Over recent years, the Da Nang Centre for Social Work Services at 64 Dong Da Street has successfully implemented numerous meaningful children protection programmes with the active involvement of the local authorities at all levels and people from all walks of life. 

Employees from the centre conducting survey of children's mental health status

To date, a large number of local children, especially disadvantaged ones, from cross the city have enjoyed the great benefits of practical social work activities.

The centre-launched 10-digit child protection hotline 0236818787 has proved very effective in providing around-the-clock telephone support to teenage victims of abuse, exploitation and trafficking.  Also, the hotline receives reports of such crimes in a timely fashion.

Since the establishment of the hotline in 2010, a total of about 2,500 calls have been received by its operators from the general public.  In particular, the majority of the calls concerned child sexual, emotional and physical abuses, and abandoned children who were in need of being cared for.

In addition, the ‘Communes/ Wards Doing Good Social Work for Children’ programme has been implemented on a trial basis at the selected wards of Chinh Gian, Thanh Khe Tay, An Hai Bac, Tho Quang, Nam Duong and Hoa Cuong Nam.  Thanks to this, these localities have gained positive results from the protection of children living in very difficult circumstances.

A total of 3,700 needy children from Thanh Khe Tay Ward, for instance, have been cared for, and received necessary assistances.  In similar vein, about 300 teenage mothers have received useful advice on caring for their newborn babies.  Furthermore, effective ways to help their children enhance their mental and physical development were introduced to the very young mothers.

Since 2013, a programme for supporting poor disabled people who are victims of bombs and mines left over from war has been implemented efficiently across the city.  Under this programme, a total of 150 beneficiaries have been provided with means of livelihood worth over 1 billion VND in total.  Also, their children have accessed adequate support to pursue their academic dreams.

Besides large-scale long-term programmes mentioned above, the centre has also taken the initiative to deploy new practical social activities. 

Notable amongst the new models are programmes for helping poor single women overcome their difficulties during their pregnancy, and bring up their school-aged children as well, and providing alternative care for children living in special circumstances.