Support Network for People With Disabilities
Partners

The Support Network for People With Disabilities was formed from a grant generously provided to EMW by The Ford Foundation. EMW is partnering with other organizations, donor groups and local medical centers to implement the SN-PWD. Program partners include:

• The Arcanum Foundation
• The Ellen Meadows Prosthetic Hand Foundation
• The Ford Foundation
• Irish Aid
• Rotary Districts 5160, northern California
• Rotary District 5110, southern Oregon
• Stacks Plastics
• USAID

Local Partner Organizations

• Quang Ngai Committee for Population, Family and Children (CPFC)
• Da Nang Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Centre (DNORC)
• Quang Ngai Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange
• Duc Pho District Hospital
• Quang Ngai Orthopedics Station in Son Tinh District, Quang Ngai
• Duc Pho and Son Tinh District Children, Family and Population Committee
• Da Nang and Quang Ngai Vocational Training Centers  
• Quang Ngai Department of Health (DOH)
• Thai Binh Red Cross (RC)
• Da Nang Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (DOLISA)

Local Business Partners

SN-PWD also partners with the owners of small- and medium-size Vietnamese businesses that employ people with disabilities. The program provides the owners with training and/or loans to expand their businesses, creating more employment opportunities for the local disabled population. To read the story of one such partnership, click here.