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		<title>Operation Reunite&#8217;s DNA Fundraiser</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Operation DNA is the vision of reconnecting birth mothers, adoptees and possibly birth fathers with the past by using a DNA database that applies science to human interest. Many adoptees have been told once that he/she had biological siblings, but they have been unable to locate them through official (adoption agency and/or government records), or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Operation DNA is the vision of reconnecting birth mothers, adoptees and  possibly birth fathers with the past by using a DNA database that  applies science to human interest. Many adoptees have been told once  that he/she had biological siblings, but they have been unable to locate  them through official (adoption agency and/or government records), or  unofficial (social networking, etc) channels.  <a title="DNA Fundraiser - Operation Reunite" href="http://operationreunite.org/other-current-projects/dna-fundraiser/">Read more.</a></p>
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		<title>The Right Time for a Reunion (pdf)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a year of planning the reunion of first generation Vietnamese adoptees, Operation Reunite attendees gathered in Ho Chí Minh City, Vietnam, April 1-16. The group returned to remember the fall of Sài Gòn and the historic Operation Babylift, but most importantly to return to our common homeland together.  The two weeks were filled with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>After a year of planning the reunion of first generation Vietnamese adoptees, Operation Reunite attendees gathered in Ho Chí Minh City, Vietnam, April 1-16. The group returned to remember the fall of Sài Gòn and the historic Operation Babylift, but most importantly to return to our common homeland together.  The two weeks were filled with adoptees from America, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Australia sharing their stories, finding their personal histories, and creating bonds with each other that will last a lifetime.</em></p>
<p>Read more here -&gt; Download:  <a title="The right time for a reunion" href="http://operationreunite.org/newsfiles/ADK.pdf">The Right Time for a Reunion</a></p>
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		<title>Adoption Today &#8211; Operation Reunite (pdf)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2000, while sitting in her Redondo Beach, Calif., home,  Trista Goldberg, a 30-year-old  Vietnamese adoptee had an awakening. It  was time to stop wondering about her past.  She and her biological brother Jeff decided to search for their birth family. Armed with nothing more than an adoption folder given to her by her adoptive [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>In 2000, while sitting in her Redondo Beach, Calif., home,  Trista Goldberg, a 30-year-old  Vietnamese adoptee had an awakening. It  was time to stop wondering about her past.  She and her biological brother Jeff decided to search for their birth family. Armed with nothing more than an adoption folder given to her by her adoptive mother, the Internet, and a fierce determination, she began her journey.</em></p>
<p>Read more here -&gt; Download: <a title="Operation Reunite Sponsors Reunion for 35th Anniversary of Operation Reunite" href="http://operationreunite.org/newsfiles/OperationReunite.pdf" target="_blank">Operation Reunite Sponsors Reunion for 35th Anniversary of Operation Babylift</a></p>
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		<title>Tổ chức Mỹ giúp &#8216;các em bé babylift&#8217; tìm nguồn cội</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Operation Reunite’, một tổ chức phi lợi nhuận của Hoa Kỳ, đã và đang giúp đoàn tụ các gia đình bị ly tán sau chiến tranh, đặc biệt là các trẻ em từng được đưa khỏi Việt Nam trong chiến dịch ‘Operation Babylift’. Người sáng lập của tổ chức này cũng từng tới Hoa Kỳ [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--:en--><strong>&#8216;Operation Reunite’, một tổ chức phi lợi nhuận của Hoa Kỳ, đã và đang giúp đoàn tụ các gia đình bị ly tán sau chiến tranh, đặc biệt là các trẻ em từng được đưa khỏi Việt Nam trong chiến dịch ‘Operation Babylift’. Người sáng lập của tổ chức này cũng từng tới Hoa Kỳ theo chương trình được tiến hành vào cuối những năm 1975. Trong chuyên mục ‘Câu chuyện Việt Nam’ lần này, mời quý vị cùng Nguyễn Trung tìm hiểu xem điều gì đã đưa cô Trista Goldberg sáng lập tổ chức giúp những người khác ‘tìm về bản sắc của mình’.</strong></p>
