The initiative of operating Emergency Kindergartens (EKs) to care for young children during flood seasons has been considered as a successful model in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam by the flood  management  authorities  in  the  past  few  years.  It  is  because  this  model  provides  basic care,  education,  and  safety  for  young  children.  The  EKs  have  helped to  considerably  reduce the  number  of  child  drowning  cases  as  well  as  provide  some  forms  of  education  for  these children.  In  addition,  this  model  also  contributes  to  help  parents  continue  their  work  during flood time to earn a living for the whole family.
 
In  order  to  comprehensively  assess  the  effectiveness  of  this  initiative  for  replication  during future  floods  in  the  Mekong  Delta,  the  Asian  Disaster  Preparedness  Center  (ADPC)  in collaboration  with  the  Component  4  of  the  Mekong  River  Commission  (MRC)  Flood Management  and  Mitigation  Program  (FMMP)  and  the  Flood  Emergency  Management
Strengthening  (FEMS)  Project,  with  funding  support  from  the  Deutsche  Gesellschaft  fuer
Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, in January 2008, has conducted an assessment of the EKs in
An Giang province, Vietnam. 
 
Objective: The  objective  of  this  assessment  is  to  identify  the  gaps  and  needs  in  emergency
kindergarten  establishment,  maintenance,  and  upgrading  in  conjunction  with  the  existing
provincial and district Flood and Storm Control Plans.