Ireland supports bomb victims, PwDs in Quang Tri
The Quang Tri provincial People’s Committee has recently approved a project on support for victims/persons with disabilities (PwDs) and education on landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) toward a safe community, funded with a total budget of EUR293,800 (US$342,390) by the Embassy of Ireland in Vietnam.
The project is managed and implemented by the RENEW Centre for rehabilitation and assistance for PwDs and will run until July 31, 2026 across all communes and wards, including border areas, in the central province, which is heavily contaminated with landmines and other ERWs.
It provides support for mine/ERW victims and PwDs through supplying assistive and orthopedic devices, raising community awareness, promoting social inclusion, and offering livelihood assistance. It also strengthens survey, clearance, and communications activities to reduce and eliminate risks from ERWs.
Planned activities include providing 100 wheelchairs, 30 handcycles, 70 orthopedic devices; supporting five PwD-run production facilities; maintaining rehabilitation for 35 children with disabilities at three establishments; raising legal awareness for about 1,200 PwDs; assisting 42 persons with severe disabilities with accessibility improvements; providing kitchen equipment for 150 poor households of PwDs; and offering capital support to 30 households.
In mine risk education, the project will organise 85 field trips for 2,720 children and youth; 55 extracurricular school activities for 12,650 beneficiaries; and 70 communications activities through football for 6,500 children and youth.
The message “Safe Steps” will be promoted through community and digital communications, along with digital transformation and virtual reality applications at the Quang Tri mine action exhibition centre. It will also train 35 core collaborators, including teachers, Youth Union officials, and related local forces.
The provincial People’s Committee requests the RENEW Centre to coordinate with the Embassy of Ireland, the provincial Department of Public Security, and local authorities to ensure proper implementation and prepare detailed plans for relevant agencies according to regulations.
Quang Binh bomb victims receive international support
The People’s Committee of central Quang Binh province on September 29 received a non-governmental aid package from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions Coalition (ICBL-CMC) to support local bomb and mine victims.
