08/08/2009VOVNews
State President Nguyen Minh Triet has applauded humanitarian and charity organisations for taking care of disadvantaged people, especially handicapped children and orphans, helping them integrate into the community.
While receiving a delegation of the Vietnam Relief Association for Handicapped Children (VRAHC) in Hanoi on August 7, Mr Triet called on the association and other philanthropists to carry out more humanitarian activities to support the needy.
VRAHC was established in 1993 to mobilise community assistance and open establishments to provide medical check-ups and treatment, rehabilitation, vocational training and jobs for disabled children. Currently, it has established branches in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces and 36 relief centres and houses at the grassroots level.
Nearly 600,000 handicapped children have so far received medical check-ups and treatment, and over 5,800 have undergone surgeries. About 1,200 handicapped children have been provided with vocational training and employment.
The association has also performed surgeries on children with disabilities in Laos and Cambodia.
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