Le Ly Hayslip, born in 1949, grew up in a poor village near Da Nang, Vietnam during the war. Le Ly survived the horrors and hardship of war in Vietnam, overcoming all odds and moving to the US in 1970. In 1986, Le Ly returned to Vietnam and was stunned by the devastation, poverty and diseases left by the US-Vietnam War.
Seeing an opportunity to make a difference, she founded East Meets West Foundation and became a bridge builder by bringing American groups back to Vietnam to help restore her motherland and open the dialogue between the two nations. Since that time, the positive progress towards healing the wounds of war has been remarkable.
Having accomplished her initial mission with East Meets West, Le Ly left her first organization and founded Global Village Foundation in 1999 to empower others to stand up and make a difference by participating in sustainable community development projects in Vietnam.
She is the author of two autobiographical bestsellers: When Heaven and Earth Changed Places and Child of War and Woman of Peace, which were adapted for the film Heaven and Earth by Academy Award-winning director, Oliver Stone.
Le Ly Hayslip's story is told in the documentary From War to Peace and Beyond (2007) which tells the painful but ultimately triumphant journey from a tragic childhood in war-torn Vietnam to her new life as an American citizen and humanitarian.
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