Blogs tagged: disabilities partnerships

Implementer Perspectives: Building partnerships for multi-sectoral impact

A deep commitment to empowering disabled people in Vietnam

As part of our series on Implementer Perspectives, the CHMI team has been asking how this site is helping implementers and how it can be improved. Nguyen Manh Hung, who manages a program in the East Meets West Foundation portfolio, was kind enough to share with us his approach to serving disabled people in Vietnam.

How did you begin working in this field? I started working with disabled people about 10 years ago. My sister is disabled and I just work in her honor. It is very common to live with disabilities in Vietnam.

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