Ho Chi Minh chapter, Viet Nam Red Cross, inspired by Da Nang chapter, has initiated Youth Empowerment programme from 17-19 December. Their main theme of the activity was gender equality in community. Youth and Volunteering Officer from IFRC supported this activity by coaching and guiding 20 students (12 females, 8 males) from Quang Trung College. Those 20 youths made awareness raising activity by the creation of a drama targeting 100 community people including college students.

Key Outcomes of the Activity

• Awareness raising for 100 people in HCM about gender equality.
• 20 youths were motivated to conduct this activity further in their college. As a side technical discussion, Youth Director of VNRC requested an expansion of this programme into other provinces with different topics of social inclusion.