Lothar A. Baltrusch, a German journalist, is on a 15,000-kilometre journey to Vietnam with two friends to raise funds for disadvantaged children in Quang Tri Province.

Lothar A. Baltrusch, a German journalist, will arrive in Quang Tri on July 9 

They are expected to arrive in Trieu Phong District on July 9 completing their one month and 22 day journey.

Under the project titled "Way to Huyen", the journey is aimed to attract people’s attention and raise funds to help underprivileged children who live in World Vision’s working areas in the district.

Baltrusch started on his motorbike from Schwerte on May 17 and went through Poland, Latvia, Russia, Mongolia, China and Laos before coming to Vietnam.

During his stay in Trieu Phong from, July 9-11, he plans to meet Huyen, a 13-year-old disadvantaged girl in the district. He will also visit children at a kindergarten, a junior secondary school, and children with disabilities and some families who join World Vision’s activities in the district.

“All the money that I raise during the trip will be transferred to World Vision, who introduced me to Huyen as a sponsor four years ago, to upgrade a school in Huyen’s community in Trieu Phong. The cost for the trip I covered myself,” he states in his blog.

He also wrote that he already collected EUR16,000 (USD20,553) for his trip in Germany, including a cheque worth EUR4,000 (USD5,138) from Vice President of the German Parliament, Wolfgang Thierse.

Lothar A Baltrusch, born in 1962, is a journalist and editor at the local radio station Antenne Unna. He is accompanied by Andreas Huelsmann and Hans Jurgen Weigt, who also have a passion for travelling.