Inspiring young activists…

WPF Vietnam wishes to thank its major

funding partners who make this work possible:
dance4life empowers young people to push back the
including EC;, Government of The
spread of HIV/AIDS.o push back the spread of HIV/
Netherlands,; The World Bank, and the Ford
AIDS. Students are educated in dance-filled workshops
Foundation;
led by a school tour team of peer educators, including
young people living with HIV, gaining both life skills and
HIV/AIDS awareness. By 2014, dance4life Vietnam will
have inspired 75,000 young Vietnamese to become
involved in the global struggle against HIV/AIDS as
agents of change, joining a global community of 1 million
young dance4life activists.

“Without a doubt, this is the greatest HIV prevention event that I

ever took part in. It is exciting and very innovative. I always feel
overjoyed when I join the team to perform somewhere." Hoai Anh,
Peer Educator, School Tour Team

Empowering disabled young

people…

WPF equips hearing

impaired young people with
knowledge, skills and
confidence so they can World Population Foundation
understand their sexuality
WPF Vietnam staff are available for
and make good decisions
consultancies and we welcome your enquiries. Viet Nam
concerning their SRH. In
partnership with Xa Dan
For such enquiries, or for further information,
School, WPF developed the first
or simply to share ideas, we would be
SRH related sign-language glossary in Vietnam,
delighted to hear from you. Please contact us
enabling students to understand and defend their SRH
at:
rights. With support and guidance from WPF, Xa Dan
School now provides regular extra-circular activities,
WPF Vietnam
family support and counseling.
Address: Van Phuc Diplomatic Compound,
Building D1, Hanoi, Vietnam
e-mail: office@wpfvn.org
“I like the glossary. It is so beautiful and easy to understand and Tel: (84-4) 3846 4584
use.” Fax: (84-4) 3846 4583
Pham Duy Thien, student of class 7B, Xa Dan school website: www.wpf.org
 Valuing the life of every young person…
A Global Vision…..
In Viet Nam……… WPF has supported the Ministry of Public Security
The World Population Foundation (WPF) works in
WPF has worked in Viet Nam since 1995, with an office (MPS) since 2002 to provide carefully designed SRH
Asia, Africa and Europe where it:
in Ha Noi since 2000. During that time WPF has programmes for adolescent offenders in Vietnam’s
• promotes a rights-based approach to Sexual and
worked with both Government and Non-Government four reform schools. WPF has enabled the MPS to
Reproductive Health (SRH) creating an
partners using creative approaches that connect with provide a stable, engaging, and emotionally nurturing
environment which enables everyone, but
young people. This has, for school environment through effective SRH education,
especially the most marginalized, to realize these
example, included HIV/AIDS counseling, peer education, and
rights
prevention through dance and extra-curricular activities.
• works for a world in which all people have
music; reaching rural youth Students also receive
access to high quality sexuality education,
through interactive theatre; vocational and life-skills
counseling, SRH services and supplies
empowering hearing training, enabling them
(condoms and other
impaired youth and young to return to their
contraceptives)
offenders through sexuality communities educated
education and counseling; and empowered.
WPF began in 1987 and
since 1994 has based its developing a CD based
curriculum for student teachers “I have learnt a lot about
work on the
and their future students; and sexual and reproductive health in !
Programme of Action
capacity building for the provision of youth friendly the school. I’ll tell my friends what
of the Cairo
services. I’ve learnt. If I have problems I know I can go to the
I n t e r n a t i o n a l
counselors.” Huynh Phi Long
Conference on Population
and Development and more Viet Nam has had some notable achievements in
recently also on the Millennium reproductive health such as reducing the Maternal Educating adolescents…
Mortality Ratio, but many challenges remain. For After international success, WPF brought “The
Development Goals relating to Gender and
example: World Starts with Me” to Vietnam in 2007. This
Empowerment of Women (Goal 3), Maternal
• gender issues such as sexual/domestic violence and innovative computer-based SRH training package
Health (Goal 5) and HIV/AIDS (Goal 6). Through
boy preference was renamed “Journey to Adulthood” and adapted to
evidence based advocacy and interventions, WPF
• discrimination against Lesbian, gay, bisexual and local culture by students and teachers of Danang
works with partners to ensure peoples’
transgender people; University of Education. It enhances students’ SRH
‘
• the prevention of HIV/STIs knowledge and skills through games, drawing, role-
• the lack of awareness, and the prevention, of child play and poster design as well as an interactive CD
• right to make informed decisions regarding their
sexual abuse ROM. Students are also equipped with the skills
sexual life and reproductive health
• The high rate of unplanned needed to effectively teach secondary school students
• right to self determination in sexual and
pregnancy and abortion about sexuality in a lively and engaging way.
reproductive matters
• right to affordable, accessible and high quality
SRH care WPF Viet Nam will seek the Engaging rural youth…
resources to build local WWPF has worked with the Youth Union and young
• right to access family planning counseling,
capacity to address these rural actors since 2001 to develop interactive theatre
condoms and other and contraceptives
issues as a creative and sustainable way of reaching young
• right to a life free from sexual abuse or coercion
people in the villages of Nam Dinh, Nghe An and
WPF Vietnam’s creative Ninh Binh. The aim is to promote reproductive rights
and innovative and reduce STI’s, teenage pregnancy and unsafe
programme is... abortions, by opening new and accessible
communication channels.