The Nordic Assistance to Vietnam (NAV) has contributed effectively toimproving public health and gender equality as well as helped vulnerableVietnamese respond to climate change during its 20-year operation inthe country, heard a ceremony in central Thua Thien-Hue province onNovember 23.
Addressing the event marking NAV’s20 th anniversary, NAV Chief Representative Eivind Archer said thenon-governmental organisation is part of the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA),which operates in the fields of poverty reduction, gender equalityimprovement, HIV/AIDS prevention and climate change response in 29nations around the world.
NAV funds about 1.2 million USD for Vietnam each year through its projects and programmes.
It has effectively carried out a programme on HIV/AIDS prevention andtreatment at 17 prisons in 12 provinces and worked with the VietnamFatherland Front Central Committee to help promote the involvement ofreligions and religious organisations in the fight.
The organisation has also coordinated with social and religiousorganisations in climate change adaptation and social affairs.
It has developed an initiative to teach children in the centralcoastal region to swim as an effort to reduce disaster risks. In 2013,the project was implemented in 30 schools in Thua Thien-Hue and QuangTri provinces, providing necessary skills for 119 gymnastics teachersand 1,696 primary school students.
NAV vows tocontinue its support for and contributions to Vietnam ’s sustainabledevelopment in the time ahead, stressed Eivind Archer.-VAN
Addressing the event marking NAV’s20 th anniversary, NAV Chief Representative Eivind Archer said thenon-governmental organisation is part of the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA),which operates in the fields of poverty reduction, gender equalityimprovement, HIV/AIDS prevention and climate change response in 29nations around the world.
NAV funds about 1.2 million USD for Vietnam each year through its projects and programmes.
It has effectively carried out a programme on HIV/AIDS prevention andtreatment at 17 prisons in 12 provinces and worked with the VietnamFatherland Front Central Committee to help promote the involvement ofreligions and religious organisations in the fight.
The organisation has also coordinated with social and religiousorganisations in climate change adaptation and social affairs.
It has developed an initiative to teach children in the centralcoastal region to swim as an effort to reduce disaster risks. In 2013,the project was implemented in 30 schools in Thua Thien-Hue and QuangTri provinces, providing necessary skills for 119 gymnastics teachersand 1,696 primary school students.
NAV vows tocontinue its support for and contributions to Vietnam ’s sustainabledevelopment in the time ahead, stressed Eivind Archer.-VAN
