Attending the ceremony,
there were MOLISA’s Deputy Minister Nguyen Trong Dam, Director General of
Social Assistances Nguyen Van Hoi, Deputy Chief of the Ministry Office Luu Hong
Son, representatives of International Cooperation Department and the Department of Legal Affairs. The Delegation
of MARD led by Deputy Minister Hoang Van Thang, Leader representatives from the
Department of Fisheries and representatives from Malteser International
Organizations (Non-governmental organization of Germany) Nguyen Thi Thuy Nga.
At the ceremony, Deputy
Minister Nguyen Trong Dam said that people with disabilities was one of the
most vulnerable groups when natural disasters occured. However, at present,
people with disabilities have not participated actively and effectively in the
disaster threat management program. Therefore, it is essential to integrate
persons with disabilities in disaster threat management based on community in
order to decrease the vulnerability and increase the resilience of the
community.
According to the Deputy
Minister, the initiative coordination of MARD have expected as the good effects
to the ministries, social organizations and localities to give hand to care for
the lives of people with disabilities ...
The purpose of the Program
Coordination is creation of a mechanism for coordination between the MOLISA and
MARD from the central to local levels in guiding the provinces and cities to
assist people with disabilities helping them participating effectively the
activities of the scheme at the community; ensuring to raise awareness of
people with disabilities and make a chance for them to participate into the
model of disaster threat management
based on community; helping to change attitudes and behaviors of the community;
mobilizing and using the resources to
perform effectively the activities of the scheme.
Accordingly, the
collaboration content including:
capacity building for people with disabilities, organizations of persons with
disabilities at all levels about prevention and mitigation of natural
disasters; Coordinating implementation of professional training and
communication activities to raise awareness; Building legal documents or
materials adjusted on the issue of disaster threat management based on
community intergrated the content of the integration of people with
disabilities; Sharing information and results of the activities to raise
awareness of the community and disaster threat management based community;
Coordinating activities in the mobilization and use of resources effectively.