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Improving quality of life for those with disability
​in provinces affected by Agent Orange

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The sub-project "Increasing Inclusion for People with Disabilities in Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue and Quang Nam" is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the Alliance of All for Inclusion (AAI) with five members including Viet Nam Health Improvement Project (VNHIP), Quang Tri Charity Association (QCA), RENEW project, Reseach Center for Inclusion (RCI) , and Funds of Genetic Counseling & Disabled Children (FGCDC) with the project management of Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP).

Goal
  1. • To improve the quality of life of people with disabilities and their families by facilitating access to the health, education, livelihood and social sectors.
  2. • To facilitate the empowerment of people with disabilities and their families by promoting their inclusion and participation in development and decision-making processes.
  3. • To ensure children with disability in Quang Nam are in primary and secondary schools attaining quality inclusive education
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Target groups
The target group is the people with disabilities, especially ethnic minority people, including children with disabilities who are attending in the special and inclusive schools.


Approach
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. 
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​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).
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.
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Livelihood: Improve the quality of life through better living conditions, job, income, food security, nutrition, water supply, sanitation, etc.
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