Clean Water Vietnam Project #28522

Clean Water for Communities in Vietnam

by Taiwan Fund for Children and Families

Project Report | Feb 14, 2020
New target of our project in 2020

By Wen Hung | Project Leader

River water in An Binh Islet

“Vinh Long province is located at the southern of Vietnam. The main terrain is the delta which is divided by many rivers and canals. Many people know water resources are polluted in Vinh Long province. While we visited and served our sponsored families in An Binh Islet, we discovered more factors of water pollution locally. Both groundwater and surface water are two major water resources in Vinh Long province. However, groundwater supply alone would be insufficient to meet demand and surface water is polluted seriously by human activities, such as chemical fertilizers and pesticides used in agriculture, livestock manure, human sewage and waste, sludge from fish ponds etc. Although agriculture and aquaculture are the main livelihood activities in Vietnam, people are not capable to solve the widespread problem of water pollution individually.

We have to fix the water problem through government investments with enough financial budget to establish local infrastructures and consider daily habits and livelihood activities which impact the environment. It’s really a long way to go, however, we are grateful for the support and donation from you and we will keep moving forward in 2020.”

- Message from the social worker in TFCF Vietnam Branch

New target of our project in 2020

Have you noticed that we have changed our project title? While working on the water project in these years, we found that we have to do more for children. It won’t be good enough to help in school only, we also want to help their daily life. Thank you for your support to our project and allow us to move to the further step. We keep organizing resources and establishing the water pipeline system between the main tap water pipe and households in An Binh commune and Dong Phu commune. However, we also want to raise the awareness of households about the water issues. We will catch any chance to educate and encourage good habits to our assisted children and families. Thank you for being with us!

With gratitude,

Wen Hung

River water for household usage

Polluted water resource

Agriculture pollution

Traditional toilet

Aquaculture pollution

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Nov 22, 2019
Thanksgiving!

By Wen Hung | Project Leader

Tap water installed finally!

“According to the last investigation, we found the best way to help children and families is to have clean water in their daily life. Many families cannot access to top water due to their house locations and financial difficulties; therefore, TFCF decided to support needy families by organizing resources and establishing the water pipeline system between the main tap water pipe and households in An Binh commune and Dong Phu commune. Finally, TFCF supported 68 families in Dong Phu commune and 31 families in An Binh commune with tap water connection. We are looking forward to helping more families next year. We plan to increase 15 families in Dong Phu commune with tap water connection and help 19 families in An Binh commune purchase water tanks to store purified river water.

We really want to improve the health of children and families by accessing clean water and hope to see the decreased rate of water-related diseases in Vietnam, such as intestinal, eyes, gynecological and kidney diseases.”

- Message from the social worker in TFCF Vietnam Branch

Thanksgiving!

TFCF Vietnam has proposed and operated Clean Water Support Program for children in Vietnam since 2017 which focuses on An Binh and Dong Phu communes. We realize that the most sustainable way to help children and families is the connection of tap water in needy households. There are one tap water factory in An Binh commune and two tap water factories in Dong Phu commune. However, the water pipes have not been installed in certain areas and we found many families still have to use polluted river water even the local government in province and commune levels improved the tap water pipe system. Definitely, TFCF Vietnam are unable to resolve this issue alone and needs the support and collaboration with many parties such as local governments, clean water companies, and your contribution. We are glad to have you work together to make an impact on people's lives in Vietnam.

May you and all children in Vietnam wake up every morning with renewed hopes and great values. I am hoping God blesses you with long and cheerful life. Thank you for your giving and wish you a Happy Thanksgiving Day!

With gratitude,

Wen Hung

Family Visit: understood water issue in households

Water purification system in a water factory

Water factory construction project by Government

River water for households

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Aug 30, 2019
Finding the root of the problem

By Wen Hung | Project Leader

Many families use river water.

“It’s always cheerful to see children’s smiles while they are drinking clean water. Their smiles say it all and make us feel that it’s worth the effort. However, we found that not only schools but also families need clear water in Vinh Long Province. This is because most of the time children and their families stay at home and still use river water in their daily lives. So, we began to investigate water to assess the effectiveness of the program implementation.”

- Message from the social worker in TFCF Vietnam Branch

Finding the root of the problem

In July 2019, we spent three days visiting the cooperation area ‘’ Dong Phu’’, families and relevant government units to understand the government's planning and residents' expectation. After visiting 2 water factories and 26 families, we got some information as follows:

2 Water factories

Dong Phu has 11 hamlets, but only 2 water factories are available for 5 hamlets. The factories get water from the ground or rivers and supply water to the resident’s houses after purifying the water. One water factory was built 25 years ago; however, there are lots of broken equipment which is difficult to deliver water.Another water factory was built in 2017 and the factory is still expanding its water purifier system to benefit more areas.

26 families

We visited Dong Phu families in July 2019. There were 26 families with 95 residents, including 47 children and 48 adults. After visiting, we found 26 families used river water in daily lives, includes cooking. Most of them just pumped the water from the river, filled the bucket and used the water until the alum sank to the bottom. However, only 2 families have powders to purify water to make it cleaner.

Next challenge of the project

Through the survey, we found they have some diseases caused by water, like gastrointestinal disease (17.9%)skin diseases(18.9%) and kidney disease(4.2%)…etc. Even families know they need to use clean water due to the pollution in the river, they didn’t have money to connect the tap water.

After the survey, we think we need to help more poor families connect the tap water and have clean water in daily life to stay away from diseases. We sincerely hope that there will be more smiles on their faces. Therefore, your ongoing support will give them a change to have a better and healthy life.

Thank you for being with us! Wish you all the best!

With gratitude,

Wen Hung

The polluted water

The way how families get water

Using water after the water is static.

The scene of the water factory

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