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DISABILITY RESEARCH AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

Table of contents Policy Advocacy Train-

ing for Disabled People(Page. 2)

Climate change and youth with disabilities(Page. 2)

Motorbike taxi is cleansed free and dis-counted 50% when changing lubricant oil(Page. 2)

Club of Entrepreneurs with Disability at HCMC joined in International fair at Tan Binh District.(Page. 3)

DRD received the feed-back letter from the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City(Page. 3)

Consulting Skills Train-ing for People with disa-bilities(Page. 3)

Launching a new study model: Service Learn-ing!(Page.4)

40th newsletter of the Employment Club: “Work sustainabil-ity”(Page.4)

Nice Picture 04/2015 (Page.4)

Airports urged to obtain ambulifts(Page. 5)

New test to detect neo-natal jaundice(Page. 5)

The Concert Life is beautiful in Sydney(Page. 6)

Surprise when being received a gift (Page. 6)

List of Donors 03/2015(Page. 6)

An insurance company recruits people with dis-

Ms. Hoang Yen and Ms. Thuy Tien at Sydney

INTRODUCTION Established on 03/12/2013, DRD is a non-governmental organization, non-

profit and operated by people with disabilities (PWDs), for the rights of PWDs.

DRD and the community are building a support model based on the rights of

PWDs in an effort to promote equal opportunities for PWDs, encourage and

create favorable conditions for PWDs to participate fully in all activities like

other members in society.

Until now, the DRD has been suppported over 3,500 PWDs in HCM City and

a network of over 30 disability groups in the southern of Vietnam. With many

diverse activities such as introducing internships, employment, skills training,

advocacy campaign, moving assistance, scholarships, computers devices,

assistive devices, information consultation, peer counseling, propagations,

seminars and events raising awareness on disability issues, ... DRD is rated

as one of 20 non-governmental organizations efficiently operated in Vietnam

and is the leading one in supporting the PWDs to integrate into the

community.

DRD would like to send to all sponsors, partners, friends and PWDs

community the Newsletter as a channel of information sharing.

Kind Regards

Newsletter April 2015

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1.Policy Advocacy Training for Disa-bled People From April 2nd to April 4th 2015, DISABILITY RESEARCH AND

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (DRD) has organized the Policy Ad-

vocacy training for disabled people (DP) at the guest house of the

National Assembly (165 Nam Ki Khoi Nghia, District 1, Ho Chi

Minh City) with nearly 40 participants from the provincial societies

of the DP groups such as Khanh Hoa, Binh Dinh, Lam Dong,

Dong Thap, Soc Trang, Dong Nai and some clubs of disabilities in

HCMC. The training course was guided by Ms. Nguyen Phuong

Linh - Director of Management and Sustainable Development Re-

search Center (MSD).

The training purpose is to help participants understand policy Ad-

vocacy as well as step by step provide guidelines and tools to ef-

fectively implement policy advocacy. Especially, more than two-

thirds of the time of the training is the discussion and sharing ac-

tivities between the groups on the urgent facts concerning current

disability issues , such as: Access to public works and public

transportation for DP; procedures relating to the determination of

the level of disability and disability certifying with many barriers to

DP; Health Insurance and social support for DP.... After discuss-

ing together and exchanging on the topics of common interest, the

group planned and created application direction to implementpoli-

cy advocacy related to DP in every local area ...

DRD >>Read more

Highlights:

2.Climate change and youth

with disabilities

On Sunday morning April 5, 2015, the work-

shop “Training on Climate Change (CC) for

youth with disabilities” was organized at the

Disability Research and Capacity Develop-

ment Center (DRD). Thirty people with disa-

bilities (PWD) took part in this meeting orga-

nized by the youth disabled group Dot Pha

under the support of the fund “Initiative for

children and teenagers and climate change”

of the Center Live & Learn The goal of the

program was to help youth with disabilities to

have more knowledge about the environment

and climate change; to be able to see the

signs and causes as well as the impact of CC

on the life of PWD and propose solutions for

PWD to deal with CC. >> Read more

3.Motorbike taxi is cleansed free and discounted 50% when changing lubricant oil

Recognizing the enthusiasm of drivers’team and project staffs, with the realistic result of this service, the motorbike washing Bac Hai store –Lub Solution (add: 67-69 Cuu Long, Cu xa Bac Hai, Ward 15, District 10, HCMC) suggested to “especially take care”of the Pro-ject tricycles. Then, from late March in 2015, to at least 6 months later, this shop will offer free wash and discount 50% fee of changing oil for tricycles of Supporting for Moving pro-ject.

