Tim Aline Rebeaud

Tim Aline Rebeaud
Tim Aline Rebeaud
Born	Aline Rebeaud; April 11, 1972 (age 52); Geneva, Switzerland
🏳️ Nationality	Swiss and Vietnamese
💼 Occupation	Philanthropist
📆 Years active	1992–present
🌐 Website	www.maison-chance.org

Tim Aline Rebeaud (French pronunciation: [tim alin ʀəbo]) (born April 11, 1972 in Geneva, Switzerland) is known for her charity work and for the foundation of the NGO Maison Chance in Vietnam. Maison Chance is a social structure helping street children, orphans, and disadvantaged and handicapped people in Vietnam..^[1]. Aline Rebeaud was given the name "Tim" – "heart" in Vietnamese ^[2]. Today, she has the dual citizenship, she is Swiss and Vietnamese ^[3]. Her complete Vietnamese name is Hoang Nu Ngoc Tim.

Maison Chance[edit]

In 1993, Aline Rebeaud is a young painter who, during a trip to Vietnam, met an orphan named Thanh in the psychiatric treatment center of Thu Duc ^[4]. Thanh was then 10 years old and was seriously unwell. He suffered from cardiovascular, liver and lungs disorders. Doctors only gave him a few more days to live ^[5]. Aline decided to take charge of him and brought him to the hospital. She stayed at his bedside for 3 months and Thanh ended up healing. From then on, she was named "Tim", "heart" in Vietnamese. After leaving the hospital, Tim rented a house in Ho Chi Minh City for her and Thanh, for whom she continued to care. She met a lot of disadvantaged people, rejected by society, along the way. Little by little, she welcomed more and more people under her roof and in 1993, she decided to establish Maison Chance, a place to live for the most disadvantaged people in Vietnam. In 1998, Maison Chance is recognized by the Vietnamese authorities as a humanitarian non-governmental organization (NGO),^[6] free from all political or religious allegiance. Over time, the organization grew and from a simple house it became 3 centers: the Shelter, the Take Wings Center and Village Chance. Each center has a specific role:

The Shelter offers a roof for the most disadvantaged people and can welcome up to 70 people ^[7]. The beneficiaries are given accommodation and food. They have to go to school or follow a vocational training in order to stay at the Shelter.
The Take Wings Center, opened in 2006, is a vocational training center which has ^[8]:

- Offices (Vietnamese and international),
- A medical care and rehabilitation space with an infirmary and a kinesiotherapy room,
- Vocational training workshops that are adapted to the handicapped people ^[9]. The skills taught are painting, sewing, semi-precious stonecutting, bamboo woodwork, and IT. Once their training completed, the beneficiaries can take off to work in the outside world ^[10]. Some of them continue working for Maison Chance for a salary ^[11].
- A wheelchair repair workshop to fix vehicles for persons with reduced mobility.

Village Chance, opened in 2011, which has ^[12]:

- A daycare and a primary school that are free for all Maison Chance residents and for the disadvantaged children of the neighborhood. The school also welcomes for children with physical or mental disabilities ^[13]. In total, more than 250 students are sent to school there.
- 30 apartments that are adapted to persons with reduced mobility, rented for a lower price than the average market price. The apartments are rented to families that have at least one handicapped person. In 2017, more than 110 people live in Village Chance.
- A bakery and a restaurant. Besides selling their goods, the bakery and the restaurant offer vocational training to young people in difficult situations and are held by Maison Chance beneficiaries.
- An aquatic therapy pool heated by special pumps made in Canada, which keep the water warm for the handicapped people who get cold faster than able-bodied people. Weekly therapy sessions are organized there with the paramedical staff.

In 2017, more than 500 people benefited from Maison Chance care and services and the organization counted more than 70 employees.

A fourth social center is being built in Krong No district, in Dak Nong province, in Vietnam Central Highlands ^[14]. This center was thought for seriously handicapped or ageing people, who unfortunately can’t take off despite the services offered by Maison Chance ^[15]. They would be sent to Dak Nong in a more peaceful environment in the countryside, and this would give the opportunity to more people to benefit from the centers in Ho Chi Minh City ^[16]. Maison Chance social center in Dak Nong will offer new kinds of therapy in Vietnam, such as equine-assisted therapy (horse therapy) or horticultural therapy (gardening therapy). The opening of Dak Nong social center is planned in the course of the year 2018 ^[17]

Book[edit]

Tim Aline’s father, Laurent Rebeaud, was the one to encourage her to write a book about Maison Chance and to share her cause to the world. Tim Aline wrote an autobiography recounting her journey and the story around Maison Chance. This book came out in French in 2013, under the title “Maison Chance, un avenir pour les moins chanceux au Vietnam” ^[18]. Its first part recounts Tim Aline’s journey and the second part gathers the testimony of 14 Maison Chance beneficiaries. In 2017, the book was published in Vietnamese under the title "Nhà may mắn, một tương lai cho những người thiếu may mắn" ^[19] and under the name of Hoang Nu Ngoc Tim, with a few changes and additional testimonies. The book is in the process of being translated in English.

