Situation

1. ASSISTANCE FOR STREET CHILDREN PROJECTMOLISA in partnership with ECASSISTANCE FOR STREET CHILDREN PROJECT(8/2004 – 7/2007)Vietnam Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs In partnership with European Commission

2. Situation • few “real” street children • more working children • children at risk to in rural areas • seasoning street children • child trafficking

3. Project’s Objectives & Purposes Overall Objective: • “To restore street children’s rights to health, education and family care and to preserve these rights for children at risk”. Project Purposes • reduce the number of street children through reunification with family • if not possible, support with alternative models for care • prevent new children to leave home for the street

4. Scope of intervention In total: 50 communities in 10 Provinces Number of street children and children at risk: 5,439 children

5. Organization

6. Comprehensive Model The Project is implementing 5 components: • Strengthening of institutional capacity in planning, managing and coordination actions • Strengthening of operational capacity of institutions involved • Fostering family reunification and social integration • Establishing alternative forms of care and education for those children who cannot be united with their families • Organizing awareness campaigns and mobilizing interest in preventing/halting the out-flow of street children

7. Implementing steps • Step 1: Identification • Step 2: Counselling • Step 3: Individual Plan • healthcare • educational support • vocational training and job-finding support

8. Implementing steps Step 4: Family support Social Development Fund Income generating support Step 5: Community support Alternative care Family or community based

9. Implementing steps Training in basic social intervention Monitoring Follow up

10. Project’s structure • Local level: DOLISA and local committees on children and families at risk • Provincial level: DELISA and Provincial Project Task Force • Central level: MOLISA and Project Task Force

11. Project’s results • 5,947 children at risk on the street and children at risk provided with counseling services by social workers • 1,098 children at risk on the street sustainably reunited with their families

12. Project’s results (cont.) • 2,340 children at risk on the street and children at risk reaching National Education Standards • 1,995 children at risk on the street and children at risk gaining access to health care that brings them close to National Standards

13. Project’s results • 372 boys and girls undertaking vocational training • 142 of children who cannot/not yet be resettled receiving alternative care support including accommodated in foster families • 1,349 of families receiving income generation support

14. Project’s results • Good Governance • Strengthening democracy and participation • Poverty Alleviation

15. Challenges • Vocational qualification standards • Guidance for basic social interventions at community level • Vocational training on demand • Sustainability • Multipliable

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