LRP 13: Long Phu District – Soc Trang Province

In cooperation with strategic partner AAV.

GENERAL INFORMATION​

AREA

263,7 km2

POPULATION

112,280 inhabitants

ETHNICITY

Kinh, Khmer, Hoa

CHILDREN MALNUTRITION PERCENTAGE

13.01%

MAIN LIVELIHOODS

Agriculture and livestock

PER CAPITA INCOME

27 million Vietnamese dong/ year

POVERTY RATE

28.6 % (2012)

KEY PUBLIC SERVICES

Education, Healthcare, Administration, Law consultation.

INTERVENTION

  • 300 women living in poverty will have improved livelihoods, with knowledge and capacity being strengthened to apply advanced science and technology in production practices.
  • At least 100 landless and land-lost people will have improved living conditions.   
  • Women, youth and minority groups in 5 communities of 3 communes will have had critical abilities to analyze their communities’ issues, recommend and implement solutions for these issues through socio-economic development plan.
  • 90% of girls in 6 schools where AAV works will have enjoyed high quality education.         
  • 2000 people experiencing disasters will have been assisted in ways which support recovery of livelihoods and promote solutions for long-term changes.       
  • 1000 women and girls 1,000 women and girls will have been provided with capacity building and information so that they can be proactive in protecting their rights and fight together to eliminate all forms of gender-based violence.