Awards and honors[edit]

2017: VUFO Award – Maison Chance received the VUFO (Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations) Award for its meaningful contribution to Vietnam's socio-economic development from 2013 to 2017.
2015: Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Price – Tim and Maison Chance received the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Price for their excellent achievements in implementing humanitarian programs and projects in Ho Chi Minh City for many years (from 2010 to 2012).
2014: VUFO Award – Maison Chance received the VUFO (Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations) Award for its contribution to the socio-economic development of Vietnam in 2014.
2012: HUFO Award - Maison Chance received the HUFO (Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations) Award for its positive contribution to the development of the city in 2011.
2011: HUFO Award - Maison Chance received the HUFO (Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations) Award for its positive contribution to the development of the city in 2010.
2011: Medal of Labor Order – This title was given to Tim by the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam himself.
2010: VUFO Award – Maison Chance received the VUFO (Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations) Award for its contribution to poverty reduction and its help to Vietnam’s development.
2010: HUFO Award - Maison Chance received the HUFO (Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations) Award for its positive to the development of the city in 2009.
2010: Binh Tan District People’s Committee Price – Tim received the Binh Tan District People’s Committee Price for her contribution to the development of that district from 2005 to 2009.
2010: Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Price – Tim and Maison Chance received the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Price for their support to poor people, handicapped people, and disadvantaged children.
2008: EEDCM Medal – This distinction was given by the French Association EEDCM (Etoile Européenne du Dévouement Civil et Militaire)^[20]
2008: « Main dans la Main » Price – price given by the Swiss association Main dans la Main.
2002: Henry Dunant Medal – This price was awarded to Tim by the International Red Cross.^[21]

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[1] Maison Chance website

[2] "The 20-year fairy tale of a heart" by SGTT published on 08/24/2013, on Vietnam Net Bridge

[3] "Le partage donne du sens à sa vie" by Joëlle Challandes published on 10/01/2013, on Coop Coopération website

[4] "When Lady Luck smiles on you" by By Lê Hương published on 09/28/2017, on Viet Nam News

[5] Profiles In Caring, Maison Chance Part 1

[6] VUFO-NGO Resource Center Vietnam

[7] Radio Télévision Suisse "Couleurs Locales, Maison Chance fête ses 20 ans"

[8] Profiles In Caring, Maison Chance Part 2

[9] Vietnam Foundation

[10] "Mother Tim helping Vietnamese in need" published on January 4, 2010 on DTI News

[11] Profiles In Caring, Maison Chance Part 3

[12] La Bonne Etoile, "Centre d'accueil Maison Chance à Ho Chi Minh"

[13] Fondation Albatros

[14] "The 20-year fairy tale of a heart" by SGTT published on 08/24/2013, on Vietnam Net Bridge

[15] Construction project of the social center Maison Chance in Dak Nong

[16] La Bonne Etoile, "Centre d'accueil Maison Chance à Ho Chi Minh"

[17] "Au Vietnam, bienvenue chez "Maman Chance"" by Arnaud Bédat, published on March 2nd, 2018 on L'Illustré

[18] "Maison Chance, un avenir pour les moins chanceux au Vietnam" by Tim Aline Rebeaud, Editions Favre

[19] "Nhà may mắn, một tương lai cho những người thiếu may mắn" by Hoang Nu Ngoc Tim, Nhà Xuất Bản Trẻ

[20] EEDCM

[21] © Fondation Prix Henry Dunant & Nicolas Durand, 2003-2017 – Lauréats Terrains – 2001 – Tim Aline Rebeaud.

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Tim Aline Rebeaud
Born	Aline Rebeaud (1972-04-11) April 11, 1972 (age 52) Geneva, Switzerland


🏳️ Nationality	Swiss and Vietnamese


💼 Occupation	Philanthropist
📆 Years active	1992–present





🌐 Website	www.maison-chance.org