Posts Tagged ‘ Cerebral Palsy ’

From Japan with love 

July 17, 2011
From Japan with love 

  Occupational therapist goes native to help special children in Vietnam Takao Maiko, 27, plays with children at the Daycare class of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Center for physical disabled children “Open it, baby,” Takao Maiko tells the seven- year-old polio-stricken boy in slow, but clear Vietnamese. Nothing happens. The little [...]

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Youth give the disabled new lives

June 16, 2009
Youth give the disabled new lives

Tran Duc Cong (L) and Hoang Cong (R) take Van Duc Hoa and Vu Tuan Tu to the market. Young graduates reject high-paying jobs to work with the disabled in Hanoi. After three years confined to her bed due to a spinal injury, Pham Diem Huong says she’s finally beginning to enjoy the world, thanks [...]

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Fringe films

March 18, 2009
Fringe films

Director Vo Anh Can (R) poses with Vy, the transsexual subject of Hanh trinh cai mu (The journey to live true to oneself) that won a Canh dieu vang (Golden Kite) award earlier this month Some bold new filmmakers including a young disabled scriptwriter are set to have their work broadcast in Vietnam this year. [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...