The community house of Tam Xuan village - A dream come true
Community activities have always been a necessity of human beings as well as the “rope” to bond the whole community together. Thus, the community house has an essential role in rural areas, it provides a place for organizing community activities of the entire village, especially on occasions such as Tet holiday or mid-fall festival.
Despite that, many places have not had a community house yet because of their difficult situation. One of them is Tam Xuan village in Nga My commune, Phu Binh district. Every community work had to be held in the house of the Head of the village and this caused nuisance for the family members. The people of Tam Xuan have long dreamed about their own community house.
With the support of the Promoting Community Management in Vietnam project - phase 2 (PCM 2) funded by Switzerland, the aspiration of local people was fulfilled. With the mobilization of the people, 03 households contributed 500m2 of their land for the construction of the community house. Along with that, the village also mobilized other benefactors to support electricity wires and ceiling fans for the construction. Despite the bad weather when implementing the project, local people still worked enthusiastically. The locals put lots of their efforts into the construction with the hope to see their long-awaited “brainchild”. After only 1 month of implementation, the community house finished in the excitement and joyfulness of local people.
Mr. Ta Van Phuc - Secretary of Dang’s branch of Tam Xuan village and a member of the key group shared: “...Thanks to the project, our dream has come true. The project has not only helped to improve our infrastructure but also brought a new way of thinking with new knowledge of community management for us. The working method of the project has helped us to realize our responsibilities. Everyone in the village can involve in every work of the community, even women and disadvantages households as well.”
With the support of the PCM 2 project, Tam Xuan village achieved their long-awaited dream. Although the community house is quite small compared to other villages, everyone was satisfied because they have had a place for community activities from now on. Additionally, the people of Tam Xuan village have planned to apply community management method to upgrade the surrounding of the community house to improve the appearance as well as the security of the house.
The completion of the sub-project is proof for the power of the people and the effectiveness of community management. If people can utilize their unity with the right method, there will be nothing as difficulties. We all hope that community management method will be a handbook for not only the people of Tam Xuan village but also other villages.
The ground before the construction of Tam Xuan’s community house
The community house of Tam Xuan village in the finishing stage