The Hàm Thuận Nam area
Hàm Thuân Nam is probably the poorest district of the province, except
for the few communes along the beach: it counts several communes with
poor ethnic minorities, one of which is at the end of a difficult road
in the mountain and across rivers.
The total population is 93.000, of which 10% are very poor, after the
recent government survey . The average income is 271$, half the national
average. This is an agricultural area, 97% of the people are farmers.
Primary schools count 11.431 pupils, with 635 teachers. Approximately
30% pupils drop out before the end of grade 10, they will have little
chance to lift themselves above the poverty line.
Hygiene in schools is minimal: less than a fifth have latrines, 10% have
a well. Only 15% households have a water filter.Most people are believed
to be infested by worms. The region is still infested by malaria, but
10% households do not have mosquito nets .
According to the local authorities no other NGO operates in the area and
this was confirmed by our field survey. Thiên Chí is confident the information
collected is of very good quality as 3 of its senior staff worked in the
district before (1993-1996), and they are all from the provincial town,
only 30 km away.
Contract
See the contract with the authorities.
Organization chart
Program team:
The team has originally been with Viêt Nam Plus, but is joining Thiện
Chí:
| Định Thị Lý |
Director |
0918 784 987 |
| Lê Tấn Tửu |
Agriculture |
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| Dương Văn Dũng |
Health |
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Reports
The program has just started, there are no reports yet.
Contact
| Thiện Chí, for the moment via the Thiện Chí office
in Phan Thiết: 062 839 147 thichico@vnn.vn |
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