Dates: 26 March - 4 April 2018
Place: Hanoi, Vietnam
Activities
During the last year, the economy in Vietnam has been growing fast which brings on the one hand a better life for people. On the other hand, the country is dealing with many environmental problems due to unsustainable development and polution. All of these problems affect even more the poor people who are more sensitive to environment issues.
Therefore, the goverment, the businesses, the NGOs, together with the local people started to be interested in sustainable development and step-by-step they established their own activities and projects promoting sustainable development.
The local communities and people in Hanoi seem to be:
- Lacking of information about environmental sustainability;
- Unaware or careless about environmental sustainability;
- Illiteraal and lacking of political will hindering environmental sustainability processes in the community.
For the Job Shadowing in Vietnam, the group visited 3 SJ Vietnam’s projects which are running by poor people and the local community:
- The Eco-farm which is running by a fisher man, with the help of SJ Vietnam and international volunteers.
- Fisher's village: Water filter project, mirco-finance for livelihood, educational activities for children at the village.
- Buoc village, an Eco-tourist village, set up by Thai people, a minority group in Vietnam. Despite the good environmental conditions, villagers still lack a lot of education and living a poor condition. The villagers are trying to attract eco-tourists in order to raise money for their livelihoods
Visiting Mai Chau, the fisher's village
The community is called Fisher Village and it has about 27 families. They live in stilt houses; house made of wood and on the Red River. They are therefore called “River Dwellers”. The people in the community are considered as illegal people in Hanoi even though they Vietnamese by nationality.
In the local community, most of the people are unaware or careless about sustainability or eco-sustainability. And so they drink from very polluted water from the Red River which is located in the heart of Hanoi. They live, drink, wash and swim in this river. They are therefore, exposed to several water related diseases. Drinking from this polluted water leads to lungs and heart related diseases. Illiteracy and lack of political will are the main issues that hinder sustainability or eco sustainability process in this community. The Fisher Village served as a case study for an activity with regards to eco-sustainability and is included in the educational module (see here).
Place: Hanoi, Vietnam
Activities
During the last year, the economy in Vietnam has been growing fast which brings on the one hand a better life for people. On the other hand, the country is dealing with many environmental problems due to unsustainable development and polution. All of these problems affect even more the poor people who are more sensitive to environment issues.
Therefore, the goverment, the businesses, the NGOs, together with the local people started to be interested in sustainable development and step-by-step they established their own activities and projects promoting sustainable development.
The local communities and people in Hanoi seem to be:
- Lacking of information about environmental sustainability;
- Unaware or careless about environmental sustainability;
- Illiteraal and lacking of political will hindering environmental sustainability processes in the community.
For the Job Shadowing in Vietnam, the group visited 3 SJ Vietnam’s projects which are running by poor people and the local community:
- The Eco-farm which is running by a fisher man, with the help of SJ Vietnam and international volunteers.
- Fisher's village: Water filter project, mirco-finance for livelihood, educational activities for children at the village.
- Buoc village, an Eco-tourist village, set up by Thai people, a minority group in Vietnam. Despite the good environmental conditions, villagers still lack a lot of education and living a poor condition. The villagers are trying to attract eco-tourists in order to raise money for their livelihoods
Visiting Mai Chau, the fisher's village
The community is called Fisher Village and it has about 27 families. They live in stilt houses; house made of wood and on the Red River. They are therefore called “River Dwellers”. The people in the community are considered as illegal people in Hanoi even though they Vietnamese by nationality.
In the local community, most of the people are unaware or careless about sustainability or eco-sustainability. And so they drink from very polluted water from the Red River which is located in the heart of Hanoi. They live, drink, wash and swim in this river. They are therefore, exposed to several water related diseases. Drinking from this polluted water leads to lungs and heart related diseases. Illiteracy and lack of political will are the main issues that hinder sustainability or eco sustainability process in this community. The Fisher Village served as a case study for an activity with regards to eco-sustainability and is included in the educational module (see here).
The group of the Job Shadowing in Vietnam, also visited the Halong Bay and stayed for a few days in Mai Chau, hosted in a Vietnamese ecovillage.