On 7th May 2019, VNU University of Economics and Business held the MOU signing ceremony with 2 Thriive enterprises: Ngan Ha Xanh Media and Thuong Thuong Handicraft.
Attending this special signing ceremony, there were leaders
from Thriive USA: Ms. Linn Kincanon - Co-founder and International Director,
Mr. Kellen Williams - International Program Officer and Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong
Huyen - International Program Officer. The delegation had a week working with
Thriive businesses in Vietnam.
The UEB signed MOU with Thuong Thuong Handicraft
These two businesses were owned by disabled young entrepreneur,
who are enthusiastic in developing business and creating jobs for many other
disabled people. Ngan Ha Xanh Media employed 5 young people with disabilities
working in graphic design, printing and online advertising. Ngan Ha Xanh Media
Enterprise has also organized vocational training for 16 young people with
mobility disabilities.
Thuong Thuong Social Enterprise organizes the production of
cards in rolling paper, ecruiting 20 young people with disabilities. In
addition, Thuong Thuong Handicraft organizes a free vocational training course
for 10 trainee at Viet Nam- Korea Rehabilitation Center and 6 young adults who
are struggling with kidney disease at production facilities in Phuong Mai ward,
Dong Da District.
Vocational training for people with disabilities at Ngan Ha
Xanh Enterprise
When visiting and working with these businesses, Ms. Linn
Kincanon (Co-founder and International Director of Thriive Program) said “Thriive
is the unique program, there is nothing like this anywhere else in the world.
It’s unique because the businesses don’t ever payback in cash, they pay their
loan forward with training and donation for the poor and their community so
many of the people who received help from our businesses are disabled and the
training has changed their lives forever. Those people don’t really have the
opportunities to get out or to have jobs and these opportunities can change
their lives. And the same is true for the poor people that we’ve trained as
well, or the school uniform that we give so that the children can go to school
and feel like they belong.”
At the ceremony, leaders of the UEB wished to promote social
responsibility by ordering products and services from these businesses to
create jobs and income for the disabled people.
In addition, the University will support the enterprises in
some business activities such as public relations or providing free strategic
consultants for the company.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Thuong - owner of Thuong Thuong
Handicraft, said: Despite of being a disabled, I was still given a job to make
handmade things to support myself. Since the foundation of the company, many
disabled people come to work with me, even though the company is small and we couldn’t
afford high salary. With the support from Thriive program and the UEB, Thuong
Thuong Handicraft has been known by many foreign visitors. The UEB has also
ordered a certain number of products, creating a stable income for the business,
I feel extremely happy and believe that our cooperation is getting better and
better - for a prosperity society.
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