Vietnam - 10 years working towards social protection and integration of adolescents at risk

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vn . Việt Nam – 10 năm làm việc nhằm bảo trợ xã hội và hội nhập cho thanh thiếu niên có nguy cơ
en · Vietnam - 10 years working towards social protection and integration of adolescents at risk

What did we learn?

Reflections on sustainability and partnership

Terre des hommes has been working on street children issues in Vietnam since 1992, starting its activities with a Study on street children in Ho Chi Minh City and introducing innovative approaches for the protection and care of children in street situation such as outreach work, open houses and shelters for the young one. Tdh and its partners developed and implemented two models of action with the aim to contribute to the protection and care of children in street situation and/or adolescents at risk in Vietnam through social and professional integration. Tdh’s Programme for Social, Protection and Integration of children in Street Situation (SPI) has covered three different urban localities, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho City and Cao Lanh City, where altogether five different partners, both state and non-state, are implementing six specific projects.

End 2010 corresponds to the end of a three years phase of the SPI Programme (2008-2010). It is also the time when Terre des hommes withdraws from Vietnam. This phase set out to consolidate the action by strengthening the partner organisations and their project teams through technical support and capacity building. In parallel, the disengagement process was launched in 2008 with a strong focus on the sustainability of the results, based on the appropriation of the different projects by the partner organisations.

The capitalisation exercise with all those directly involved in the programme took place in October 2010. The time frame of the exercise covered the ten years period from 2001 to 2010, starting when Tdh reoriented its focus from street children to former street children, institutionalised children and adolescents at risk, and decided to address the need for protection and care through social and professional integration.

This capitalisation document is available in English and Vietnamese.