The outdoor rock concert, LoretoFest 2010 raised more than US$30,000 for Loreto Vietnam-Australia Program (LVAP), the organizers said.
The money raised at the concert in HCMC’s District 7 on Dec. 11 will benefit poor and physically and mentally challenged children through education and vocational training. The money was raised through sponsorship and ticket sales, organizers said.
The fourth LoretoFest was again supported by Vietnam’s top rock singer Pham Anh Khoa as the Loreto Ambassador. Khoa has participated in the charity concert since the first event in 2007.
As well as music, activities included mini golf, face painting, X-Rock climbing, circus performances, an Australian Rules football coaching clinic for kids run by the Vietnam Swans, netball, horseriding and more.
LoretoFest organizers have raised more than US$150,000 in total since they started the family charity concert. The money has been used to build and equip Sunrise Special School Campus 2 in HCMC’s Tan Phu District to provide vocational training for visually and hearing impaired, intellectually challenged and/or underprivileged children.
Many students have already passed through Sunrise Special School Campus 1 to the next campus for classes on cooking, hospitality, music, computer education, tailoring, woodwork, art, handicrafts and horticulture.
