Hunger & Livelihoods

Tuesday 10 February 2015

Save the Children hands over micro-finance programme to its partners

Save the Children in Vietnam announced that the organization would hand over its financial interest generation from a five-year micro-finance programme to Can Tho Women Union to support the union’s direct support to poor women in the Mekong River Delta province.

Apart from that, Save the Children also provided trainings on the management and skills of the progamme’s implementation to ensure a smooth transition for its women partner.

Monday 15 September 2014

Poverty is not our choice

Le Thi De turned over a couple of fried cakes and swiftly served her long queue of customers. The 57-year-old woman who has been known for her delicious home-made traditional cakes said she was looking forward to opening her business in town for more income.

In the past years, she had undergone such a very difficult situation to survive and support her family.

Thursday 10 July 2014

An energetic woman stepping out of poverty

Leu Thi Hanh and her husband earned their living from a small grocery at the end of Thoi Thuan B Village in Thoi Lai District, Can Tho Province.

Monday 20 January 2014

Over 2000 poor women have access to Save the Children’s micro finance programme

Save the Children has supported more than 2000 poor women in Can Tho City to increase their incomes through a microfinance programme since 2010.

Strong economic growth in Vietnam has brought about an increasing number of economic opportunities that traditionally were unavailable. However, many disadvantaged women entrepreneurs failed to survive the market leading to limited growth and low bargaining power in the marketplace.

Monday 23 December 2013

Increasing food diversity in rural Vietnam

Duan weighed a mere 2.5kg when he was born. He was in poor health, often suffering from respiratory infections and came down with pneumonia from time to time. Duan’s mother, Hue, gave him breast milk and other liquids for six months before transitioning him to soft foods. He weighed just six kilograms at seven months.

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