Dear beloved colleagues,
The first days of the new financial year 2022-2023 have just begun! And I am writing these lines in Bac Kan. There is no better feeling than to visit the projects, meet the partners, and especially meet the dear colleagues in the three ADOs after more than two challenging years of COVID-19.
Photo: Ms. Bích Liên during her field trip to Cao Bằng – Bắc Kạn in July, 2022
At the start of the new exciting financial year, on behalf of the SMT, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all of you who have always been persistent, committed and united together, jointly overcoming the difficult time of the pandemic, quickly adapting and responding to new requirements to steer the organisation towards the unwavering goal of supporting disadvantaged children and communities.
The year 21-22 continued to witness our strong progress in cooperation with Government agencies at all levels, especially the central level, not only in the field of Child Protection but also Education. At the provincial level, the cooperation of departments such as the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has become much more proactive and concrete.
We have also continuously expanded and strengthened our partnerships with local NGOs such as the Vietnam Association for the Protection of Children’s Rights (VACR) and the Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC), community-based organisations and networks of peer organisations such as Leave No One Behind (LNOB) or Gender-based Violence Prevention Network (GBVNET). Na Ri District’s Organisation of People with Disabilities with our support has made steady progress in the past year, better serving the interests of children with disabilities and families of people with disabilities.
Photo: Ms. Bích Liên in Bac Kan Children’s Forum 2022
Our Swipe Safe flagship program has also left a big mark. With our experience in implementing projects on online safety, we had the honor to become one of the key collaborator of the nationwide competition on Information Security that attracts the participation of nearly 600,000 secondary school students across the country.
ChildFund Australia’s strategy and ChildFund Vietnam’s strategic outline have been well developed through careful consultation with partners at all levels, children and the community.
There have been many other great achievements that each of you in all positions contributes to each and every day.
FY22-23 will be a transformative year, marking the beginning of the new Strategy 2022-2025 with many pivotal changes in our approaches in project development, partnerships and fundraising.
Photo: Ms. Bích Liên meeting with local partners during her trip to Cao Bằng in July, 2022
We will continue to prioritise the three key program sectors of Child Protection & Child Participation, Education and Health, while promoting a multi-sectoral, inclusive and SEL based approaches where Gender, Disability, Women’s Rights and Youth Participation will be more integrated and defined. The project “Safe and supportive semi-boarding school for students” is a good example of a multi-sectoral approach with interventions ranging from Education, SEL, Health to Child Protection targeted at children at both primary and secondary schools. For the Child Protection sector, strengthening Child Protection system and Child Protection online will continue to be our priorities in the coming year.
This financial year will certainly bring more challenges as we have many ambitions to innovate in terms of program quality, diversifying funding sources, developing partnerships and localisation. Yet, I’m confident that we will have a lot of exciting things to look forward to together. Given the combined strength and positive energy we have, along with the core values of the organisation “Respect – Integrity – Collaboration – Change – Empowerment – Excellence”, we will surely succeed!
Once again, thank you for your continued commitment and efforts. Wishing all members of ChildFund Vietnam family health, peace and lots of energy for a new financial year!
ChildFund TV is an internal communication product of the Sydney Office (SO), intended to help staff at SO understand more about what is happening at the COs and is usually shown at the SO’s quarterly meetings. Each episode of ChildFund TV will be on a certain topic and in this episode the topic discussed is GEDSI (Gender Equality, Disability & Social Inclusion). Let’s meet with our two specialists Pham Thanh Van and Ton Thi Tam to find out more!