>> Read more

Group discussion

Group work

Activities

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6.Consulting Skills Training for People with disabilities On April 9 and 10, 2015, the Disability Research and Capacity Develop-

ment Center (DRD) organized a workshop entitled “Consulting skills train-

ing for People with disabilities”. Almost 20 participants coming from 7 Job

Centers of several provinces of the South such as: Ho Chi Minh City,

Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Can Tho, Soc Trang, Dong Thap, Long An, and 5

centers who are proposing this service such as: Thanh Nien consulting,

training and employment center; Van Lang University; HCMC Training

center for disabled people and orphans; HCMC Social center for training

and employment for PWD. This program was sponsored by Irish Aid and

animated by Mr. Nguyen Can Cu – Deputy Director of DRD and Mrs.

Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh – HR manager of the Nguyen Quoc medical

equipment company as well as DRD staff working for many years in the

field of training about employment for disabled youth.

The purpose of this training was to help the participants to have a better

understanding of the psychology of PWD trying to find a job; to know how

to advise suitable jobs for PWD. In addition, it showed to the participants

how to advise companies to hire disabled workers and how to adapt the

work environment to welcome PWD

From their practical experience of nearly 10 years in working in the field

of employment for PWD, the two trainers who are coming from two differ-

ent areas (company and consulting for PWD) shared their personal sto-

ries and experiences working with disabled workers and businesses to

help the participants to know and understand the demands when working

with PWD as well as companies that are hiring disabled workers.

DRD >>Read more

Activities

Overview of the workshop

4.Club of Entrepreneurs with Disability at HCMC joined in International fair at Tan Binh District.

From April 18 to 21, 2015, 05 representa-tives of Club of Entrepreneurs with Disabil-ity at HCMCparticipated in theInternational fairat Tan Binh Exhibition Center - 446 Ho-

ang Van Thu Street, Tan Binh District, HCMC. They are from Thien Tam Compa-ny, Thanh Quoc wooden frame , Tran Dieu printing, Dorcas Embroidery and Dieu Linh Handicraft. There was also nearly 30 coun-tries to participate in this exhibition.

DRD >>Read more

5. DRD received the feed-back letter from the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City

On 20th March, Disability Research and

Capacity Development (DRD) organized an

outdoor trip for 15 PWDs to the exhibition of

the first metro model in Vietnam ( route

from Ben Thanh market to Suoi Tien Park),

which is produced by Hitachi - the Japa-

nese company. This demo was on in Dis-

trict 9, HCMC.

On 24th April, DRD received the feedback

letter from the People's Committee of Ho

Chi Minh City. In this letter the People's

Committee answers DRD's questions and

provide a detailed descriptions of the metro

terminal (such as: toilets, elavators, ramps,

…) >> Read more

Gian hàng các anh chị tại hội chợ

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7.Launching a new study model: Service Learn-ing On April 9, Hoa Sen University officially introduced and launched a new study model in Vietnam - Service Learning. On the launching day, there had two

main activities, including the “Service learning” workshop and the Community Fair. Being a partner of Hoa Sen Univer-sity, Disability Research and Capacity Development (DRD) was invited to join the event. This event took place at 8 Nguyen Van Trang Street, District 1.

In Service learning workshop, Ph.D Ngu-yen Luu Bao Doan (Director of the Inter-national Relation Department) presented about the Application Map Accessibility

on Smartphone project that is in cooperation with DRD. At the Community Fair, DRD had opportunities to introduce about its activities and shared a lot of social challenges for students of Hoa Sen University and other civil social or-ganizations. Many students of Hoa Sen University enthusiastically visited DRD’s booth. At the end of the Community Fair, there were more 50 students register to become volunteer for all DRD’s activities. To be known, Service learning is very popular in USA on stage 1970 – 1990. The purpose of Service learning is to enhance quality for the volunteer programs of student and to im-prove teaching at University level. It responds a lot of requests from society for the education. Nowadays, this model is widely developing at international uni-versities around the world. >>Read more

Nice Picture

On March 21, 2015, It was a happy day of

Mr. Le Minh Duy and Ms. Nguyen Ly. There had a lot of friends from DRD to attend their wedding. Mr. Duy is an ex-member of the Independ-

ent Living Project, Map Accessibility Pro-

ject and many other activities at

DRD. He is one of the evidences for the

story of people with disabilities who can

build successfulcareer and live a happy

life.

