloaded: Trustees Annual report 2010 

 
Prasat Char children off to work in the fields Reports on 2011 visits by MSAVLC Trustees:
  Helping Hands Cambodia     
 
 
Rod Prince, a former Executive Committee member, was taken ill in 2011 and is currently recuperating in hospital. He was a sterling committee member and always contributed insightful comment at meetings. We wish him a speedy recovery.                                                                                                         Vietnamese Children in class                                                                                                                   
 
Cotham Parish Church in Bristol has sent £280.13 raised from their Charity of the Month Appeal. 
Immanuel Church in Swindon has raised £3,370.
A very big Thank You to all concerned.
St Mary's Church in Fairford has agreed to raise funds for MSAVLC as their Charity of the Month.
If you would like to propose MSAVLC as Charity of the Month to your church or group, we now have a a collection of A4-size photo-montage posters and leaflets which can be borrowed from the Honorary Secretary, Peter Lidgard, who can be emailed at thelidgards@hotmail.co.uk.
 
The next meeting of the Trustees will take place in Cheltenham on Saturday 14th April 2012 at 1.30pm.
The Annual AGM will take place on Tuesday 10th July 2012 at the Vietnamese Embassy in London.