Humanitarian Projects
In Progress
WE CAN AND DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD!
S.T.E.P.'s humanitarian projects have provided: water filtration systems, pediatric wheelchairs, bicycles, brain shunts, food, computers, clothes, dental hygiene, medical supplies, and school supplies, and funding to help build and supply orphanages. Below is our list of projects in chronological order.
October 2022. S.T.E.P. partnered with Kids Without Borders, Son Michael Pham, and donated $1,000 for The Human Breast Milk Bank Project with the Da Nang Rotary Club in Vietnam.
December 2020. In the true holiday spirit, we are blessed to deliver a custom-made pediatric wheelchair to 6-year-old Thien Huong. As an infant, she was left at the doorstep of the Mai An Orphanage with multiple disabilities, diagnosed with one year to live. She has beaten the odds with the love and care of this orphanage, Sister Minh Chi, and her staff. She no longer lives in a stroller due to the $1,900 wheelchair donation by STEP in memory of Larry Beckerle's mother, Denise.
In November 2020, each of the 5 orphaned brothers received bikes from our program. The middle brother gave his bike to another new student who didn't have one last year. STEP made sure that he had his own this year. Also, STEP donates Christmas gifts to these boys who need new clothes. Looking wonderful, gentlemen!! Pictures to follow.
These are the same 5 boys in 2023 sharing the scholarship luncheon with STEP travelers. Tano is taking care of these young men as they grow and celebrate their accomplishments.
March 2020, STEP donated $2,000 to complete a water project in 2 villages in El Salvador in partnership with the Pearl River Rotary. One village had not had running water in 20 years
In 2019, partnering with CHIA (Children's Hope in Action) and Pacific Links (Adapt), STEP provided a total of 116 bicycles to at-risk students vulnerable to human trafficking when traveling miles to school. Both programs help identify children in need of bicycles and monitor the students' academic performance while they use the bicycles. We limit the use of pictures to protect the identity of vulnerable students.
The following is a donation of 30 bicycles and 18 wheelchairs to the physically disabled in the rural Central Highlands of Vietnam by STEP and CHIA.