<p>27 năm sau khi được đưa khỏi Sài Gòn và được một gia đình trung lưu Mỹ nhận làm con nuôi ở tuổi lên bốn, Trista Goldberg đã may mắn tìm được mẹ ruột của mình.</p>
<p>Năm 2001, họ đã có một cuộc đoàn tụ đầy xúc động tại Hawaii – nơi mẹ cùng anh chị em ruột của cô tới định cư sau Chiến tranh Việt Nam.</p>
<p>Cô Trista kể lại với VOA Việt Ngữ: &#8216;Đó là một cuộc hội ngộ đầy xúc động, đầy ắp thông tin cá nhân. Tôi đã trải qua những xúc cảm khác nhau, khi những câu trả lời về cuộc đời tôi mà bấy lâu nay tôi băn khoăn tự hỏi đã được hé lộ trong cuộc gặp ấy. Tôi có cảm giác những mảnh vụn của cuộc đời mình giờ đã được chắp nối lại. Tôi cảm thấy ấm lòng. Đó là những điều tôi nghĩ tôi sẽ không cảm nhận được nếu tôi không tìm lại được họ&#8217;.</p>
<p>Cô Trista tới Hoa Kỳ năm 1974 – một năm trước ‘Operation Babylift’ (Chiến dịch Không vận Cô nhi) được tiến hành rầm rộ vào những ngày cuối cùng của Chiến tranh Việt Nam.</p>
<p>Theo thông tin của hệ thống phát thanh truyền hình công cộng PBS của Hoa Kỳ, hơn ba nghìn em nhỏ được cho là trẻ mồ côi đã được đưa khỏi miền Nam Việt Nam hồi cuối năm 1975, và được nhận làm con nuôi ở Hoa Kỳ và một số nước khác như Australia, Pháp và Canada.</p>
<p>Tuy nhiên, hãng này cho rằng nhiều em nhỏ trong số đó ‘hoàn toàn không phải là trẻ mồ côi’.</p>
<p>Cuộc hội ngộ năm 2001 đó đã giúp Trista hiểu rõ hơn về bản thân, và thôi thúc cô làm một điều gì đó để giúp những người bạn cùng cảnh ngộ với mình. Vì thế, <a href="http://www.operationreunite.com/" target="_blank">tổ chức phi lợi nhuận ‘Operation Reunite’ </a>đã ra đời năm 2003.</p>
<p>Cô Trista cho biết: &#8216;Tôi quyết định lập nên trang web tìm kiếm người thân Operation Reunite năm 2003. Trong quá trình tôi đi tìm cha mẹ mình, tôi nhận thấy rằng có quá ít thông tin cho những người như tôi. Hiện hàng tháng Operation Reunite thu hút được khoảng hơn một chục nghìn lượt truy cập. Có rất nhiều người liên hệ với chúng tôi để tìm hiểu thông tin về người thân, và chúng tôi đã cung cấp cho họ một số dữ kiện về các trại mồ côi, bệnh viện để họ tới tìm tiếp manh mối gia đình mình&#8217;.</p>
<p>Cô nói thêm: &#8216;Đôi khi những cuộc tìm kiếm đó không thể giúp họ tìm thấy cha mẹ ruột của mình. Hồi năm 2005, chúng tôi đã giúp tìm ra mẹ đẻ của một người con nuôi được đưa khỏi Việt Nam lúc 9 tuổi. Họ đã đoàn tụ sau vài tháng tìm thấy nhau&#8217;.</p>
<p>Cô Trista cho hay, các thành viên của ‘Operation Reunite’ sử dụng Internet để giao tiếp và trao đổi với bè bạn cùng cảnh ngộ trên khắp thế giới. Và không phải tất cả họ đều muốn tìm cha mẹ đẻ của mình, nhưng trang web đã giúp những người tham gia tìm hiểu ngôn ngữ mẹ đẻ, văn hóa và truyền thống của Việt Nam.</p>
<p>Cô cho biết: &#8216;Khi tôi thành lập Operation Reunite, mục đích chính là giúp những người con nuôi gốc Việt lưu lạc tìm lại gia đình mình. Sau quá trình nghiên cứu, tôi thấy rằng những bạn được đưa ra khỏi Việt Nam sau chiến tranh không chỉ muốn tìm lại người thân, máu mủ của mình, mà họ còn muốn liên kết với các bạn bè cùng trang lứa, muốn gắn kết với quê hương mình sinh ra. Sau quá trình phát triển, Operation Reunite giờ có thể coi là một cộng đồng mọi người chia sẻ và giúp đỡ lẫn nhau tìm kiếm thông tin về gia đình mình&#8217;.</p>
<p>Trên trang web ‘Operation Reunite’, cô Trista viết: ‘Tìm lại gia đình ruột thịt của tôi không hề dễ dàng. Quá trình tìm kiếm này đã khơi gợi lại những ký ức khó có thể đối mặt. Tuy nhiên, tôi có thể thành thật nói rằng tôi sẽ không thay đổi bất kỳ một điều gì về cuộc đời mình. Tôi tự hào về các chọn lựa của mình, và hy vọng sẽ giúp những người khác tìm kiếm kiếm và khép lại quá khứ’. Được biết, bố nuôi của cô Trista từng tham chiến tại Việt Nam.</p>
<p>Giờ ở tuổi 40, cô Trista cho biết cô sẽ tổ chức một chuyến đi trở lại quê hương vào tháng Tư.</p>
<p>Trong khuôn khổ chuyến thăm này, những người tham gia sẽ có các buổi học tiếng mẹ đẻ, tham gia thi đấu thể thao với sinh viên Việt Nam, thăm một trại trẻ mồ côi cũng như một di tích chiến tranh.</p>
<p>Cô Trista cho biết: &#8216;Nhân 35 năm ngày Chiến tranh Việt Nam kết thúc, chúng tôi tổ chức một chuyến đi xúc động về Việt Nam cho những người con nuôi gốc Việt phải rời quê hương khi còn nhỏ. Chúng tôi cùng tập hợp, tổ chức và hỗ trợ nhau trong chuyến trở về tìm lại nguồn cội của mình&#8217;.</p>
