Disability
For the past 10 ten years, VNHIP has been helping people with heart defects and people with disabilities in the Central Vietnam. VNHIP developed this project to work closely with the Adult Shelter in Hoi An, and hospitals of Da Nang and Hue cities to provide high quality care and rehabilitation services to improve the lives of the poor people with disabilities, especially people with heart defects in Viet Nam.
To date VNHIP has sponsored 120 successful surgical cases in Quang Nam and Da Nang and 65 people with disabilities at the Adult Shelter in Hoi An. In addition to the physical therapy and surgeries, VNHIP provides mental health care for the people with disabilities and children living with HIV. Through this project, VNHIP makes a meaningful contribution to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities.
Goal
Target groups
The target group is the people with disabilities, including people with mental health problem and poor people who have structural cardiac defects.
For the past 10 ten years, VNHIP has been helping people with heart defects and people with disabilities in the Central Vietnam. VNHIP developed this project to work closely with the Adult Shelter in Hoi An, and hospitals of Da Nang and Hue cities to provide high quality care and rehabilitation services to improve the lives of the poor people with disabilities, especially people with heart defects in Viet Nam.
To date VNHIP has sponsored 120 successful surgical cases in Quang Nam and Da Nang and 65 people with disabilities at the Adult Shelter in Hoi An. In addition to the physical therapy and surgeries, VNHIP provides mental health care for the people with disabilities and children living with HIV. Through this project, VNHIP makes a meaningful contribution to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities.
Goal
- To improve the quality of life of people with disabilities and their families by facilitating access to the health, education, livelihood and social sectors.
- To facilitate the empowerment of people with disabilities and their families by promoting their inclusion and participation in development and decision-making processes.
Target groups
The target group is the people with disabilities, including people with mental health problem and poor people who have structural cardiac defects.
Approach
The project has four strategic domains:
The project has four strategic domains:
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Governance: Support people with disabilities to establish their own civil society organizations named Disabled People’s Organizations (DPO). The DPOs promote full participation of the people with disabilities in decision-making process to tackle the inequitable distribution of power and resource.
Education and Life-skill development: Build confidence, pride and life-skills of the people with disabilities. The project support children with disability to go to the mainstreaming schools (inclusive education).
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Health: Improve accessibility to health care services including physical therapy and mental health care. For the people with structural heart defects, VNHIP works with the hospitals in the Central Vietnam to provide assessment and counseling for them to make decision.
Livelihood: Improve the quality of life through better living conditions, job, income, food security, nutrition, water supply, sanitation, etc.
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