Transition house for disabled people inaugurated in Thua Thien-Hue
A transition house for people with disabilities has been inaugurated in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, with a view to helping them better integrate into the community.
The inauguration ceremony of the transition house for the disabled in Phu Vang district, Thua Thien-Hue province (Photo: VNA)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – A transition house for people with disabilitieshas been inaugurated in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, with a view to helpingthem better integrate into the community.
The transition house, the first of its kind in Thua Thien-Hue, was built at thefunctional rehabilitation faculty of the medical centre of Phu Vang district.
The project includes a kitchen and dining space, bed rooms, toilets and aliving room. The facilities are equipped with house utensils and furniture suitableand safe for disabled people, helping them easy to move.
People with disabilities after having treatment and therapeutic activities willbe moved to the transition house for more daily practices like walking, cookingand others.
Director of the Action to the Community Development Centre (ACDC) Nguyen ThiLan Anh said this is the first transition house of the raising voices, creatingopportunities project. The model is being built at several medicalestablishments having functional rehabilitation services in Thua Thien-Hue,quang Tri and Quang Nam province through the project.
In recent years, more than 300 doctors and medical workers in Thua Thien-Hueprovince have been provided with knowledge on functional habilitation to help disabledpeople reintegrate into the community.
The inauguration ceremony was jointly held on December 5 by the ACDC, the managementboard of the raising voices, creating opportunities project, and the medicalstation of Phu Vang district.
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The inauguration ceremony of the transition house for the disabled in Phu Vang district, Thua Thien-Hue province (Photo: VNA) 
