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Vietnam latest news - Thanh Nien Daily
Among 22 winners out of 2,900 submitted projects at the World Bank’s 2007 Development Marketplace held in Washington D.C. May 27, the program will use the funds to develop and implement a strategy to improve the sexual and reproductive health awareness of hearing-impaired youth in Vietnam.
The project will adapt the well-established comprehensive Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) curriculum to meet the needs of Vietnamese hearing-impaired youths.
Additionally, a sign language glossary of SRH terms - the first of its kind in Asia – will be published in order to make it possible to teach the curriculum properly.
A linguistic dictionary with images will also be created specifically for the hearing-impaired.
The SRH curriculum will be introduced incrementally at institutions catering to the needs of the hearing-impaired. A total of 40 professors will be trained in the new methods over the first two years.
The program will not only directly impact the 700 youths currently studying at the three schools slated for initial exposure, but also has the potential to benefit all of Vietnam's 500,000 hearing impaired youths. If successful, the program could be replicated in other Asian countries.
Head of the WPF Vietnam Catharina Wilhelmina Van der Hor said the project would undergo a trial at the Hanoi-based Xa Dan School for the Hearing Impaired before being piloted at two more schools in the northern port city of Hai Phong and the southern province of Long An.
According to the latest statistics, Vietnam is home to over 500,000 hearing impaired youth under 24 years of age. Access to relevant SRH services is limited due to communication limitations and the popular misconception that deaf youth are not sexually active. The lack of access puts the group more at risk of unwanted pregnancies, sexual abuse, forced prostitution and sexually transmitted disease.
Among 22 winners out of 2,900 submitted projects at the World Bank’s 2007 Development Marketplace held in Washington D.C. May 27, the program will use the funds to develop and implement a strategy to improve the sexual and reproductive health awareness of hearing-impaired youth in Vietnam.
The project will adapt the well-established comprehensive Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) curriculum to meet the needs of Vietnamese hearing-impaired youths.
Additionally, a sign language glossary of SRH terms - the first of its kind in Asia – will be published in order to make it possible to teach the curriculum properly.
A linguistic dictionary with images will also be created specifically for the hearing-impaired.
The SRH curriculum will be introduced incrementally at institutions catering to the needs of the hearing-impaired. A total of 40 professors will be trained in the new methods over the first two years.
The program will not only directly impact the 700 youths currently studying at the three schools slated for initial exposure, but also has the potential to benefit all of Vietnam's 500,000 hearing impaired youths. If successful, the program could be replicated in other Asian countries.
Head of the WPF Vietnam Catharina Wilhelmina Van der Hor said the project would undergo a trial at the Hanoi-based Xa Dan School for the Hearing Impaired before being piloted at two more schools in the northern port city of Hai Phong and the southern province of Long An.
According to the latest statistics, Vietnam is home to over 500,000 hearing impaired youth under 24 years of age. Access to relevant SRH services is limited due to communication limitations and the popular misconception that deaf youth are not sexually active. The lack of access puts the group more at risk of unwanted pregnancies, sexual abuse, forced prostitution and sexually transmitted disease.