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Projects: ASIA Beneficiaries: ASIA - continued
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A Fresh Start A Helping Hand Brings Hope

“I’m extremely grateful that Peuan Mit accepted me in their program. Even though my family is very Australia is recognised as a leading donor in disability-inclusive development. Global Development
poor now, life is not over for me. I have hope and will keep trying my best!” Joy, 17 years old. Group is committed to promoting projects that include and benefit people with disabilities.

Global Development Group has partnered with Friends It is estimated that there are 600,000 Cambodian and 20 The J785 Nam Hai Sympathetic Hearts project in central
International (FI) and Mith Samlanh in Cambodia since 2007 million Vietnamese people suffering from communication and Vietnam implements a range of programs to relieve poverty,
for project J250N Friends/Mith Samlanh Students Program swallowing disorders. Two GDG projects are working to train promote access to education, and supplement the cost of
(Stage 3); in 2017 the J917N Peuan Mit Transitional Homes professionals and establish speech therapy services in these healthcare for children whose families cannot afford essential
project commenced in Laos with FI’s local partner Peuan Mit. 170 youth through Transition countries. Project J594N Vietnam Speech Therapy Program life-saving operations. In the same region of central Vietnam,
In May 2019 both projects were visited by a GDG monitoring Home & Dormitory. aims to establish services in Hue and Danang Hospitals, and the J156N Children’s Hope in Action project aims to help
team of Peta Thomas and Makara Kin. facilitate the transfer of specialist knowledge and leadership children with disabilities by providing access to quality
capacity building between Australian and Vietnamese education, disability equipment, physiotherapy sessions, health
The FI Transition Home and Dormitory model provides former
professionals. Project J703N OIC Cambodia (Education) assessments, treatments and nutritional supplements.
street children with a safe and home-like place to stay for the 24 children & youth reintegrated
duration of their training and studies, while social workers help provides support to those working with children who have
to prepare the children’s families for their return home, or find to family-based care. communication difficulties, is facilitating the development of
a speech therapy profession within Cambodia and provides
more permanent accommodation for them with extended
speech therapy services to children through the Happy Kids
family or in foster care.
Clinic social enterprise with profits returning to OIC Cambodia.
Next year we’ll continue to build up to social reintegration 443 youth into employment.
through a case management system and ongoing provision of
access to basic services.

Education as a Pathway to Success Project J377 Effective Aid’s Refugee and Vulnerable People

Program commenced in 2008 and since then has impacted
hundreds of children and young adults in Northern Thailand 137 children with heart conditions
and in Karen State, Myanmar.
received support for operations.
Young adults were recruited from the refugee camps on the
Thai border to join the Teacher Training College (TTC). For the
11 wheelchairs supplied & serviced.
past seven years and including the 2019 graduation attended
by Peta Thomas and Makara Kin, the TTC has trained and
7 hospitals, schools and centres
graduated more than sixty teachers. These graduates have
gone on to rewarding careers including many who now work
establishing Speech Therapy
in the project’s seven schools in Karen State, Myanmar. This
departments in Vietnam.
year Riverside Academy, a post-ten school, opened with the
goal of preparing students for tertiary education.
33 Government teachers trained in
Baan Fah Sighy provides home and education for 26 Thai
youth who were placed into care as babies. Now these Communication in Inclusive Education
bright young people are dreaming of professional careers in June 2019.
Teaching graduates celebrate the end of their studies. and are well on their way towards achieving their dreams by
combining schooling with part-time college and skills training. 17 children with disabilities receive hydrotherapy
treatment at J156N.

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