What we do
Blue Dragon works in Vietnam with street kids, children with disabilities, children from rural families living in extreme poverty, and victims of human trafficking and slavery. It rescues and cares for victims of human trafficking provide urgently needed services for street children, rebuild lives and create hope.
Blue Dragon Children’s Trust (NZ) organises two fundraising events a year: a book fair and a film evening.
Please email us at bluedragontrustnz@gmail.com if you would like to be involved or join our database to receive news about upcoming events and activities.
We encourage others to organise events anywhere in New Zealand for Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation (Vietnam).
Patron
Alison Kember
Trustees
They all live in Wellington. They are:
Antoinette Spicer
Dianne Thomas Bryan
Dinah Dobson
Iona McNaughton
Phuong Truong
Sue Gifford
Blue Dragon supporters
Sue Chamberlain
Kirsty Hazledine
Wellington College and its International Students’ Association have been fundraising for Blue Dragon over many years and in 2024 donated a fantastic $2000 to Blue Dragon.
Hutt International Boys School, Lower Hutt
The Interact Club
Wellington Girls College
Wellington College
Brief history
So how did New Zealanders get involved with a children’s learning centre in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam? One of the first New Zealanders to see the difference that Blue Dragon is making to the lives of hundreds of children was Alison Kember, wife of James Kember, New Zealand Ambassador in Hanoi from 2006 to 2009.
Alison, a secondary school teacher, worked as a volunteer at Blue Dragon where she taught English to young Vietnamese women. Through Alison, several New Zealand schools started fundraising for Blue Dragon.