Frequently Asked Questions

  • Why donate?

    There is a great need to help the orphan children and single mothers with HIV in Vietnam. They are first abandoned by their family and most ostracized within society without any proper health care for their life long symptoms.

  • Who is "MamaDo"?

    MamaDo is a Foundation founded in 2022
    by Tran Nguyen and the Do family.
    It all started with a passion for traveling that transformed into a goal to give back to those in need.

  • When is your next trip?

    We just returned from our July 2023 trip.
    We plan to go back again in December 2024.

Donations

Why donate?

All of the pictures you see are from our last trip, taken on our cellphone. Before MamaDo was officially a charity foundation, we saw a desperate need for help and we couldn’t wait.

Who is “Mama Do”?

MamaDo was a refugee originally from Saigon, Vietnam. She immigrated to the US in 1978 when she was only 8 years old with her parents and siblings. She is a working mother of 3 with her husband and family residing in California. MamaDo frequently travels for work managing audits worldwide. Beyond her professional career, she’s found a passion to help those in need, especially children and single mothers infected by HIV from her native country.

MamaDo was so touched from her first visit to Mai Am Mai Tam orphanage especially seeing this 3 months baby boy and his mother who was blinded from symptoms of HIV after giving birth. If she could adopt all of the orphans, she would. But instead, she wanted to contribute in a small way by reaching out each year traveling to her home town of Saigon making a difference in the lives of the most poor and vulnerable from Vietnamese society. MamaDo started a charity using her own funds while volunteering her time to bring awareness to Mai Am Mai Tam and their continued mission.