Project Title: Promoting community management to improve life conditions for local people in Yen Bai.

Project Code:           1408VN160

Donor:                     SODI (Germany)

Project holder:         DWC

Local Partner:           Women Union of Yen Bai Province

Period:                     01/06/2015 – 31/03/2018

Target groups

The target group is the population in our villages (Dong Ha, Lao dong, Tien Phong and Linh Duc), altogether 1.400 persons. Out of them 40 men and women will be trained in Community Management. 50% of the participants are women.

Project goal

The project focuses on the formation and capacity building of CBG (Community Based Groups) in order to enable the target group to plan and implement development projects in their respective villages and to improve the communication between the target group and the local government.

Project outcomes

1. The target group (ca. 1.400 persons in 4 villages) know the laws, which are influencing their life and they know how to get access to their rights.
2. The CBG are planning community based development activities according to their priority. 
3. The life conditions in the 4 villagers has  been improved due to the implementation of small development activities.

Indicators:

1. At the end of the project period 60% of the households in the 4 villages are aware of laws directly concerning their life (e.g. “grassroot democracy”). At least 40 key members, 50% of them women, are trained in community management and are leading 10 CBGs, which have been formed for the implementation of development projects.
2. At the end of the first project year 4 community houses (each 80 m2 with separate toilets) have been competed under the supervision of the CBGs. The community houses are used for village meetings, training etc. Due to the improved location more villagers participate in the public meetings.
3. Until the end of the project period at least 2 more small development activities in each village have been implemented. 70% of the households in the 4 villages say, that their life conditions have been improved. At least 90% of the small development projects directly improve the life of the target group. Indicators e.g. are: higher production due to improved irrigation, easy access to the markets and to the schools  due to improved roads…

Measures

1. Formation of CBG (Community Based Groups).
2. Capacity Building Training.
3. Construction of 04 community houses.
4. Fond for further development activities on the basis of need assessment of CBGs.
5. Village meetings.
6. Dialogue meetings, reflection workshops and feedback workshops.

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