Activities

8. 40th newsletter of the Employment Club: “Work sustainability” On Sunday morning March 29, 2015, the 40

th meeting of

the Employment Club happened at the Club Life is Beautiful of the Disability Research and Capacity Devel-opment Center (DRD). The top-ic of this meet-ing was “Work sustainability”. This program, funded by Irish Aid, gathered people with disabilities who al-ready have a job or are looking for a job, students and collaborators of the pro-ject.

The participants discussed together and played games about some cases, explored deeper the reasons of quitting jobs, and proposed solutions so work-ers in general and workers with disabilities in particular can keep, stick with their current job and be at ease in their working environment.

>> Read more

The next month's com-

ing activities

1. The core group of peer-counselors of Independent living project (DRD) will vis-it the spinal cord injury hospital in district 8 to share their experiences and to listen to patients’s stories.

2. 5 representatives of Independent liv-ing project (DRD) will participate the Na-tional workshop for leaders of independ-ent living movement from 5 big cities: HCMC, Ha Noi, Can Tho, Da Nang, Hai Phong with the representations of Molisa, Nippon Foundation and Japanese Human Care Association. This workshop will be held on 20 - 21 – 22th May in Hanoi

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1.Airports urged to obtain ambulifts The Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam yesterday urged airline services to study and quickly add ambulifts to their equipment, if needed.

Ambulifts can carry wheelchairs and help people with disabilities to reach the aircraft from the bus and vice versa.

The CAAV asked the Airports Corporation of Viet Nam (ACV) to re-examine airports that lacked ambulifts and to formulate plans to obtain the equipment before April 13.

Vo Huy Cuong, deputy head of CAAV, said the shortage of ambulifts at airports was quite prevalent as they cost up to VND5 billion (US$230,000) each.

Cuong said airport employees and staff must support passengers with disabilities to board flights if no ambulifts were available.

"Passengers with limited mobility may not be allowed to board just be-cause there is no equipment to help carry them," he said.

Last week, two employees of low-cost carrier VietJet Air received the highest civil penalty of VND5 million ($230) for refusing to help a disa-bled passenger.

On April 2, Nguyen Thi Van posted on her Facebook page that she was denied permission to board her flight from Da Nang to Ha Noi because she had a severe disability and could not move on her own.

The two employees said Van failed to notify the airline about her request for assistance.

Van, whose legs are paralysed, did not have any problem when she boarded the Ha Noi flight to Da Nang. She bought another ticket to return to Ha Noi on a Vietnam Airlines flight at 10pm, four hours after the Viet-Jet Air flight.

According to the ACV, only international airports such as Noi Bai, Da Nang, Tan Son Nhat, Phu Quoc and Lien Khuong are equipped with am-bulifts.

Source: VNS

News

Nguyen Thi Van (in the wheelchair) waits in front of the VietJet Air ticket counter at Da Nang Interna-tional Airport in central Da Nang City on April 2

2. New test to de-

tect neonatal jaun-

dice

HA NOI (VNS) — Approximately 3,000

premature, newborn and over-35 week

old babies from 10 major hospitals in

northern Viet Nam will be screened for

neonatal jaundice with the new Bilistick

test.

Lucinao Moccia, International Director

of BOL, says the Bilistick represents a

marked improvement over current

screening methods and offers an un-

precedented opportunity to tackle the

problem of neonatal jaundice.

"Current screening technologies are

expensive and time consuming. Bilis-

tick has the potential to revolutionise

screening methods, resulting in re-

duced cost and faster, more accurate

identification of patients in need of pho-

totherapy treatment," says Moccia.

Ha Cong Thanh, director of the Viet

Nam-Cuba – Dong Hoi Hospital's Pedi-

atric Department in Quang Binh Central

Province, tells Viet Nam News that the

new Bilistick delivers instant, reliable

and cost effective screening for jaun-

dice. "In the past, a quick jaundice test – in

an emergency case – took two hours.

For a normal jaundice case it took sev-

eral days to get the result."

