NEWSLETTER 1 - 15 SEP 2019

Dear Members and Friends:

Welcome to the VUFO-NGO Resource Centre Newsletter for 1 - 15 September, 2018.

VVOB Vietnam would like to announce that Mr. Wouter Boesman has taken up the position of Country Program Manager in VVOB Vietnam since June 1. Before working for VVOB, he worked as Policy Director at  PLATFORMA – Local & Regional, International Action (Brussels-based pan European network). He can be contacted via his email address: [email protected] or by phone +84-236 392 3332 at VVOB Vietnam office in Danang, Vietnam.

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It is also informed by FHI 360 that from August 5, 2018, Dr. Michael Cassell will be the new Country Representative for FHI 360 Vietnam. Dr. Cassell works as senior technical advisor for the USAID-and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES Program, covering the Asia Region. He worked extensively in the region before, mainly in HIV and tuberculosis prevention in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and on top of that in Botswana and the United States. Over the course of his extensive career so far, Dr. Cassell worked (among others) with USAID, the U.S. Government, as co-chair of the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator's HIV prevention steering committee, as a consultant for UNICEF, and for the HIV Prevention Trials Network funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Should you wish to learn more about FHI 360’s current and upcoming developments and projects, please contact Dr. Cassell at [email protected] .

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There is one meeting scheduled for the first half of September 2018:

•    Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Working Group meeting, on Tuesday, September 4 at 14:00.

The meeting will take place at the NGO Resource Centre Office: Room 201, E3 Building, Trung Tu Diplomatic Compound, 6 Dang Van Ngu, Dong Da Dist, Hanoi. 

Please check the 'Calendar of Events' section on our home page for the latest updates and possible changes.

Warm greetings from the VUFO-NGO Resource Centre's Team!