Dorothee
Germany
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The aid-organization “UNICEF” (www.unicef.org) says that even though Vietnam is getting better and better it still shows traces of a developing country.
For example disabled children get neglected and disabled people in general are considered as less worthy. For example they told us the story of a young girl whose father left the family when she was born with a mental and physical disability. As a result the mother had to work as hard as two people would and she gave her daughter away to her own parents. Alas kindergardens and schools refused to accept this little girl as they didn’t know much about that disability and thought they’d be unable to deal with her. In the end the grandparents brought the child to a charitable organization where – thanks to the professional help of her trainers – she soon learned to speak, to walk and to deal with foreigners. Meanwhile they even got her to a point where they are sure that soon she will be able to attend a normal school as any other child of her age would. Alas many other Vietnamese children are not as lucky as she was. If they have a disability, at least one parent will abandon them – with few exceptions of course. Since “disability” isn’t something to be discussed in public from a Vietnamese point of view, many kindergardens and schools don’t accept these children, fearing that a student /kindergarden kid like that would just cause trouble and overcharge staff. Thus the vicious circle always continues with generation after generation holding the same prejudices against those who have a disability and with an ever increasing number of people who have a disability who will probably remain uneducated and unemployed for the rest of their lives – just because these people who have a disability never got a real chance to prove themselves.
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Re-upload of one of my first comments:
“You asked me how to help, but all I can tell you is that there are several organisations trying to help disadvantaged children like these. You can support them either by joining them or by donating. The following are their websites: “http://www.thaichildrenstrust.org.uk/donate” (they help disadvantaged children from Thailand), “http://www.nanhikali.org/home/index.aspx” (they help disadvantaged Indian children, just as “http://www.childlineindia.org.in/”), “https://www.chailifeline.org/” (belongs to an organisation that tries to support ill children), “http://www.compassion.com/about/aboutus.htm”(a Christian organisation that helps children in need), “http://www.freethekids.org/” (they help children in greatest need, so we should help them), “http://www.unicef.org/” (the well-known aid organisation that helps children from developing countries), “http://www.kaicombeyfoundation.org/child-rescue-mission.htm” (they help poor children in some African countries), “http://www.panamainfo.com/en/donate-and-volunteer-panama039s-three-top-childrens039s-charities” (they help poor children from Panama), “http://www.africaguide.com/charity.htm” (they inform you about how to help disadvantaged children), “http://www.casa-alianza.org.uk/” (they help street children), “http://www.amchaghar.org/who-we-help.html” (they help disadvantaged children in India), “http://www.childrescue.net/” (they help them, too-just as the following organisation: “http://www.childrenwalkingtall.com/index.htm”), “http://www.save-streetchildren-uganda.com/” (they help Ugandan street children), “http://www.globalservicecorps.org/site/donate/” (they help people from extremely poor countries like Tanzania), “http://www.practicalaction.org.uk/?id=children_biolatrines” (they give children from developing countries the chance of education and they give YOU the chance to help)”
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