Source: VNS

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Ms. Hoang Yen and Ms. Thuy Tien at Sydney

1forchange Compaign

The Concert Life is beautiful in Sydney- 1forchange

The concert “Life is beautiful” took place in Sydney on April 04th,

2015, in which Ms. Vo Thi Hoang Yen – Director of Disability Re-

search and Capacity Development (DRD) and Thuy Tien (Trinh) sing-

er also shared about DRD’s activities, especially

in 1forchange campaign. The show could raise 9,335 AUD after the

deduction of the organization expense 2,828 AUD. The list of the con-

tributors are updated on website 1forchange.vn >>Read more

List of Donors 03/2015

1. Mr. Phạm Văn Thông — 100 AUD

2. Dr. Diệp Nguyễn — 300 AUD

3. Dr. Hà Công Hồng — 1.000 AUD

4. Dr. Tâm Trân — 200 AUD

5. Dr. Hiển Trần — 200 AUD

6. Mr. Victor Quang Huỳnh — 300 AUD

7. Mr. Tô Kim Ngọc — 50 AUD

8. Ms. Liêng Quỳnh Giao — 500 AUD

9. Mr. and Ms. Huỳnh Xuân — 200 AUD

10. Mr. and Ms. Thanh Thúy (Ca sĩ) — 400 AUD

11. Mr. and Ms. Hà Đặng — 2.000 AUD

12. Mr. and Ms. Thư Dũng — 100 AUD

13. Mr. and Ms. Tôn Nữ Như Nguyện—Cát — 200 AUD

14. Mr. and Ms. Đức—Oanh —100 AUD

15. Mr. Trần Văn Đức — 100 AUD

16. Mr. and Ms. An Lê—Mai — 70 AUD

17. Mr. and Ms. Thúy Nguyễn — 1.228 AUD

18. Mr. Lâm Xuân — 50 AUD

19. Mr. Tuấn Linh — 200 AUD

20. Thu Duc’s group — 100 AUD

21. Spectator — 3.005 AUD

22. DVD for Sales — 1.530 AUD

23. Mr. Dũng (Tiệm Gà 99 Auburn) — 100 AUD

24. Ms. Nguyễn Yến Tuyết — 100 AUD

25. Mr. Tuệ Hạo ( Thiền Viện Trúc Lâm) — 50 AUD

26. Ms. Cổ Thị Thu Hồng — 50 AUD

27. Mr. Nguyễn Bảo Long — 50 AUD

28. Mr. Nguyễn Bảo Quốc — 50 AUD

29. Ms. Nguyễn Minh Thư — 50 AUD

30. Liêu Thị Ngọc Hiếu’s friend — 1.000.000 VNĐ

31. Ms. Lưu Thị Ánh Loan — 2.000.000 VNĐ

32. Mr. Nguyễn Hữu Dũng and Ms. Võ Thị Kiều Vân — 300AUD

Surprise when being received a gift - 1forchange

A day in April, DRD’ staff surprisedly saw a youth with disability who

is particicipating at here, was on "television broadcast". Because Mr.

Nguyen Le Hoang Trung has a positive attitude and academic

achievement highlights through the life of difficulties. He is a fourth-

student year at HCMC Science University. At the same school, there

has a girl who admires and loves him, Ms. Phan Tran Hong Tram

signed up a gameshow "Because you deserve" to donate an amount

money by this gameshow. When receiving an amount money,

51,600,000 VNĐ, more surprisingly, he makes decision spend 40 mil-

lion VNĐ donating for DRD’s activities. >> Read more

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Employment

An insurance company recruits people with dis-

abilities

Location: District 1, HCM City

Job positions:

Employee at the Customer service

Quantity: 01 person

Job description: Contact with customer by phone, provide information about the ser-

vices of the company.

Requirement: Proficient English language and a pleasant voice

Salary: 8 – 12 million VND/month

Administrative employee

Quantity: 01 person

Job description: Provide the insurance form, arrange files and scan them in the sys-

tem.

Requirement: be able to read files in English, carefulness, diligence and responsibility.

Salary: 6 - 7 million VND/month

** Note: Send resume in English

Closing date for application: May 15th

, 2015

For further information on application for this position, please contact:

Employment Department – Disability Research and Capacity Development (DRD)

Address: 91/8 E Hoa Hung Street, Ward 12, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Telephone: (84-8) 38683149 (ext 134 or 121) (Ms Quyen or Ms Rat)

Email: vieclam@drdvietnam.com

Contact us:

Disability Research and Capacity Development (DRD)

91/8E Hoa Hung Street, Ward 12, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Phone: (+848) 3868 4858 - 3868 3149

Fax: (+848) 3979 8815

Email: info@drdvietnam.com

Website: www.drdvietnam.org