<p>Được biết, ‘Operation Reunite’ dự kiến sẽ phát triển một hệ thống dữ liệu DNA và thông tin chung về các trẻ em ‘babylift’. Cô Trista nói tổ chức này muốn tạo ra ‘một cộng đồng tin tưởng lẫn nhau, và cùng nhau tìm hiểu về bản sắc của mình’.</p>
<p>Retrieved on February 3, 2010, from <a title="Tổ chức Mỹ giúp 'các em bé babylift' tìm nguồn cội" href="http://www1.voanews.com/vietnamese/news/a-19-2010-01-23-voa21-82744992.html" target="_blank">http://www1.voanews.com/vietnamese/news/a-19-2010-01-23-voa21-82744992.html</a><!--:--></p>
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		<title>DNA Skype Conference for Vietnamese Adoptees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Part I</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><p><a href="http://operationreunite.org/2010/01/11/dna-skype-conference-for-vietnamese-adoptees/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p><span id="more-226"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Part II</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><p><a href="http://operationreunite.org/2010/01/11/dna-skype-conference-for-vietnamese-adoptees/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Part III</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><p><a href="http://operationreunite.org/2010/01/11/dna-skype-conference-for-vietnamese-adoptees/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Part IV</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><p><a href="http://operationreunite.org/2010/01/11/dna-skype-conference-for-vietnamese-adoptees/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Part V</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><p><a href="http://operationreunite.org/2010/01/11/dna-skype-conference-for-vietnamese-adoptees/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Part VI</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><p><a href="http://operationreunite.org/2010/01/11/dna-skype-conference-for-vietnamese-adoptees/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Part VII</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><p><a href="http://operationreunite.org/2010/01/11/dna-skype-conference-for-vietnamese-adoptees/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Part VIII</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><p><a href="http://operationreunite.org/2010/01/11/dna-skype-conference-for-vietnamese-adoptees/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
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		<title>Group helps adoptees to trace their heritage</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Linwood woman is founder of organization that assists fellow Vietnamese adoptees to learn about their past LINWOOD &#8211; It took time, but Trista Goldberg&#8217;s life would inevitably change after her adoptive mother gave the then 25-year-old Pennsylvania resident her adoption folder. &#8220;I would cry just holding that file. It took me several years to actually [...]]]></description>
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<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img title="Trista Goldberg - Operation Reunite Founder" src="http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pressofatlanticcity.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/1/c5/465/1c54659c-fbf2-11de-a2eb-001cc4c03286.preview-300.jpg?_dc=1262971187" alt="Trista Goldberg - Operation Reunite Founder" width="300" height="188" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Trista Goldberg - Operation Reunite Founder</p></div>
<p>LINWOOD &#8211; It took time, but Trista Goldberg&#8217;s life would inevitably change after her adoptive mother gave the then 25-year-old Pennsylvania resident her adoption folder.</p>
<p>&#8220;I would cry just holding that file. It took me several years to actually open up the file and read what was in it,&#8221; Goldberg has written.</p>
<p>Goldberg, who was born Nguyen Thi Thu in 1970 in Vietnam, was an Amerasian child. She was brought to this country at age 4, one year before Operation Baby Lift, a U.S. initiative that airlifted more than 2,000 Vietnamese orphans out of the war-torn country.</p>
<p>After receiving her adoption file, Goldberg, now 39, slowly sought to learn more about her Vietnamese culture and heritage.</p>
