Fighting the Poverty

Four years ago, Mr. Ho Van Thong's household in 10 hamlet, Thuan Hung commune is a poor household in the commune. Mr. Thong has two daughters and they are going to school. At that time, his family had 5000 square met of rice field but he had to mortgage his 4000 square met of rice fields worth 20 millions dong because his family was poverty stricken. Since they life was too hard, so they had to live in a very old house which did not have any furniture.

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With the poorest

Vietnam grows quickly and the authorities have a strong policy to reduce poverty. The poor are fewer than before: about 40% survived with approximately 10 euros/month 15 years ago, today they are "only" about 10%. Our priority is to work with this segment of the population, covering 1779 households (July 2010).

How we do it

In Vietnam the extremely poor are 5-10%. One obtains the list of the poorest households very easily from the local authorities, too happy to receive help for this shared goal, they targets to meet.

The government lists are quite accurate. Anh Dương is well known locally, and everybody is fully aware the team does a detailed house-to-house work, so the lists are almost totally accurate.

The teams visit every listed household, several times and for several hours, to establish confidence and a real picture of the condition of the family.

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House of Mercy

According to hamlet people committee and Tan Phu Commune People Committee, The Anh Duong Community Development and Support Center has carried out a survey of Mr. Bui Van Hoang That’s family in Long Huong hamlet, Tan Phu commune in order to support house of mercy for his family.

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