ONE BODY VILLAGE

Celebrating 20+ years of making a difference.

Board of Directors
Dr. Thomas Nguyen, Board Chair
Mrs. Linh Do, Secretary
Mr. Steve Dao, Treasurer

Global Team:
Mrs. Angela Nguyen, President of Global Operations
Mrs. Nguyen Yen-Thao, Regional Director (Vietnam)
Ms. Nimol Ly, Regional Director (Cambodia)

One Body Village is a 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1999 by Father Martino Nguyen to rescue and restore childhoods to sexually abused and exploited children in Southeast Asia.

Our vision is a world free from abuse and exploitation of all forms for every child. Our mission is a) to improve the lives of high risk and sexually exploited children by giving them shelter, education, medical care, psychological counseling and vocational training and b) to prevent child sexual exploitation by educating and empowering communities to be catalysts for change.

We currently operate in Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, and other undisclosed regions of Southeast Asia.

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Our impact
since 1999

We believe all children must be free from abuse and exploitation. Our philosophy is to support children with a child-centered approach that focuses on the child, as an active citizen, in the context of their family, community, and society.

1113

children rescued from sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking

645

children provided safe shelter and caregiving to regain their childhood and rebuild their lives

$4.6m

dollars received from generous donors to support our programs in Southeast Asia

What we do

Rescue

We rescue and provide crisis intervention to high-risk and sexually exploited children through our agents and community partners. We assess each child’s needs on a case-by-case basis.

Restore

We provide education, medical care, psychological counseling, trauma-informed therapy, and vocational training to high-risk and sexually exploited children so that they can regain their human dignity, restore their self-esteem, realize their self-worth, and rebuild their lives. Our goal is to assist each individual to become independent and self-sufficient members of society.

Prevent

We work closely with partners in remote regions of Southeast Asia to deliver education workshops about the prevalence, prevention and reporting of child sexual abuse and exploitation.

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2023 in review

Thank you to our community of donors, sponsors, volunteers, and dedicated staff members who make our work possible!

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In 2023, we provided safe shelter to 35 children, provided direct support to 21 girls in the community, traveled over 9,000 kilometers to reach 33 girls in crisis, provided 50 at-risk children school scholarships in rural areas (kindergarten to grade 12), and granted 40 university scholarships! In addition, we hosted five successful human trafficking prevention workshops/ campaigns with over 1300 attendees!

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