<p>Goldberg took a course to learn the Vietnamese language. She searched for and found her birth mother and siblings, her adoptive and foster fathers and numerous other people. She had a 2001 reunion with them in Hawaii.</p>
<p>After her reunion experience, Goldberg founded Operation Reunite in 2003 and has organized a trip to Vietnam with fellow adoptees from that country that&#8217;s scheduled for April.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is the 35th anniversary of the fall of Saigon,&#8221; said Goldberg, who added the stay will include language lessons, a soccer game against Vietnamese students and visits to an orphanage and an airplane crash site. &#8220;We want to make everyone (who takes the trip) feel supported and included.&#8221;</p>
<p>Operation Reunite is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information and support to Vietnamese adoptees, Goldberg said.</p>
<p>The thousands of people who participate in the group by using its Web site aren&#8217;t always adoptees looking for their birth parents. That&#8217;s a personal choice an adoptee might never decide to pursue, but the organization provides a way for adoptees to investigate the culture, language, customs and family tradition of their native land among people who can relate to their unique experiences, Goldberg said.</p>
<p>Operation Reunite members use the Internet to interact with fellow adoptees who are scattered worldwide.</p>
<p>The organization is a big help for those who seek a connection with an adoptee community, Goldberg said.</p>
<p>Goldberg said she&#8217;s been fortunate. After leaving Pennsylvania, she relocated to California, where she met several other Vietnamese adoptees. She moved to East Patcong Avenue in Linwood three years ago.</p>
<p>Many Vietnamese adoptees who live in this country are about Goldberg&#8217;s age. That&#8217;s because of a unique program instituted by former U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1975 &#8211; Operation Baby Lift, which involved military and private planes flying babies and children from Vietnam to adoptive families in the U.S.</p>
<p>More children were adopted in America from Vietnam during the one month of Operation Baby Lift &#8211; April 1975 &#8211; than in the past 35 years, Goldberg said.</p>
<p>Operation Baby Lift has been called the largest rescue of children in history, according to Allison Martin, who manages the Adopt Vietnam Web site.</p>
<p>Some of the children were fathered by American soldiers, and the children&#8217;s mothers feared what would happen to them if the invading Communist North Vietnamese found out. Some orphans lost their parents and families to the war. Other children were abandoned due to disability or poverty, according to Christine Lai, who wrote an article on &#8220;The Orphans of Vietnam&#8221; for Dartmouth College.</p>
<p>Along with the 2,000 children flown to this country, about 1,300 children were flown to Australia, Canada and Europe, Goldberg said.</p>
<p>Ultimately, Operation Baby Lift saved the lives of children during a war that created conflict both inside and outside this country.</p>
<p>Tricia Houston, now 35, left Vietnam through Operation Baby Lift on a flight that touched down on April 6, 1975 in San Francisco.</p>
<p>Houston said she hadn&#8217;t thought much about her cultural heritage when she was growing up. The Orange, Calif, woman just wanted to fit in with her peers, joining the girl scouts and playing soccer.</p>
<p>In college, Houston tried to join the Vietnamese Student Society, but because she was biracial she wasn&#8217;t really accepted there, she said.</p>
<p>During the 20th anniversary of Operation Baby Lift in 1995, Houston tried to reach fellow Vietnamese adoptees, but it was harder back then with no organization and less Internet use.</p>
<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know the personal history of myself,&#8221; Houston said.</p>
<p>Houston and Goldberg met while Goldberg lived in California. The Vietnamese Adoptee Network referred Houston to Goldberg at the start of Operation Reunite, but as Houston&#8217;s number of years in the organization has increased, it has become a real community that she belongs to.</p>
<p>Houston will travel in April to Vietnam as part of the Operation Reunite Adoptee Tour.</p>