ChildFund Vietnam participates in the Kick-off ceremony for the Month of action for children
News by: Communications team
On 31 May at Hanoi Children’s Palace, the kick-off ceremony for the Action Month for Children and Starting of Summer 2022 was co-organised by the Ministry of Labour…
First aid training for ethnic minority communities in Cao Bang province
News by: Luc Van Viet – Project Officer
From 23 May to 4 June, the project “Improved resilience of ethnic minority communities in Cao Bang, Vietnam” organised 4 first aid training courses…
Leave no one behind (LNOB) network held a meeting at ChildFund Vietnam’s office
News by: Pham Thi Thanh Van – Partnership and Localisation Specialist
On 16 June, a meeting of members of the LNOB (Leave no one behind) network was held at ChildFund Vietnam office…
Buses carrying communication messages on the National Child Helpline 111
News by: Nguyen Thi Bien – Project Officer
These days you may come across colourful buses carrying the communications message on the National Child Helpline 111 strolling on the bustling streets of Hanoi…
Workshop announcing the results of project “Improving the child protection system effectiveness”
News by: Communications team
The workshop attracted the participation of nearly 150 delegates from Department of Children’s Affairs, Departments of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs…
ChildFund Vietnam co-organised the Children’s Forum of Hoa Binh Province
News by: Tran Van Tu – Project Coordinator
The annual Children’s Forum has become a tradition, marking the close cooperation between ChildFund Vietnam and the government agencies…
This month, let’s send big congratulations to Ms. Dinh Thi Thu Ha – Education Project Officer and Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Hoai – Head of Finance on their reaching 25th and 20th year respectively of working at ChildFund. As the first few employees who laid the foundations for ChildFund Vietnam’s development in Vietnam, their love for the organisation and enthusiasm at work remain unchanged over the years. For all members in Hoa Binh Office, Ms. Ha has always been a respectable, caring and dedicated eldest sister and for those in Hanoi Office, Hoai’s familiar big laughs bring joy to everyone .
Let’s look back at the beautiful and memorable moments of the Ha and Hoai at ChildFund and wish them both good health to continue accompanying ChildFund to new successes!
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On the occasion of the Action Month for Children, during last June’s Good Friday, ChildFund Vietnam staff in all offices had a good time discussing a seemingly familiar topic – Child Safeguaring in a new exciting way.
Through the joyful Quizizz game, humorous but meaningful plays demonstrated by ChildFund’s “actors” and lively discussions about hypothetical situations, the event contributed to raising awareness and the sense of responsibility of each employee in child safeguarding, protection and education.
Among 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam, the Muong have a population of more than one million people, mainly residing in Northern mountainous areas of Vietnam, notably Hoa Binh province – the project area of ChildFund Vietnam. It can be said that the cultural identity of the Muong has been associated with the culture of Hoa Binh province.
Muong culture is characterised by its own identities, expressed through lifestyles, traditional costume and beliefs. Among them, the wedding custom of the Muong is a unique cultural feature, with many different procedures compared to the wedding ceremony of other ethnic groups.
Like the wedding of the majority of ethnic groups, the pre-wedding ceremony is indispensable. However, for the Muong alone, the ceremony will always be held in the evening because the Muong considers this a good time of the day to wish for a harmonious and long-lasting relationship.
The special thing on the day of the Muong wedding ceremony is the “bargaining” between the groom’s and the bride’s family. At that time, the groom’s family must meet a number of conditions set forth by the bride’s family in order to be able to enter the house of the bride. In addition, the wedding ceremony also has the tradition of throwing banana flowers at the groom’s guests, resembling the wish for a healthy baby.
After the wedding day, the bride usually does not stay at her husband’s house, but returns to her own home. She only comes to her husband’s house during the day to help with the housework, then returning to her house at night. The bride tend to stay at their husband’s house permanently only after the birth of their first child.
Do you ever wish miracles and good things will come to you? Let’s listen to the sharing of Ms. Nguyen Thi Van – Human Resources and Administration Coordinator about her favourite book “The Miracle” by author Rhonda Byrne in the video clip below.
Then, if you also want to own this book, quickly fill out the form and we will randomly select a lucky person to gift this book.
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June, 2022
CHILDFUNDERS – FOR CHILDREN’S WELLBEING