Hunger & Livelihoods

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.

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.