Society

Project to enhance social inclusion of disabled people in Can Tho

A workshop took place in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho on February 27 to launch a local project on social inclusion of people with disabilities with an estimated funding of 400,000 USD.
Project to enhance social inclusion of disabled people in Can Tho ảnh 1A meeting with outstanding people with disabilities in 2015 (Photo VNA)

Can Tho(VNA) – A workshop took place in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho on February27 to launch a local project on social inclusion of people with disabilities withan estimated funding of 400,000 USD.

Addressing the event,President of the Vietnam Federation for the Disabled (VNFFD) Dr. Dang Huynh Maisaid people with disabilities are still facing discrimination and many barriersin access to healthcare, transport and educational services.

The project is vitalto ensure the basic rights of people with disabilities, raise public awarenessof their roles and at the same time, encourage them to contribute to society,Mai said.

Mai noted that theproject will receive financial and technical support from organisations both athome and overseas, including the Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped, theUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the NorwegianMission Alliance in Vietnam (NMA-V).

The project, runningfrom March 11 to December 31, aims to support law-making and policy reforms toensure the rights of people with disabilities and promote their equalparticipation in society. It also seeks to provide them better access tohealthcare, rehabilitation, education, vocational training, employment,cultural services, sports and recreation, transport, information technology,and more.

Additional, theproject supports capacity building for people with disabilities and theirrepresentative agencies in Can Tho City, notably the Can Tho Association ofPeople with Disabilities and about 15 self-help groups of people withdisabilities and parents of children with disabilities in nine districts of thecity.

From March, theproject will launch vocational training courses for people with disabilitiesbased on needs of local businesses. The courses will cover areas of graphicdesign, advertising film production, and market connectivity for people aged18-30. It will also encourage companies to provide jobs for the trainees afterthe courses finish. The vocational training component will cost an estimated200 million VND (8,800 USD) and last in six months.

The project willorganise three courses in social inclusion and equality for people withdisabilities and local governmental officials to improve awareness of therights of handicapped people and provide the governmental staff a betterunderstanding of barriers faced by them.-VNA
VNA
#workshop#Mekong Delta City of Can Tho#people with disabilities#funding#Vietnam Federation for the Disabled (VNFFD)#barriers#healthcare#transport#educational services#United States Agency for International Development (USAID)#Norwegian Mission Alliance in Vietnam (NMA-V)
Follow VietnamPlus

Related News

Activities held for people with disabilities

Activities held for people with disabilities

More than 6,000 people with disabilities from 16 southern provinces and cities enjoyed free entry, art performances and food at a festival in Ho Chi Minh City on December 2.

See more

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

ASEAN’s goods, culinary culture promoted in Europe

The ASEAN Committee in Prague (ACP) launched an "ASEAN Food Corner" on October 22, aiming to promote the culinary culture and introduce goods from ASEAN countries to consumers in the Czech Republic and Europe at large.

If the plan is approved, public employees will enjoy a continuous 9-day Tet break from January 25 to February 2 next year. (Photo: VNA)

2025 Lunar New Year holiday plan submitted to PM

The Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs on October 22 submitted a proposal to the Prime Minister regarding the schedule for the 2025 Lunar New Year (Tet) – Vietnam’s largest traditional celebration – and other national holidays.

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Kien Giang continues to take firm stand against IUU fishing

The Standing Board of the Party Committee of southern Kien Giang province has called for strengthening the Party's leadership in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, part of a broader national effort to have the “yellow card” warning lifted by the European Commission (EC).

Yen Bai city in the northern province of Yen Bai is severely affected by Typhoon Yagi. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam receives EU’s humanitarian aid for Typhoon Yagi victims

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) Central Committee has received humanitarian response and early recovery support from the European Union and its member states through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)' Emergency Appeal to assist the Vietnamese people affected by Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent floodings.

Conscripted Vietnamese workers honoured with ceremony in France (Photo: VNA)

Conscripted Vietnamese workers honoured with ceremony in France

A solemn ceremony was held on October 20 in the southern city of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture of France, to mark the 10th anniversary of the memorial dedicated to Indochinese workers who came to work in the Camargue region during World War II.

At the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between Bac Lieu and Uiseong county, Gyeongsangbuk-do province on sending local labourers to the RoK to work seasonally under the form of locality-to-locality collaboration between the two countries in the 2023 - 2027 period. (Photo: VNA)

Bac Lieu, Korean locality sign labour cooperation agreement

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on October 21 signed a cooperation agreement with Uiseong county, Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on sending local labourers to the RoK to work seasonally under the form of locality-to-locality collaboration between the two countries in the 2023 - 2027 period.

(Photo: VNA)

Tien Giang strives to reduce poverty rate to 0.87% this year

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committees at all levels in the southern province of Tien Giang have collaborated with agencies and organisations to speed up social security programmes, aiming to reduce the province's poverty rate to 0.87% this year, said Vice President of the provincial VFF Committee Huynh Van Hai.

The Chinese sailor is rushed to FV (Franco-Vietnamese) Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for treatment as soon as he is brought to the shore. (Photo: VNA)

Chinese sick sailor on vessel AMIS STAR provided with first aid

A ship from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (VMRCC) on October 20 provided first aid to critically-ill Chinese sailor on a Liberia-flagged vessel off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau before bringing him to the shore for further treatment.

At the meeting between Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang and UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam respects right to freedom of belief, religion: official

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang highlighted Vietnam’s consistent policy of respecting and protecting the right to freedom of belief and religion for all people, while meeting with UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif in his recent trip to Switzerland.