Founded in June, 2012, the Social Work Bureau at Khanh Hoa Social Service Center has provided support related to health care, counseling and especially family search services...
Founded in June, 2012, the Social Work Bureau at Khanh Hoa Social Service Center has provided support related to health care, counseling and especially family search services which seek to restore family relationships by tracing relatives with whom contact has been lost, and thereby bringing reunion and happiness to families.
After 29 years in the care of the Social Service Center, 80-year-old Phan Thi Binh has a chance to meet her family again in Quang Nam Province thanks to the support from Social Work Bureau.
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| The Social Work Bureau helps Zaw Linn Than to contact his family and return home safe and sound. |
“We lost our mother in 1990. We looked for her everywhere but could not find her. Luckily, she is here, healthy and safe, thank to the care of the Social Service Center,” says her son named Nguyen Van Hung.
Another case is Nguyen Thanh An born in 2001 from Vinh City, Nghe An Province. He left home after his parents’ death. The Social Service Center managed to find his family and finally contacted his grandfather living at 35, Ha Huy Tap Ward, Vinh City. The boy has been taken home for family reunion.
Especially, a foreign man named Zaw Linn Than of Myanmar nationality has been helped to contact his family and return to his country safe and sound. The man was sent to the center for stroke care in early 2013. During his stay at the center, he was provided VND1 million/ month for his meals and clothes together with daily check-ups.
Tran Hiep, Vice-Director of Khanh Hoa Provincial Social Support Center confirms, "The Social Work Bureau provides social work services with the hot-lines 058.3540767 or 01223985456 available for 24 hours."
The bureau is in charge of providing social services for vulnerable groups, including the elderly and disabled; prompting gender equality; raising public awareness of social evil prevention; building community projects; studying social development demand; connecting child protection services; providing care and rehabilitation support for disabled children, etc.
In addition, other duties include medical aid for the mentally ill and the implementation of community development and social security programs. Particularly, the bureau provides support for those in need of urgent protection such as abandoned children, victims of family violence, child labor or sexual abuse.
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