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Position: Reading Room Program Associate
Location: Ho Chi Minh city with frequent travel to project sites

Organization Profile:
Room to Read is an International non-governmental organization currently working in 9 countries of Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Zambia. Our global headquarters is located in San Francisco, USA.

Lux-Development, the Executing Agency for Bilateral Co-operation financed by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is assisting the Provincial People’s Committee (PPC) of Cao Bang and a number of technical line ministries and departments by delivery of international and national TA and capacity building to implement the initiative called  “Developing Business with the Rural Poor”, which is part of a province-wide programme in the Cao Bang province - predominantly designed by- and financed through- loan support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), commenced in mid-2008.
The recently launched project VIE/029 -  “Technical Assistance” (TA) towards “Developing Business with the Rural Poor in Cao Bang”  has a planned duration of 3 years.

Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) is one of the sub-recipients of “The Global Fund supported project on HIV/AIDS”, funded by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The target of the VUSTA’s project is to reduce the HIV/AIDS related mortality and improve the quality of life of people living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS in 10 provinces covered by the project via strengthening capacity and promoting the participation of civil society organizations and community in the national response to HIV/AIDS in Vietnam. The project is expected to run for five years, from 2011 through 2015.

HEMA is an EU-funded project supporting the Ministry of Health in 5 poor and remote provinces of Vietnam. The objective of the HEMA is: Improved health status of the poor population in mountainous, minority areas of Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La, Kon Tum and Gia Lai.
Based on a survey on health seeking behavior among minority groups conducted in 2007, the project developed strategies to target the ethnic minorities in the project area.
In 20011, HEMA intends to assess the efficiency of its communication strategy with the minority groups. A team of professional social scientists will be recruited for:
Reviewing the literature in the area of health related IEC for ethnic minorities in Vietnam,
Developing and conducting a field survey in the project area,