February 11, 2025

Australian Foundation for the Peoples of Asia and the Pacific

Short Name: AFAP
Address Line 1: No. 30
Address Line 2: Lane 12
Street - Number and Name: Dang Thai Mai Street
District:
City: Hanoi
Contact Person – Vietnam: Mr. Ta Van Tuan, Country Director
Email address: admin@afapvn.org
Phone: +84-4-38562421
Fax: +84-4-3-5143538
International website: http://www.afap.org
Vietnam website:
International Headquarter:
Mission Statement: AFAP's mission is to be a leading agent for poverty alleviation through innovative and appropriate community-based development focused in the South Pacific, Asia and Africa
History of operations in Vietnam: In 1989, AFAP received its first Vietnam Friendship Medal for medical assistance in Hai Phong. AFAP opened its Hanoi office in 1995, becoming the first Australian NGO fully accredited by the Vietnamese Government. Since then, AFAP has diversified its programmes into agriculture, micro-enterprise, preventive health care, disaster relief, capacity building, natural resource management.
Vietnam Programme Description: AFAP Viet Nam has been working with Vietnamese people and their communities for 20 years. Our projects work toward Vietnam’s sustainable development, local poverty alleviation, and improved health and resource management through integrated strategies. Our work is founded on building strong local partnerships and targeted interventions that increase local skills and capacities, and that are supplemented by the development and use of appropriate and low-cost methodologies.
Years of operation in Vietnam: 17
Projects in Vietnam:
  • Climate change adaptation in response to climate change and sea level rise in the coastal zone and islands of Vietnam
  • Avian and Pandemic Influenza Initiative
  • Promoting self governance capacity and sustainable agricultural practices to improve food security under climate change context for ethnic minority people in Vietnam
  • Making the local government accountable to MDGs and SEDP in Vietnam
  • Income Generation Initiative for Ethnic Minority People in Dien Bien
  • Local Partner(s) in Vietnam:
  • People's Commitee of Vu Quang District in Ha Tinh, Da Bac District in Hoa Binh, Nga Nam District in Soc Trang
  • Sub-Department for Animal Health in Ha Nam, Hung Yen, Quang Tri, Can Tho, Kien Giang province.
  • Ha Tinh Center for Community Development (HCCD)
  • Center for Development Integration (CDI)
  • Dien Bien Center for Community Development
  • National staff: 9
    Expatriate staff: 1
    Budget in USD : 450,000