(HBO) – A delegation from the World Bank in Vietnam, the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and HeipAge International in Vietnam held a working session on May 13 with the Elderly Association of Hoa Binh province on the outcomes of the building and multiplying of the Intergenerational Self-Help Club (ISHC) model in the locality
The project to assist the disadvantaged elderly through the replication
of ISHC in
Vietnam (Project
VIE 070) is funded by the KOICA through the
Republicof
Korea’s organisation for support of
the elderly, with technical assistance from HeipAge International in
Vietnam.
It covers nine northern localities -
Hanoi, Hai Phong, Vinh Phuc, Hoa Binh, Ninh
Binh, Thai Binh, Hung Yen, Bac Ninh and Hai Duong.
Representative from the World Bank in
Vietnamand HeipAge International in
Vietnammeet and talk to members of the Intergenerational Self-Help Club in Bung hamlet,
Thu Phong commune (Cao Phong district).
So far, Hoa Binh has set up 15 ISHSs in 11 districts and
cities. Over the past one year, the project has attracted nearly 800 people
with the key role of members of the Elderly Association.
Thanks to the attention of the Party Committee, government,
departments, agencies and organisations from provincial to local levels,
operations of the clubs have been regularly and efficiently carried out in
eight aspects of the project, including improvement of income; health care
service; care at home with volunteers’ help; mutual and community support;
spiritual life caring; rights and benefits; resources mobilisation; and
knowledge and awareness enhancement.
In the future, the project will be continue supporting to multiply
and reform of the ISHS model, thus contributing to improving the capacity of
the Elderly Association at different levels as well as local governments in
supporting, managing and expanding the clubs in villages, hamlets and
residential areas.
Earlier the same day, the delegation made a field trip to Intergenerational
Self-Help Club in Bung halmet, Thu Phong commune of Cao Phong district./.
On March 14th, the Party Committee of the Provincial Agencies Bloc coordinated with the Provincial Employees' Trade Union to organize the contest "Family meal - warm and loving”. The activity aims to celebrate the International Day of Happiness, March 20th, and the 66th anniversary of the founding of the Provincial Agencies’ Party Committee (March 27th, 1958 - March 27th, 2024).
Over the past years, Mai Chau district has concretised policies, mobilised resources, and integrated the State’s investment and support programmes into its socio-economic development, aiming to help ethnic minority groups improve their living standards.
As many as 79,988 locals joined compulsory social security scheme as of February, accounting for 93.76% of the annual plan and up 1.5% from the same time last year. There were 71,830 people covered with unemployment insurance, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%. Meanwhile, 796,322 held health insurance cards, or 90% of the population.
Toan Son commune in Da Bac district, with 70% of its population being ethnic minority people, has mobilised resources and created favourable conditions for local residents to access concessional loans to develop production. Thanks to the efforts, local livelihoods have seen positive changes.
Last year, the provincial health sector stepped up patriotic movements, encouraging its staff to improve their professional knowledge and skills, contributing to raising the quality of medical check-up and treatment.