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100 €= 1 family out of poverty30 €= 1 pig refunded in piglets
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 Vietnam grows quickly and the authorities have a strong policy to reduce poverty. The poor are fewer than before: about 40% survived with approximately 10 euros/month 15 years ago, today they are "only" about 10%. Since 2003 our priority is to work with this segment of the population, covering 4080 households (March 2008).
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 In Cambodia extreme poverty hits a large section of the rural people, maybe more than 40% in poor provinces like Svay Riêng. One aims at a large section of the population: microcredit with cowbanks and pigbanks (the loan is refunded with a calf or a piglet), farmers' groups for agriculture and livestock, reforestation...
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 In Cambodia the approach focuses on the community, because the vast majority is so poor. Just like in the early nineties in Vietnam.
In Vietnam the extremely poor are 5-10%. One obtains the list of the poorest households very easily from the local authorities, too happy to receive help for this shared goal, they targets to meet. |
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