It will be carried out in the three provinces of Binh Dinh, Quang Nam and Kon Tum in Vietnam’s central region in the 2022-24 period, aiming to develop a network of caregivers and volunteers providing home care for about 2,600 people with disabilities in the localities, including 2,330 in Binh Dinh and 150 in Quang Nam.

Beneficiaries of the 'Hold My Hands' project in the 2018-21 period.

In addition, about 200 persons with disabilities will receive assistive tools and home repairs to improve the quality of the care and promote independent living.

To develop a sustainable system offering care for those persons, the project will collaborate with the Vietnam Nurses Association to standardise the training programme for caregivers, and with public and private care centres on a pilot model on providing the services.

The project offered home care services for 630 beneficiaries across 17 communes of Binh Dinh and Quang Nam provinces, and rehabilitation for nearly 3,500 others in its first phase launched in 2018-21.

It also trained more than 1,000 caregivers and collaborators and helped 10 hospitals and health clinics, and three special education schools in Binh Dinh have gained abilities to provide rehabilitation services.

Outstanding young people with disabilities honoured

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on December 13 to honour 50 outstanding young people with disabilities who have made positive contributions to society and the community under the ‘Shining Vietnam Spirit’ programme.

Programme honours outstanding young people with disabilities

The Vietnam Youth Federation has launched the ‘Shining Vietnam Spirit’ programme in 2021 to honour outstanding young people with disabilities who have made positive contributions to society.

Vietnamese athletes with disabilities to compete in three sports at Tokyo Paralympics

Vietnamese athletes with disabilities will compete in three sports, namely weightlifting, swimming and athletics, at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Vietnamese player beats former world champion in Chess Olympiad for people with disabilities

Vietnamese chess player Nguyen Van Quan defeated former world champion Indian Shashikant Kutwal in the first Online Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities on November 23.

SEV presents 100 wheelchairs to people with disabilities in Bac Giang

(BGO) - The people’s committee of Yen Dung district in northern province of Bac Giang coordinated with the provincial Department of Foreign Affairs and Samsung Electronics Vietnam Company Limited (SEV) to present wheelchairs to 100 people with disabilities in Yen Dung district.

Source: NDO/VNA