Started its operation in the mountainous province of Son La in 1989, after more than 15 years, ActionAid Vietnam has evolved to an organisation of national significance. Various programmes are implemented in both long-term development areas and development initiatives with local and community-based partner organisations. A total of over 60,000 poor households are directly benefiting from ActionAid Vietnams programme activities.
Themes and issues we work on:
Gender Equality and Women's Rights: Besides promoting gender mainstreaming in all AAVs programs and campaigns, the theme focuses on promoting womens leadership, strentherning womens movements and networks, advocating for gender responsive policies and legislation to ensure rights of women in general and women in extremely vulnerable circumstances such as trafficked women and children, women and children affected by domestic violence, migrant female workers, etc.
Food Security: the theme focuses on protecting and promoting the right of the poor, women, men, boys and girls, vulnerable and marginalized people to food access, food production, and nutrition foods through advocacy works, campaigning, networking and awareness raising. Food sovereignty and justice is the bottom line in all activities.
Education: support excluded and disadvantaged people, especially women and girls from ethnic minority groups, in gaining access to the quality education which is their right; support practicing and promoting participatory learning and action approach (Reflect) in order to improve education methodology.
HIV/AIDS: People living with HIV and AIDS, especially women and girls, are at the centre of ActionAids planning and implementation. The pillars of ActionAids approach are: access to treatment and care; sustainable livelihoods; an enabling policy environment; and strengthening organisations run by people living with HIV and AIDS.
Corporate Control: Enhancing knowledge and understanding on the rights and entitlements and social aspects for workers, particularly migrant workers; bringing the issues faced by workers to the attention of policy makers and employers for the change in labour policy and working conditions; promoting business associations and craft villages in developing and practicing their own labour and environment standards.
Governance: The theme focuses on facilitating, enhancing, and promoting the participatory practices, seeking the improved accountability, strengthening economic literacy, budget analysis and ensuring the rights and entitlement for a power and control for all.
Disaster Risk Reduction Management: work with governments and intergovernmental organisations to reduce risks and protect people, especially the most vulnerable from disaster.
Our working approach:
- Taking side with poor and excluded people: work with the diverse local groups through which they organize and act.
- Rights-based approach: the focus of all our work is to ensure that the rights of poor and excluded people are respected, promoted, protected and fulfilled.
- Partnerships and alliances: we work in partnerships and alliances with poor and excluded people, social movements and other civil society organizations.
- Critical engagement: in order to effect change, we engage critically with people, governments and institutions whose policies and practices are making or keeping people poor.
- Acting locally and globally: we act against poverty on all fronts, local to international to bring lasting improvements in the lives of poor and excluded people.
