Lifestart Foundation
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Lifestart is a Melbourne
, Australia
based non-profit organisation created to help orphans, street kids and families in Vietnam
to become self-sufficient. The foundation was founded by Karen Leonard. It is currently sponsoring street kids into apprenticeship programs, sponsoring entire families through the Adopt a Family program and assisting orphans and orphanages in Quang Nam Province
, Vietnam.
Lifestart Foundation is a charitable organisation registered in Victoria
, Australia
. Founded by Karen Leonard, it has been created to help those living in disadvantaged situations in the Quang Nam province
of Vietnam
to become self-sufficient.
The long term goal of the Lifestart Foundation is to set up proven working programmes within a small community to effect a generational change.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
based non-profit organisation created to help orphans, street kids and families in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
to become self-sufficient. The foundation was founded by Karen Leonard. It is currently sponsoring street kids into apprenticeship programs, sponsoring entire families through the Adopt a Family program and assisting orphans and orphanages in Quang Nam Province
Quang Nam Province
Quảng Nam is a province on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bordered by Thua Thien-Huế province to the north, the nation of Laos to the west, Kon Tum Province to the southwest, Quảng Ngãi Province to the southeast, the South China Sea to the east, and the city of Da Nang to the...
, Vietnam.
Lifestart Foundation is a charitable organisation registered in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Founded by Karen Leonard, it has been created to help those living in disadvantaged situations in the Quang Nam province
Quang Nam Province
Quảng Nam is a province on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bordered by Thua Thien-Huế province to the north, the nation of Laos to the west, Kon Tum Province to the southwest, Quảng Ngãi Province to the southeast, the South China Sea to the east, and the city of Da Nang to the...
of Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
to become self-sufficient.
The long term goal of the Lifestart Foundation is to set up proven working programmes within a small community to effect a generational change.