The primary mission of the Global Village Foundation is to focus on humanitarian work and the promotion of nonviolence and peace. GVF funds and provides construction for kindergartens, primary schools, and cultural and vocational training centers in rural areas of Asia, in order to break generational cycles of poverty, illiteracy and hopelessness, while still preserving the unique heritage of Asian village life.

In 2006 GVF plans to focus efforts on helping eliminate child illiteracy throughout Vietnam through our Portable Libraries Project, and to initiate a comprehensive program of dental health and hygiene through our Dental Health and Education Project, or DHEP.

President/Founder
Le Ly Hayslip

Honorary Board Members

Oliver Stone
Ron Kovic
Gil Dorland
Friedrich F. Kuster
Joan Chen
Le Thi Hiep
Tatsuya Yoshioka
Venerable Madoluvawe Sobhita
Venerable Hang Truong
Sister Shamshad Sheik
June Pulcini

Advisory Board
Richard Ferguson, Esq.

Treasurer
Tony Davis, C.P.A.

Board of Directors
Randall Burger
Dr. Ralph Duffin
Beth Karas
Mariam Beevi Lam, Ph.D.
Randy Miller
Linda Moreau
Hao Hguyen, Ph.D.
Judy Patacsil
Susan Swisher
Linda Trinh Vo, Ph.D.

Consulting Staff - U.S.
Tripp Mikich

U.S. Volunteers
Tena Scruggs
Dorothy Land
Suzie Gilbert
Kristen Bernard

Vietnam Staff and Volunteers
Tran Hung
Vinh Hoang
Phung Van Nghe
Alan Hayslip
Luu Bang
Len Novarro
Bui Kien Thai
Bui Kien Thanh

GVF Partners in the U.S.
GlobeAware
Kids to Kids International

GVF Partners in Singapore

Raffles Junior College
Youth Expedition Project
Temasek Design School
UNIFEM
Singapore Management University

GVF Partners in Japan
Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Nursery Schools of Kowaka, Wakayama
Saiseikei Nakatsu Hospital, Osaka
Ito Hospital, Wakayama
Peace Boat

GVF Partners in Vietnam
Phuong Dong Vocational Training School, Danang
The Blind Association, Danang
People Communities from Dien Nam