<p>&#8220;When I was younger, I knew I was Vietnamese. It was my heritage, but I didn&#8217;t know the full extent,&#8221; said Houston, who added finding Vietnamese relatives is not a part of her personal curiosity at this time. &#8220;I do hope it (the trip) brings what I&#8217;m searching for &#8211; what being Vietnamese is.&#8221;</p>
<p>Besides the adoptee tour in April, Operation Reunite&#8217;s other achievements during its seven years in existence include:</p>
<p>n Sponsoring several mini-reunion gatherings that are now hosted in places that include Boston, New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego and Atlantic City.</p>
<p>n Launching of a Web site (www.operationreunite.com) and other electronic resources visited by thousands of people in this country and overseas.</p>
<p>n Being one of the only adoptee organizations to conduct &#8220;in-country&#8221; research in Vietnam. Group members visited Vietnam for this purpose in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007, Goldberg said.</p>
<p>One of the future goals of the organization is to develop a DNA and general information database for Vietnamese adoptees.</p>
<p>&#8220;When I started Operation Reunite, there was nothing to deal with the emotions of a search and to provide the support needed,&#8221; Goldberg said. &#8220;We&#8217;re creating a community of trust. It&#8217;s about learning your own identity.&#8221;</p>
<p>Contact Vincent Jackson:</p>
<p>609-272-7202</p>
<p><a href="mailto:VJackson@pressofac.com">VJackson@pressofac.com</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Operation Reunite Adoptee Tour &#8211; Viet Nam April 2010 In April 2010, Adult Vietnamese adoptees are returning to their homeland to reunite as they discover their birth culture. The idea originated with discussions among members of Operation Reunite on Facebook. Our decision was to reunite in Ho Chi Minh City to commemorate the 35th anniversary [...]]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_175" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://operationreunite.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/operationreuniteimg1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-175" title="Mekong Delta - Operation Reunite" src="http://operationreunite.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/operationreuniteimg1-300x146.jpg" alt="Mekong Delta - Operation Reunite" width="300" height="146" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mekong Delta - Operation Reunite</p></div>
<p>In April 2010, Adult Vietnamese adoptees are returning to their homeland to reunite as they discover their birth culture. The idea originated with discussions among members of Operation Reunite on Facebook. Our decision was to reunite in Ho Chi Minh   City to commemorate the 35<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the US sponsored Operation Babylift and the Fall of Saigon.</p>
<p>The reunion will take place from April 1 to  16, 2010 in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City. There will be approximately 20 adoptees returning to Viet   Nam on this trip. This is a diverse group of adult adoptees who grew up throughout the world, such as America, England, Finland, and Australia. The reunion offers human interest stories that appeal to many audiences including our own adoptee community that consists of thousands of adults, a second generation adoptive families, and historians of the Vietnam War era.</p>
<p>We are currently receiving television, film, print, and social news media requests to cover our reunion. Please read for more information.</p>
<h2><strong>Contact Information</strong></h2>
<p>Tricia Houston</p>
<p>Orange   County, CA</p>
<p>Media Representative</p>
<p><a href="mailto:triciahouston74@gmail.com">triciahouston74@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>714-357-0116</p>
<p><strong>Web Site Information </strong></p>
<p>Operation Reunite <a href="http://www.operationreunite.com/">http://www.operationreunite.com/</a></p>
<p>Vietnamese Adoptee Blog <a href="http://vietnameseadoptees.com/">http://vietnameseadoptees.com/</a><a href="http://operationreunite.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/P1010230.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-171" title="P1010230" src="http://operationreunite.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/P1010230-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
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