Thong-Thien Hoc (theosophic) Orphanage info:

theosophic

Old address:

462 Vo Di Nyug Ave, Phu-Nhuan, Saigon 

NEED HELP FINDING New address:

?? Phan Dinh Phung, Phu Nhuan , HCMC.

Former Principal at the orphanage 1969 - 1975, was Madame Nguyen, Thi Lan, moved to California.  Former Founder Madame Nguyen Thi Hai moved to Switzerland. 

If you have more information on this orphanage please email it to adoptedvietnamese@hotmail.com so it can be posted and shared here with others.

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Thong Thien Hoc Group Today

Thong Thien Hoc Group was supported by the Theosophical Society and is a combination of Buddhist and Catholicism.  Principal of the orphanage was Madame Nguyen, Thi Lan.  The Thong Thien Hoc Group are now relocated, and the contact is Nguyen Trung Nghia nghia@thongthienhoc.org

http://www.thongthienhoc.org

 

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Story about September 24, 1969
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The "troops" they support are the children of Thong Thien Hoc Orphanage in Saigon.
The orphanage has 40 children ranging in age from two months to three years. ...Every two weeks, men of the 17th SOS visit Thong Thien Hoc and deliver powdered milk, diapers, baby vitamins and clothing.  Often, toys are included.  Capt Moritmer J. Hall remarked, "When these special gifts are distributed, the expressions on the faces of the little children are indescribable.  For most, it is the first toy they have ever been given."
www.tsna.org/7thafnews/september241969.html or
Cached Version

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Searching Adoptee from Thong Thien Hoc

I was raised at the Thong-Thien Hoc Orphanage, 462 Vo Di Nyug Ave, Phu-Nhuan, Saigon - under the principal at the orphanage, Nguyen, Thi Lan. I was later moved to the World Vision Hospital and then escorted by Barbara Ferguson, an Australian nurse working in Saigon - to Sydney on December 23, 1972.  If you have any information on my birth parents please contact: adoptedvietnamese@hotmail.com quoting "Huynh Thi Diep Thuy"

My background details are as follows from my extract from birth records, Ref. No. 1848:
Viet name: Huynh Thi Diep Thuy
Birth: 16/10/71
Place of birth: Hanh Thong Hamlet
Father: unknown
Mother: Huynh Thi Phui/Phai
Address: Go Vap (no other details)
Signed by: Huynh Kim Cho - The Hamlet Chief

 Birth certificate: Gia Dinh Province, Go-Vap District. Seal from: Administrative Committee of the Hanh Thong Hamlet

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Searching for child from go vap orphanage - paper work done at Thong Thien Hoc

Vietnam Adoption ( Go Vap Orphanage )

Dao Van Thanh, he lived with her mother until the age of three.Unable to care for him, his mother brought him to Go Vap Orphanage, and wasadopted by American around June to Dec 1972.

Below are informations that we knowabout our son since he was in Go Vap Orphanage in Sai Gon and left there aroundJune to December 1973.

He was brought to the United States when he was 3 years old (wasborn 1970). His name was as Dao Van Thanh when he lived in Go Vap Orphanage. Hewas brought to The United States for adoption between June to Dec. 1972.The paper work was made by a member of Thong Thien Hoc Christian Church named Lan(The Church located at Phu Nhuan area in Sai Gon). Then, we received a picture of him on December 1972 with a sign on the back of the picture named Quang which different from his real name Dao Van Thanh.

Above are all informations that we know about him. We really appreciated helping us to find out our son. Please contact us at NgoMinh000@cs.com

Sincerely,

Father’s name : Dao HoaPhuc Mother’s name : NguyenThi Tuyet

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Searching for birth siblings


From: "Claire Medhurst"
Contact:
doodad12@hotmail.com

Operation Babylift person, David, is searching for 2 siblings who were also airlifted out.  These two - a boy and a girl - were sent to the US on 26th April 1975 (we think, as this is the date his mother gave us last week) - this may be incorrect as David remembers the younger two leaving before him (he arrived in Australia on the 18th April 1975).  There are varying stories relating to their father - one being that one of the children (Tuyen) was fathered by a US soldier - Clyde Leverett from Fort Campbell, Kentucky.  The children's birth names are:

Pham Van Tung (boy) - born Feb 2 1973 in Tay Ninh to Pham Thi Bach-Tuyet (mother)
Pham Thi Tuyen (girl) - born July 29 1970 in Tay Ninh to Pham Thi Bach-Tuyet (mother)

My husband's birth name is Pham Van Hoang, his adopted name is David Hoang Medhurst.

Tuyen & Tung were possibly accompanied to America with a Lawyer by the name of Mrs Tran Ngoc An, or she is the person who arranged their adoption from Vietnam.  The children were in the care of the Theosophical Society and were adopted from the Thong Thien Hoc Orphanage in Saigon, where their mother was apparently a wet nurse.

Is there any way you can help us locate his siblings as his search has been ongoing for years but has so far been fruitless.

Any assistance you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
David and Claire Medhurst