On the morning of July 30, 2024, the Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC), in collaboration with the Disabled People's Association of Huong Thuy Town, organized the Launching Ceremony of the Huong Thuy Town Club for Women with Disabilities. This is the seventh Club for Women with Disabilities established under the framework of the “Inclusion 1” project.
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On June 16th, 2023, ACDC in collaboration with the Project Coordination Unit and relevant agencies organized the second home visit for 16 households of persons with disabilities in Phu Bai, Thuy Duong, Thuy Phuong, and Phu Bai wards, and Thuy Thanh commune of Huong Thuy town, Thua Thien Hue province.
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The Department of Transport of Thua Thien Hue province in collaboration with Phuong Trang Bus Joint Stock Company FUTA Buslines will put 10 more bus routes into operation to encourage people's habit of using public transport.
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In a series of home visits and counseling on independent living for persons with disabilities, on March 24th, 2023, ACDC in collaboration with the Project Management Unit and other stakeholders organized home visits for 16 households of persons with disabilities in Phu Bai, Thuy Duong, Thuy Phuong and Thuy Thanh wards, Huong Thuy town, Thua Thien Hue province.
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On March 14th - 15th, 2023, in Thua Thien Hue province, ACDC in collaboration with the Project Management Unit and relevant agencies organized “Training on gender-based violence for women with disabilities and their caregivers” with the participation of 60 participants from two districts of Phu Loc and Nam Dong.
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Within the project "Raising voices, creating opportunities- II" funded by USAID, ACDC in collaboration with the Project Management Unit and the Department of Transport of Thua Thien Hue province organized "Training on disability equality and skills in working with persons with disabilities for managers, taxi/bus drivers, and bus assistants". The training course has attracted the participation of more than 30 drivers, driving assistants, and their managers in the province.
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On February 23rd -24th, 2023, within the framework of the USAID – funded project "Raising voices, creating opportunities for persons with disabilities in the 2021-2024 period", ACDC in collaboration with the Project Management Unit organized a training course on “Improved capacity on IL and DET for persons with disabilities and personal caregivers” in Hue city and Nam Dong district, Thua Thien Hue province.
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On 9th -10th, February, in Thua Thien Hue Province, ACDC Institute cooperated with the project management unit of the project "Raising voices, creating opportunities for persons with disabilities in the period of 2021-2024" to organize "Training on GBV against persons with disabilities for Hospital staff/ Legal staff”. The training course took place successfully and attracted more than 39 trainees who are health workers, legal officials, members of the women union, and members of the OPDs from district to commune levels of 3 localities: Nam Dong, Phu Loc districts, and Huong Thuy town.
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Continuing the series of health care activities for persons with disabilities in general and reproductive health care for women with disabilities in particular, on October 29th - 30th, 2022, Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC) coordinated with the Project Management Unit and local agencies in Thua Thien Hue province to organize reproductive health check-ups for more than 100 women with disabilities in Quang Dien district and Huong Thuy town.
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Within the framework of the project "Raising voices, create opportunities for persons with disabilities in Thua Thien Hue province in the 2021-2024 period" funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), on October 19th -20th 2022, a training course on "Independent living and disability equality for relevant officials and the OPDs" took place in Hue city. The activity was organized by Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC) and Thua Thien Provincial Project Management Unit.
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Continuing the series of home visits and consultations on independent living, on October 5th, 2022, the ACDC in collaboration with the Project Management Unit and other stakeholders organized a home visit of 16 households of persons with disabilities in Quang Phu, Quang Vinh, Quang Tho communes and Sia Town, in Quang Dien district, Thua Thien Hue province. As in previous home visits, members of the counseling group this time include social and cultural officers, health staff, and members of OPDs.
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Following the first home visit, on September 8th-9th, 2022, the Action to Community Development Institute (ACDC) coordinated with the Project Management Unit to organize the second home visit for persons with disabilities in Huong Tra town and A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province.
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On September 07, 2022, the project “Raising Voices, Creating Opportunities in Thua Thien Hue province in the period of 2021 - 2024” conđucted an acceptance test of several accessibility support items for persons with disabilities at bus shelters in Hue city. The project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through ACDC.
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On September 7, 2022, in Thua Thien Hue province, the Action to Community Development Institute (ACDC) collaborated with the Project Management Unit to organize a training course on "Working with persons with disabilities and the proper use or features in accessible buses” The program has attracted the participation of more than 30 managers, drivers, and car assistants of transport enterprises in the province.
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On the afternoon of August 9th, 2022, in Thua Thien Hue province, ACDC in collaboration with the Department of Labour- War Invalids and Social Affairs organized a conference "Sharing survey results of gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities”.
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On July 29 and 30, 2022, in Thua Thien Hue province, Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC) in collaboration with the Project Management Unit organized home visits and consultations for persons with disabilities in two areas of A Luoi district and Huong Tra town. This is a practical activity to improve the ability to live independently and integrate into the community for persons with disabilities.
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On July 08-09, 2022, within the framework of the project "Raising voices, creating opportunities for persons with disabilities in the period of 2021 - 2024" in Thua Thien Hue province, ACDC coordinated with the Project Management Unit to organize a training course on “Independent Living and Disability Equality for persons with disabilities and caregivers” in Quang Dien district and Huong Tra town. The project is sponsored by the USAID.
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On June 28, 2022, the launching ceremony of the Club of Women with disabilities in Phong Dien district was held. The activity was implemented by ACDC in cooperation with the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Women’s Union, the Association of Persons with Disabilities of Phong Dien district.
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Gender-based violence is one of the issues that has been receiving much attention from the whole society, especially gender-based violence against disadvantaged groups. As part of a series of activities to enhance the prevention of gender-based violence against persons with disabilities, on June 16-17 in Thua Thien Hue province, the ACDC collaborated with the Project Management Unit to organize a training course on “Gender-based violence against persons with disabilities for health staff and legal staff”.
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From 2 to 4 June, 2022, the project “Social Assitance and Independent Living” organized home visits to persons with disabilities who are at risk of gender-based violence in Hue City, Phu Vang and Phong Dien districts, Thua Thien Hue province. The Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC) in collaboration with the Division of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Women’s Association and the Associations of Persons with Disabilities in districts implemented the activity.
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Nowadays, women in general and women with disabilities in particular have been experiencing at least one form of violence such as sexual violence, mental and financial violence,… Therefore, on May 30-31, 2022, in Thua Thien Hue province, the Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC) coordinated with the Provincial Project Management Unit to organize a training course on "Gender-based violence issues for persons with disabilities and caregivers”.
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Physical access is one of the key factors in promoting social assistance for persons with disabilities. In fact, many persons with disabilities, families of persons with disabilities, and even the staff of departments or policy-implementing units of persons with disabilities are still limited in knowledge and skills related to accessibility standards in construction. In order to contribute to improving this issue, in May, ACDC cooperated with stakeholders to organize 2 training courses "Physical access for association officials and officials of related departments" in Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue provinces.
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