Minh Phương The founder of a charity in Việt Nam who was awarded one of the UK’s highest honours for her work with disabled children fears the doors to her school may soon close forever. Jackie Wrafter was awarded the MBE by His Royal Highness Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, in 2018, after setting up The Kianh Foundation in 2001. Jackie Wrafter receives her MBE medal from HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. — Photo courtesy of the Kianh Foundation Her school has helped hundreds of children get a vital education, but after the COVID-19 pandemic plunged the world into an economic recession, many of the donations vital for her school have dried up. “Our school is run mainly on international donations, but now in foreign countries many businesses are closing down, countries are beginning to go into recession, people are losing their jobs, people just don’t have spare money to donate to charity anymore,” she said “So that is really severely impacting our monthly intake that we get to run the school.” Jackie and her friends set up The Kianh Foundation in 2001 after visiting an orphanage in the central province of Quảng Nam. “I was backpacking around the world for a year,” she… Read full this story
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