Everyone desires to be healthy, live in the arms of parents, go to school and make contributions to society. However, it seems that this simple desire becomes extremely difficult for people with disabilities. To support people with disabilities, in recent years, branches, levels, associations, donors have been working hard.
The disabled are provided with vocational training. In photo: People with disabilities are learning at Provincial Vocational Center for Disabled People.
To give strength
Nguyen Ngoc Thanh (born 1974) in Hoa Hiep hamlet, Minh Hoa commune, Dau Tieng district unfortunately had a traffic accident 9 years ago. The accident caused his legs myasthenia and difficulties in walking. As a healthy person providing for wife and three young children, but after the accident he had to sit down and look to the family. Thanks to his family's encouragement, he overcame his complex and fate. His local government presented him with a wheelchair. Then he helped his wife in housework. Years passed, the wheelchair was old and damaged, but because of his family’s difficult conditions, he always dreamed of a new wheelchair. His dream came true, when Sponsoring Association for People with Disabilities, orphans and poor patients presented him a new wheelchair.
Truong Thi Diem Phuong was born as a normal baby like other children. But at 4 years old, due to an acute fever, her eyes could not see anymore. Phuong has been living in the dark for 35 years, she’s still not frustrated but always happy, due to the attention and care from society and family. To give more strength and motivation for Phuong to overcome her fate, provincial Blind Association helped her to study basic knowledge and learn how to make brooms. After that, Phuong studied massage therapist skills and has worked at the Blind Association. "If I could learn to work, I would not know what my life would be. Now I have a family, a small child, a stable life. I want to thank local authorities for helping me and creating good conditions for me to have a stable job."
The province has nearly 17,168 disabled people. They are the weakest of the weak, need the help and sharing from the community. Therefore, in recent years, branches, levels and associations have been taking care of disabled people by donating machines and equipment for life support, travel and training, job introduction; building charitable centers…
Creating all good conditions
Provincial Sponsoring Association for People with Disabilities, orphans and poor patients has an important role, is specific social organization acting for the legitimate rights and interests of people with disabilities, orphans and poor patients. Nguyen Van Nam, Chairman of the Association, said: "The association always strives to work closely with the authorities at all levels, social organizations, benefactors to pay attention, help, take care of material and spiritual life of people with disabilities. Together with mobilizing and contributing to the fund, the association also enhanced the communication about good example of disabled people, who have overcome obstacles in learning and working ... in order to raise awareness and share social responsibility for the protection and care of people with disabilities ".
Thanks to the good propagation, the association mobilized the support from many organizations, individuals, businesses ... for the disabled to overcome difficulties. Only in 2017, the association and all levels actively mobilized resources and carried out of programs to support the disabled, orphans and poor patients. Total mobilized fund reached more than VND8.5 billion; activities with other units reached nearly VND4 billion... Programs to assist people with disabilities were implemented effectively with sustainability. The association also supports employment for people with disabilities so that they can integrate quickly into the community.
Supporting people with disabilities by many practical actions such as vocational training for PWDs has been carried out by Vocational training center for the disabled for many years. Dang Thi Minh Thu, Deputy Director of Vocational training center for disabled people, said the center regularly opened courses of electronics, electro-mechanics, screen printing, sewing, textile, informatics and hair styling. Many graduates have got stable jobs at companies, businesses, or self-employment at home. Besides material support, taking care of the cultural and spiritual life of people with disabilities through activities of Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, such as sports and cultural arts competition, the province developed a project "Supporting people with disabilities in Binh Duong province in accessing information and communication in the period of 2013-2020". With this project, Department of Information and Communication implemented items in the project. It can be seen that these activities have helped people with disabilities step by step improve material and spiritual life, overcome the pain to make contributions to society.
Reported by Thien Ly – Translated by Ngoc Huynh
