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Social Development Programme

Viet Nam Programme

CFSI was active in Viet Nam from 1992 until 2003 and hopes to return in late 2007 to contribute, in cooperation with others, to the development of social work services in Viet Nam over the course of the next ten years.

Much of the past work involved helping to build the social service capacity of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) through the provision of social work education at, and through, the College of Labour and Social Affairs (COLSA) in Hanoi, which is now the University of Labour and Social Affairs. CFSI activity involved providing social work training and consultation services as well as networking. This work was funded, in part, through two different cooperative agreements with the United Nations Volunteers (UNV).

Earlier CFSI efforts in Viet Nam were supported primarily by Radda Barnen (Save the Children Federation) Sweden. The purpose of this cooperation was to build the capacity of five emerging nongovernmental organizations during a time of rapid socio-political change in Viet Nam. CFSI activity then included facilitating organizational assessments, providing training and consultation services, and helping to build links between these organizations and others in South East Asia. This work was carried out in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

All of this activity built on CFSI's many years of experience with refugees and asylum seekers from Viet Nam in various parts of East Asia, particularly Hong Kong and the Philippines. The impetus was two-fold: (1) fostering the repatriation of those Vietnamese denied refugee status in first asylum countries in East Asia and (2) promoting the well-being of children in Viet Nam in exceptionally difficult circumstances and in need of special protection.

Start-up activities in Viet Nam from 2007 through 2008 are expected to require US$50,000. Those interested in learning more about, and contributing towards, the CFSI Viet Nam Programme may contact the Executive Director at CFSI Headquarters in Metro Manila through headquarters@cfsi.ph, telephone numbers (632)551-1977 or 510-1046, or fax (632)551-2225.

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