Save the Children continues providing assistance to Wutip affected families in Quang Binh

In July and Aug 2014, Save the Children has been providing construction materials for 210 poor families who were severely affected by the Wutip typhoon last September in the central province of Quang Binh, Vietnam to help the affected people to repair and refurbished their houses.

 This activity is under shelter component of the project funded by ECHO which aims to provide adequate housing that are disaster resistant and culturally appropriate.

The beneficiaries (householders) were encouraged to involve in every process of the shelter repair, including: initial assessment of house condition and agree on repairing solution; the trainings for beneficiaries in which they were provided with basic knowledge and skills in monitoring their house repair; the repair monitoring: there is a “community based monitoring team” at hamlet level composed of 1 householder representative, 1 hamlet leader and 1 Commune Red Cross staff, this CBM team will monitor all repairing process of houses supported by the project in their hamlet.

Side by side with the trainings for householders, the project provided special trainings for local builders on how to strengthen and repair the house. The trainings focused on requirements of disaster resistant house, the compliance of housing repair safety code. The trainees were also taken part in practice exercises. 

The benefited households were also equipped with a shared shelter repair toolkit which consists of most necessary tools. The toolkit will be located at hamlet level and to be used for small repairs and preparation before typhoon seasons.

Under Livelihood component, at the end of July 2014, the project has provided chilly seeds for 209 poor & near poor household in Lam Trach Commune, Bo Trach district. Chilly has become an alternative crop for the people in Lam Trach as they are living in a midland area and recent years, they are facing with drought in summer and other crops (ground nuts, maize, bean…) were reported lean harvest and low income.

In August and September 2014, Save the Children will continue providing construction materials, rain water harvesting system and water filter devices and water containers for 320 households in the same communities.

Save the Children’s priorities,” said Gunnar Andersen, the Country Director of Save the Children in Vietnam.

 “Apart from providing immediate relief in the aftermath of a natural disaster, we always support children and their families to overcome longer-term effects, so local people can return to normal life as soon as possible.”

 In December last year, Save the Children provided cash grant for the most affected families in two districts of Quang Trach and Bo Trach to recover livelihoods.

 Save the Children has worked in Vietnam since 1990 and has responded to all major emergencies in the country over that period. Most recently, the aid agency reacted to flooding in Binh Dinh and Quang Ngai provinces, delivering school materials, basic household items and cash grants to the worst affected families with children.