Chartered in August 2000, Lions Club of Melbourne Vietnamese is a special charity club in Lions International, in which all members are Vietnamese living in Melbourne.
The Club is Located in Region 201 (Australia) District V2 (South West Victoria). District V2 consists of 65 clubs, under the leader of a District Governor & cabinet.
During the last 11 years, members of the club have raised money to help homeless youths in Melbourne, individuals in needs, blind children in Vietnam, sponsor an orphan, and raised awareness of glaucoma and diabetic rectinopathy for Vietnamese elderly in Melbourne through the Lions Eye Health Project.
During 2003-2008, our biggest project was the annual fund raising dinner to help the disable children in Vietnam. These included the hospital and medication costs for the poor families.
We helped to built a school in East Timor. We raise fund to support Tsunami, Earth Quakes, Flood victims and we also support Good Friday Appeal annually.
In Addition, we also worked with Vietnamese Community in Victoria to organise Luna New Year in Sandown Park and Mid Autumn Festival at Federation Square.
The club is a non-profitable self funded club. All members are all non-paid volunteers.