LRP 8: Thong Nong District, Cao Bang Provice
In cooperation with strategic partner AAV
GENERAL INFORMATION
AREA
35,783 ha
POPULATION
24,275 (2014)
ETHNICITY
5 Groups of ethnic minority: H'mong, dao, tay, nung, kinh.
ILLITERACY RATE
25% of populate at over 45 years of age
MAIN LIVELIHOODS
Forstation and animal husbadnry
PER CAPITA INCOME
VND 6,200,000 per year (2014)
INTERVENTION
- 100 poor women from Community Development Centre will have livelihoods improved.
- At least 100 young people from 11 communes will be provided with community development knowledge and skills.
- Teachers from 4 primary schools in this area will be trained on methodology; education quality will be much improved.
- 200 young people will be mobilized and supported to implement activities in their own localities that related to equality in quality education and increased public investment in education.
- 8000 people will be provided with basic knowledge and skills to ensure alternative livelihoods and to be able to recover from natural disaster.
