Providene Orphanage

Please also see Facebook for group on Providence Orphanage or contact Simon Keogh (listed on AVI Contacts Page)

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Emmanuel Babey (read her story here ) writes:

I just had the confirmation of a friend who comes back from Vietnam and
who
knows very well the congregation LA DIVINE PROVIDENCE (he pays visits
to the
sisters every year for the last ten years). He confirms that the
orphanage
registries of : Can-Tho, Soc-Trang, Bac-Lieu are withhold by the
government.
It means that only the adoptee can eventually have access to his file
and on
the spot, for sure. The congregation does not have any more access to
the
registries. Only the orphanages of Sadec (Hoa-Khanh) and Cu-Lao Gieng
always
have their registries.

For the Sadec adoptees, you can contact Marita from Origines Vietnam or
contact me directly at: emmanuellebabey@yahoo.fr

The registry can be found at the Sadec monastery that also serves
actually
as a daycare and run by sister Sainte-Croix. It is possible to consult
the
registry on the spot or to contact sister Sainte-Croix in Sadec.

The orphanage does not exist anymore and has been taken over by the
government. There are still two orphans at the same period than us who
have
never been adopted and who live always in Sadec. Unfortunately, I did
not
have the time to meet with them last April. I have learned of their
existence the day I was leaving for Saigon, but it will just be for the
next
time.

A new orphanage has been created much later (always by the congregation
La
Divine Providence) and is run by sister Bénédicta. It is called La
Maison Amour (House Love).
 The orphans who are there are not for adoption. They all go to
school, thanks to the various sponsorships and grow up until their
maturity
at this orphanage Maison Amour. They are about a hundred of them of
different ages. I went to visit them last April. Besides the donations,
for
surviving, sister Bénédicta has also developed a culture of bonsai of
frangipani.

For the adoptees from Cu-Lao Gieng, sister Angéline takes care actually
of
the orphanage and accepts to help those who would like to carry out the
search. She is 70 years old and I am asked to take over.

You can contact me at: emmanuellebabey@yahoo.fr

For those who wish to contact me, please do not forget to include a
title in
the subject line of your email. As if I am not aware of the content, I
may
drop the mail in the thrash folder.

Thank you, with my best regards.

Emmanuelle