The VWAM/ANCF Xangsane Disaster Relief Team:

- Repaired ourselves or paid for repairs and materials if volunteers couldn't do the work (local Vietnamese labor did) for thirty-two (32) new roofs ($8,900).
- Had one house totally rebuilt ($700).
- Purchased and distributed six (6) tons of rice ($1,800).
- Distributed to 52 people $3,400 in emergency cash stipends ($50 or $100 each).
- Donated $1,000 to cover repairs at the Love Of Arts Centre (Hilton's).
- Donated $500 for repairs to the Cafe Oz (Hilton's).
- Donated $150 to Bread Of Life and Bakery (Huff's).
- Completed major landscaping that included a drain project and a stone pathway at the Love Of Arts Centre (Hilton's).
- Presented "Welcome Wagon" style baskets of cleaning supplies, household items, rice and other food staples to home owners upon completion of their roof repair.

- Presented the government with the following disaster relief for repairs:

- $2,000 to Health Education & Information Center (H.E.I.C.).
- $2,000 to Chinh Gian Clinic.
- $3,000 to Tam Thuan Clinic.
- $3,500 to Thanh Loc Dan Clinic.
- $500 to Thac Gian Clinic.

A total of $27,450 in disaster relief and countless volunteer hours of labor and services were provided by this humanitarian team.

Also, if you want to see what the team did each day please take a look at the team BLOG that was updated daily by ANCF's leader Bob Peragallo.

Please don't hesitate to contact Chuck Ward for further information.

"Chuck"
Charles Ward, Executive Director
Vets With A Mission
803-405-9926 office

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Charles Ward presenting a disaster relief gift to Dr. Mai, M.D. at the Tam Thuan Clinic in Da Nang for disaster relief-repairs to the building.	Touring Thanh Khe District Hospital with Department of Health and hospital officials to copnfirm typhoon damage.	Another photo of evaluating typhoon damage at Thanh Khe District Hospital. Chuck is speaking with Dr. Trung Luong Tran, M.D., Director, Da Nang Department of Health.	Bob Peragallo, Chairman of the Board of Vets With A Mission, presenting disaster relief funds for structural repairs to Dr. Nguyen Hai, M.D., Director of Thac Gian Clinic in Da Nang.
Two volunteers, Greg Sampat and Alex Meeking, from ANCF Vancouver BC Canada finishing up a new roof replacement project in the Marble Mountain area of Da Nang.	Reconciliation - Chuck Ward, VWAM's Executive Director, with a former VC soldier after agreeing to repair the roof of his house and rebuild the house of his oldest daughter that was destroyed by Typhoon Xangsane.	Volunteers from ANCF in Vancouver BC Canada, Linda Peragallo-Madam Nui-Yolanda Buxton-Judy Mackay-Julie Adam, after presenting her with a "Welcome Wagon Gift" of household supplies upon completion of her new roof being finished at her home in Hoa Hai Commune near Marble Mountain, Da Nang.	Bob Peragallo and Ron Sampat, Supervisor of Roof Repairs, with a family after they had their roof replaced and had received both a "Welcome Wagon Gift and Cash Stipend" to assist them in recovering from the typhoon.
Bob Peragallo with Mr. Cau, the construction assistant& supervisor of the Hilton's Love Of Arts Centre, loaned to ANCF/VWAM for the purpose of overseeing roof replacements & home construction. Here Bob and Mr. Cau are ordering roofing material at a local supply business for the next day's projects.	Yolanda Buxton from Vancouver, one of the twelve volunteers, who went to Da Nang on the Typhoon Xnagsane Disaster Releif Team, with an unidentified survivor of the storm. This women ended up smiling by the end of the week because her house was repaired and a new roof put on.	The VWAM Disaster Relief Team from All Nations Christian Fellowship, Vancouver BC Canada: L-R Yolanda Buxton, Chuck Ward, Greg Sampat, Alex Meeking, Bob Peragallo, Tory Drake, Ron Sampat, Linda Peragallo, Julie Adam, Judy & Larry Mackay and Joette Ward.	ANCF volunteers working in the rain with local Vietnamese labor to repair-replace a roof on a house!
Chuck Ward surveying damage on the team's first day in Hoa Hai near Marble Mountain. This home was the only house totally rebuilt through ANCF & VWAM's efforts.	Typical structure, that is what's left of it, of the majority of homes in Hoa Hai Village or Commune in the Marble Mountain area of Da Nang.	local home owner, a Mother with her daughter (in background) and her grandfather (89 yrs. old) salvaging whatever they could of her house to use the material in rebuilding it. This home had it's roof repaired by the ANCF/VWAM team of volunteers.	Ron Sampat evaluating a house roofing project.