January 2008. Americans are still in Vietnam; not as soldiers, civilians, or tourists, but as people left behind since 1975. In this photo, I, the founder of Father Founded, am with a group of Amerasians in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.

Amerasians are people born in Vietnam to American fathers and Vietnamese mothers. Born during the war, they suffered hardships after the war and up to now, being the "children of the enemy." Some Amerasians were lucky and emigrated to the USA, their fatherland, but many more were left behind in Vietnam, far away from the USA.

Father Founded, is an non profit, free-of-charge agency that helps Amerasians and Vietnam Veterans in locating each other. The service is for all that need it, regardless of race, religion, or politics. I founded the organization after a visit to Viet Nam in 1992, where I discovered these unique, friendly people and became friends with them.

Being back to Vietnam again in January 2008, I saw by my own eyes what happened to the remaining Amerasians in Vietnam. And what should be done to help. Amerasians have few friends or organizations that care about them. And those that care and want to help have limited means of doing that.

For Father Founded, the biggest problem is economic. Being a nonprofit agency means that we don't charge our Amerasian brothers and sisters for our service; neither do we give them money, since we don't have money.

So we are now trying to raise enough money so at least one person a year can go to Vietnam to meet Amerasians for interviews about their fathers, to help in finding them. A page named "Contribution" shows how to help Father Founded, so we are able to help Amerasians.

During my tour of duty, I did 70 interviews with Amerasians, some with good information about their fathers, some with little, and many with nothing. On the pages Vietnam cases (1/2) and Vietnam cases (2/2), the new cases can be viewed. Besides that, a description of the trip with photos can be viewed on Tour of duty, Vietnam 2008.

Video made with Amerasians during my trip can be viewed at Tour of duty, Vietnam 2008 Video. 
Brian H

Father Founded

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