Mai Vietnamese Handicrafts originally started as a program for street children in Ho Chi Minh City. Founded by a small group of social workers, Mai Handicrafts first aimed at poor and neglected children who could not go to school due to the lack of legal papers and the inability to pay tuition. Mai gave them work and encouraged them to attend informal classes. Now that all children are admitted to formal school free, Mai provides work to their mothers and older sisters to improve family income and well-being. In a developing context, it also practices a model of social development in which social service cannot be separated from economic self-reliance.

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