The care and protection of children and mothers in the coastal centralprovince of Ninh Thuan has made significant progress thanks to aProvincial Child Friendly Programme funded by UNICEF and UNFPA.
The 5.3 million USD project, which is being implemented for theperiod 2012-2016, has five components covering education for children;children protection; children’s survival and growth; social policies andadministration; and the health of mothers.
VuMinh Tuyen, deputy director of the project’s management board, said someinitial results have been achieved in devising, supervising andassessing child-friendly social-economic development plans.
Authorities at grassroots level have become more active inestablishing a safe environment for children, helping reduce negligence,abuse and exploitation of children, particularly those fromdisadvantaged backgrounds, the disabled, the poor and ethnic minoritychildren.
The project has to date completed 133out of 164 planned activities, reducing the rate of malnutrition amongunder-five children to 18.8 percent. The rate of drop-out in threetarget districts has dropped to 0.3 percent.
Atthe same time, outdated marriage practices such as child marriage hasdecreased remarkably among local ethnic minority community, especiallythe Raglai.-VNA
The 5.3 million USD project, which is being implemented for theperiod 2012-2016, has five components covering education for children;children protection; children’s survival and growth; social policies andadministration; and the health of mothers.
VuMinh Tuyen, deputy director of the project’s management board, said someinitial results have been achieved in devising, supervising andassessing child-friendly social-economic development plans.
Authorities at grassroots level have become more active inestablishing a safe environment for children, helping reduce negligence,abuse and exploitation of children, particularly those fromdisadvantaged backgrounds, the disabled, the poor and ethnic minoritychildren.
The project has to date completed 133out of 164 planned activities, reducing the rate of malnutrition amongunder-five children to 18.8 percent. The rate of drop-out in threetarget districts has dropped to 0.3 percent.
Atthe same time, outdated marriage practices such as child marriage hasdecreased remarkably among local ethnic minority community, especiallythe Raglai.-VNA
