Rehabilitation has been developed in Vietnam for more than 40 years; however, Occupational Therapy (OT) is still a new field. With the support from USAID, MCNV has been implementing a 5 year project in OT training development in Vietnam.
Training Teachers to be Mental Health “First Aiders”
Schools are often enjoyable places for children to develop and learn, but they can also be very stressful environments particularly around exam time.
Love and fun on the International Day of People with Disability
December comes with the cold freeze of winter, but teachers and students at the Cao Bang Rehabilitation and Inclusive Education Centre (RIEC) felt so warm and full of love during celebrations for the International Day of People with Disability on the December 3rd.
Workshop “Development of a training framework for a Speech and Language Therapy Training course at Master’s degree level in Vietnam”
From 2017 to 2022, through the DISTINCT project managed by VietHealth, MCNV received a fund from USAID to run a project on speech and language therapy (SALT) education development in Vietnam. The project aims at establishing a solid foundation for the development of an official education system of SALT profession in Vietnam. The University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh city (UMP) and Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy (DUMTP) are two partners in this project. The Trinh Foundation Australia (TFA) participates in this Project as a technical consulting partner to MCNV.
In three days, from 13rd to 15th December 2017, in HCM city, with the technical facilitation and support from TFA, MCNV and UMP organized a workshop on the “development of a Training Framework for a Speech and Language Therapy Training course at the Master’s Degree level in Vietnam”. The workshop is to develop a training framework and a training plan for a clinical-based Master’s degree course in SALT which is comparable with international courses and suitable with Vietnamese context.
mcnv magazine 2017-4
MCNV Magazine 2017-4 to MCNV Magazine 2017 number 4 (magazine in Dutch).
Publication Mission Inclusion
Everyone agrees that inclusion is hard, that reaching the poorest and most marginalised is difficult. The layers and reinforcing cycles of exclusion defy the conventional development project approach. Something else, something qualitatively different is needed.
WORKSHOP ON SURVEY RESULTS OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN QUANG TRI
On September 8 2017, MCNV cooperated with the Department of Education and Training – Quang Tri province to organize the workshop on “Survey results of mental health conditions of high school students in Quang Tri”.
THE FILM HANDOVER CEREMONY BETWEEN MCNV, THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION JORIS IVENS AND THE VIETNAM FILM INSTITUTE
On October 19 2017, the Vietnam Film Institute (VFI) and stakeholders organized the official ceremony to receive historic documentary films and materials from MCNV and the European Foundation Joris Ivens (EFJI). The ceremony took place in a formal and moving atmosphere.
MCNV MAGAZINE 2017-3
MCNV Magazine 2017-3 to MCNV Magazine 2017 number 3 (magazine in Dutch).
