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World Vision presents water tanks for residents in central province
of Quang Tri’s Hai Lang district. (Photo courtesy of World Vision)
The aid will address the damage caused by floods, lack of clean and safe water
and hygiene, and the disruption of education for children.
The support, worth up to 800,000 euros of integrated interventions, is funded by
The European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) within the
framework of its Vietnam Central Emergency Flooding Response project.
The joint action between Save the Children and World Vision is implemented from
November 2020 to February 2021 through an integrated package of interventions,
including education kits, household kits and WASH kits at home and school.
It aimed to provide immediate assistance to those in the most urgent need, in
support of the local government response and in line with the Government request
for relief assistance.
The assistance includes improving access to safe, clean water and hygiene
through the provision of water containers and treatment chemicals as well as
supporting affected children to continue education at home and school through
the provision of learning kits and school supplies; and facilitating continuity
of daily life through the provision of household kits for affected families.
The action will promote reviews of existing disaster risk reduction plans
integrated into early action/early warning to be better prepared for future
disasters, and child and vulnerable adult safeguarding will be mainstreamed in
all relevant and appropriate sectoral activities.
“This series of disasters has deepened the COVID-19 pandemic’s existing impact
on the vulnerable," said World Vision Vietnam’s National Director Tran Thu Huyen.
"We are committed to acting fast and working closely with the Vietnam Disaster
Management Group, UN agencies, INGOs – including Save the Children, and other
concerning stakeholders to relieve the direst needs of affected children and
people,” she said.
Dragana Strinic, Country Director of Save the Children in Vietnam, said: “As
children are among the most affected groups in terms of educational disruption
and unsafe environments to live in, Save the Children has prioritised our
interventions towards the most deprived children to ensure a safe learning
environment in which physical safety and psycho-social well-being of the
deprived children are secured and supported.”
Source: VNA
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