Over the last 12 months PiCCA has been working together with Hearts for Hue (H4H) on a hygiene and sanitation project in Quang Nham, a mountainous area 75 km from Hue city. About 4,500 people live there with 97 percent from minority TaOi and Paco ethnic communities. Approximately half of all households are living in poverty and 64 percent use makeshift latrines, which cause health and environmental problems. In particular poor sanitation and hygiene have led to high incidences of preventable diseases which undermine other attempts to improve health and economic development.
Together with H4H we constructed fifteen toilets and shower systems and supporting septic tanks for some of the poorest families in Quang Nham. The families were trained and assisted to construct the facilities offering a skills development component as well as ownership of the project work. Alongside the construction works, “Train the Trainer” programs were also organized, and delivered by Mrs Tran Thi Minh Tam, a WASH expert from Thua Thien Hue’s Water Company and Dr Dao Nguyen Dieu, Doctor and Lecturer at Hue Medical University.
Have a look at a video made by Hearts for Hue talking about the impact of the project.
