In the initial phase, it will target those with physical disabilities and hearing impairments, helping them access occupations suited to their abilities while equipping them with soft skills, professional attitudes and direct exposure to companies during training.
The Ministry of Education and Training (MoIT), the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), The Nippon Foundation (TNF) and Save the Children (SC) on March 21 launched a project to support education for children from ethnic minorities and kids with disabilities in Vietnam.
The Ho Chi Minh City Children Committee and the Save the Children organisation on December 20 launched an action programme for children in the city until 2030.
Save the Children and World Vision have worked together to support 12,889 of the most vulnerable households and about 4,800 school children in areas affected by severe floods in Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien – Hue provinces.
An assessment jointly carried out by Government agencies and the United Nations (UN) office has pointed out the need to provide multi-sectoral assistance for 177,000 of the most vulnerable people in five Vietnamese central provinces worst hit by storms and floods.
The United Nations Resident Coordinator and the Country Director of Save the Children on behalf of the Disaster Management Group have issued the 2020 Vietnam flood response plan to raise 40 million USD to provide assistance for 177,000 of the most vulnerable flood-affected people hard hit in the central region.
An event to highlight outstanding examples in a campaign responding to the global environmental challenge “Red Alert - Earth Can’t Wait” launched by global organisation Save the Children took place in Hanoi on October 4, with more than 300 participants.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs plans to submit a report to the municipal People’s Committee on the best ways to protect children and help them live in a safe, healthy and inclusive environment.
The People’s Committee of Can Tho city had a working session with Save the Children on July 17 to look into cooperation programmes, especially activities targeting disadvantaged children.
Expanding alternative care is part of the national target program launched by the Vietnamese Government to ensure disadvantaged children in the country are able to grow up in a family environment.
Self-managed councils of students and children’s clubs have been formed in ten schools in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai from 2015-2018, helping promote children’s participation in improving the learning environment quality.
Save the Children is planning to open a representative office in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, and Can Tho city, as the growth engine of the region, is suitable to be the location of this office, said the organisation’s Country Director Dragana Strinic.
“Thoi dai” Newspaper and the Save the Children International jointly launched a campaign in Hanoi on September 1 to call for support to children, especially those from ethnic minority groups.
A 30-billion-VND (1.3 million USD) project will be launched to improve the quality of child protection and education at 50 primary and secondary schools in Ho Chi Minh City.
Save the Children in Vietnam has funded a project on building capacity to cope with natural disasters and enhance access to clean water and hygiene in coastal areas in Tien Giang province.
A Save the Children project helped improve knowledge on maternal and newborn care for thousands of mothers and health workers in Yen Bai Dak Lak and Ca Mau provinces from mid 2012 to December 2016.
Save the Children in Vietnam and the World Bank on November 10 signed a sponsorship agreement worth 2.82 million USD to improve nutrition for children in the northern mountainous region.
The “Skills to Succeed” project– an initiative launched by the Save the Children organisation - was featured at a seminar in the central city of Da Nang on April 18.
