ICAN DREAM
WHAT IS THE ICAN DREAM SCHOLARSHIP?
Since 2000, ICAN has given underprivileged children in Vietnam hope and a path to a better future, as well as served the Vietnamese community in Silicon Valley with programs that support and strengthen families.
As of November 2020, which is later than the normal end school year date due to the pandemic, one of ICAN’s first programs, the ICAN Dream Scholarship program has provided:
234 college scholarships
3,400+ K-12 scholarships to students in need.
During 2019 & 2020 academic years, the ICAN DREAM Scholarship Program was able to fund 62 K-12 scholarships and 64 college scholarships in Quang Nam, Hue, Da Nang, and Saigon. To date, we celebrate:
14 high-tech engineers
3 agricultural engineers
1 biological engineer
15 physicians
1 pharmacist
6 teachers
2 nurses
1 lawyer
1 graphic designer
1 architect
1 foreign language specialist
1 travel specialist
Currently supports 30+ K-12 scholarships and 40 college scholarships.
Most of the scholarships are given to underprivileged students in Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam & Saigon.
Congrats to the graduates and THANK YOU to the many supporters of ICAN DREAM for giving these underprivileged children hope and a path to a better future!
SUCCESS STORIES
Pictured are three young doctors (Hải Đăng, Thiện Hảo, and Đặng Thị Thu Hằng) currently working in major hospitals in Hue, Vietnam who nearly dropped out of school due to the difficult circumstances of their families. ICAN chose to help and empowered these children to fulfill their dreams! The happy graduates are joined by Ms. Nga Ivy Vuong (second from the right) representing the ICAN DREAM Scholarship Program.
After overcoming many hardships, Đăng Pháp is now an architect and Brahma Design and Painting has been created! A message from Đăng Pháp, “Please send my deep thanks to all of you at ICAN! Thanks to the help of the ICAN DREAM Scholarship Program, I have overcome the hardest times. Now I will strive to develop my career as well as the future so that I will not be disinterested again. I hope to be able to be involved with ICAN later in life to help many more disadvantaged children. I sincerely thank you!”
Nguyễn Hiền Mến - Bác sĩ đa khoa - Trường Đại Học Y Dược SG
Pursuing a medical degree for a poor student like me is truly difficult, especially in an environment that’s crowded and complex like Saigon City. Housing expense, living expense, cost of food, cost of transportation, combined with books and supplies for school and internship, make a hefty burden. But some of us were lucky enough to receive support from ICAN for tuitions, which then lessened our worries and allowed us to focus on our studies. Now that I have achieved my dream, I promise to keep working hard to become a true doctor, to make everyone ICAN proud. I truly appreciate ICAN’s generosity, along with all the volunteers. I would also like to thank ICAN on behalf of the students in ICAN’s scholarship program, as well as those who have and will receive ICAN’s support in the future. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
Tôn Thất Đông Dương, Bác sỹ y khoa - Đại học Y Dược Huế.
So 4 years of college has gone by, but feels like it was just yesterday. Thinking back to the first days when school just started, I can remember how happy and excited I was, yet terribly worried about the financial difficulties facing me in the coming school years. But I was lucky enough to receive both financial and spiritual support from ICAN’s scholarships. The caring from members of ICAN had motivated me emotionally, helping me to strive and be my best over the last 4 years.
Program Coordinator’s Letter
