Association to enhance support for people with disabilities, orphans
The 6th national congress of the Association for the Support of Vietnamese Handicapped and Orphans (ASVHO), for the 2022 - 2027 tenure, wrapped up on April 26.
People with disabilities join a training course (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 6th national congress of the Association for theSupport of Vietnamese Handicapped and Orphans (ASVHO), for the 2022 - 2027tenure, wrapped up on April 26.
Theevent in Hanoi was attended by 345 delegates representing 566,335 associationmembers nationwide.
Thecongress elected an 80-member ASVHO executive committee and a five-memberinspection board. In its first session, the executive committee elected an11-member standing board with one chair and two vice chairs.
NguyenTrong Dam, Vice Chairman of the ASVHO Central Committee, was elected Chairman in the 6th tenure.
Amongits orientations for 2022 - 2027, the organisation will focus on mobilisingsocial resources for assisting the targeted groups in terms of healthcare,education, movement, housing, environment, vocational training, employment andlivelihoods; continue working with the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Associationto implement a sponsorship programme for 1,000 orphans; increase lawdissemination; and actively collect information, assess policies, and take partin policymaking and reporting on social opinions on relevant issues.
At the congress (Photo: qdnd.vn)
Ofthe detailed targets, it looks to raise at least 3 trillion VND (130.6 millionUSD) in funding, provide vocational training and jobs for 8,000 people, arrangecataract surgeries for 50,000 patients and functional rehabilitation and heartsurgeries for 5,000 others, help 60,000 people with mild disabilities anddisadvantages buy health insurance, and grant 60,000 scholarships.
Duringthe last tenure, the ASVHO raised more than 2.86 trillion VND in funding,higher than the target of 1.5 trillion VND set at the fifth national congress.
Thanksto the finance, the association and its member organisations have assisted over16 million persons with disabilities, orphans, and other disadvantaged peoplethrough arranging surgeries, helping buy health insurance, presentingwheelchairs and support tools, building houses, and granting scholarships./.
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People with disabilities join a training course (Photo: VNA) 
At the congress (Photo: qdnd.vn) 
