Mrs. Pham was originally a loving mother and dedicated house wife who were unaware of social & economic imbalances many people suffer. During one trip visiting her homeland in Vietnam, she was shock to find out how desperate and starving Vietnamese kids are growing up with.  She was in a restaurant eating noodles, as she was stepping outside to take care of her personal business, one child-beggar came to her table and  poured all the food in her bowl to a container and took off.  The restaurant owner saw it and stopped the little girl before she got to the door.  The little girl started crying from all the yelling and fear of being beaten up.  When Mrs. Pham came back to her table and saw what was going on, she asked the restaurant owner to stop harassing the little kid and asked the child to tell her life story and why she had to beg for food.  The little girl confessed that her mother was  really sick, they were homeless and had to stay under a bridge near the restaurant.  After Mrs. Pham insisted to go visit her family, she witnessed how poor these people lived.  The little girl’s family lived under the bridge in patching cardboard and  plastic sheets, their meals depended on what the daughter-beggar could find from donors or from left-over who couldn’t finish their food like Mrs. Pham. 

Vietnam in the 1980 and 1990 were very poor, the society had a growing number  of poor and homeless beggars, they lived in the alleyway, slept under bridges or under some stranger’s awning home, or under a truck when it rains.  Mrs. Pham saw the poverty and societal issue, she became determined to change her life so she could bring some hope and some happiness to these unfortunate individuals

• She joined Hoi Ban Nguoi Cui- an organization established to help fight leprosy in Vietnam from 1994-2006.
• She became involved with Viet Aid Fund- to help families who lived in poverty in Vietnam from 2007-2013.

In  2013, she decided to team up with 4 other local Atlanta women to form Second Chance Aid to provide help with orphanage, children, the sick and poor elderly. She returns to Vietnam on an annual basic where she would visit her regular supported orphanages, volunteer in charity medical clinics, provide food, clothing, and money to the abandoned elderly and families in the distant, mountainous areas, or help people who live between the border of Cambodia and Vietnam, who are being rejected by both countries and have no place to accept them as citizens.