(HBO) – A smooth concrete road leads to Hang Kia commune, Mai Chau district, cows graze on the hill slope, and chickens run on houses’ yards. The picture demonstrates the better life of H’Mong ethnic people in Hang Kia.

 


has a sustainable livelihood from cow breeding after becoming involved in a local poverty reduction project.

In 2012, Vang Y My, together with other women in Hang Kia 2 hamlet, received a loan to buy a breeding cow under the project. My also received assistance in the form of training from the project in taking care of her cow. After five years, the cow gave birth to four calves, helping her family escape from poverty. Now, she also raises chicken and pigs, and grows corn, plums and edible canna to increase her income.

From 2016 – 2018, the project focused on improving infrastructure and living conditions of H’Mong ethnic people in the area, which was an especially poor area. A 50 cubic-metre water container in Thung Mai hamlet was built, ensuring clean water supply for 53 local households, even in dry season.

Under the project, a communal house in Thung Man hamlet was put into use. The commune road network was also significantly improved. Inter-hamlet roads in Hang Kia commune were concretised at a cost of 1.7 billion VND. Concrete roads to fields in Thung Mai, Pa Khom, Thung Man hamlets have also been made to facilitate transport of materials and agricultural products, each costing around 300 million VND (13,200 USD).

Kha A Pao, a member of Hang Kia commune’s development board said infrastructure construction and livelihood assistance sub-project were particularly useful for local residents. Thanks to roads, clean water supply stations and communal houses built with support from the project, the living conditions of locals have remarkably improved. All works were implemented effectively under close monitoring and inspection. Livelihood assistance was made with careful study, thus proving effective to reduce poverty in a sustainable manner.

Hang Kia commune is a disadvantaged area with low per capita income average, and more than half of the commune’s household living under the poverty line. The project has helped ease the difficulty and improve the living and production conditions of H’Mong people in the commune. Dozens of poor households now have stable livelihoods like Kha Y Do, Vang Y My in Hang Kia 2 hamlet, and Kha A Tru in Thung Mai hamlet.

 


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