Living organically: learning from the CCN

CCN member in Pursat describes how he cultivates soil and vegetables in his backyard

Seeds to vegetables: how a CCN member combines subsistence with livelihood

A CCN member in Prey Veng shares her story of growing vegetables for her family and earn extra income.

Choy sum for my family

CCN member in Prey Veng shares her success story of growing beans.

Learning from the CCN: Phat Saroun’s story

Phat Saroun was a CCN member in the Pursat province. When the CCN pilot finished, she volunteered to be a CCN champion to continue the efforts of CCN in raising community awareness of climate change and practical adaptation. In this clip, she talked about her experience in the CCN.

CCN from the local facilitator’s view

Mr Phoern Hom is a farmer from Boeng Kok village, Pursat province. He shares his view about the CCN, why he joined as a local facilitator and what he learnt. He is continuing the CCN efforts as a CCN champion by sharing knowledge about climate change and adaptation, and mobilising his village to grow vegetables.

Transitioning from external funding to local government fund management

Under the support of the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through Water for Women Fund, East Meets West Foundation (EMWF) has launched the Community Led, Inclusive, Climate Resilient (CLICR) WASH project in 30 communes across 15 districts and 6 provinces in Cambodia from January 2023 to December 2024. One of the key objectives of this project is to enhance menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) for women and girls while promoting climate resilience.

A Stream of Change: Mrs. Pik’s Water Transformation

After collecting water for consumption and domestic use for more than 70 years, today Mrs. Pik, a 75-year-old widow living in Paklay District, Xayyabouly Province, can remove the heavy bamboo pole and water bucket from her shoulders. During a household visitation, she told East Meets West’s field staff.

Justifi UK and East Meets West Foundation collaborate to support children in Da Nang Village of Hope

Successful Celebration of World Water Day in Siem Reap Province

On March 22, 2024, an impactful event took place at Tea Banh Primary School in Puok District, Siem Reap Province, marking the celebration of World Water Day. The event, organized by the Provincial Department of Rural Development (PDRD) Siem Reap in collaboration with East Meets West Foundation (EMWF), brought together a diverse array of stakeholders, including government officials, NGOs, local leaders, students, and members of the press.

Empowering Women Water Operators: Celebrating Achievements during World Water Week 2023

In late July 2023, an inspiring event took place under the framework of the Community-Led Inclusive, Climate Resilient (CLICR) WASH Project, a pioneering initiative in Cambodia. Thrive Networks/East Meets West Foundation (EMWF) in Cambodia, in collaboration with partners, organized a refresher training aimed at strengthening the skills of female water operators and their technical staff, managers, and supporting teams. This event, hosted at the Training Hall, Diakonia Centre, Phnom Penh, marked a significant step towards achieving the project’s core objectives.

The gift that lasts for generations

“Back to work after the 2023 Lunar New Year holiday, I feel that there is still a lot to do to help disadvantaged communities in Vietnam, especially after the first trip of the year with Sven and his family, a donor of East Meets West Foundation (EMWF) resilient compassion homes project.”, shared by an EMWF staff.

“Women-led Output Based Aid – WOBA” project closing conference

Under the framework of “Women-led Output Based Aid – WOBA” project, Vietnam Women’s Union and East Meets West Foundation organize the WOBA project closing conference on November 29th, 2022 in Ha Noi, Vietnam.

Opportunities and constraints for women's empowerment in Vietnam rural WASH: A case study of Nghe An province

This learning note presents the case study of Chau Cuong, a commune in Quy Hop mountainous district, Nghe An province in our research on the opportunities and constraints for women’s empowerment in a donor funded WASH project implemented in 5 rural provinces of Vietnam. Focusing on the seven domains of the National Strategy for Gender Equality 2011-2020, the paper offers some implications for policy and practice for improving gender equality and women empowerment in rural Vietnam.

Analysis of survey results on pre- and post-training on Fecal Sludge Management in Ben Tre City (FSM – phase 2)

As part of our Women-Led Output-Based Aid (WOBA) project framework, East Meets West Foundation (EMWF) has coordinated with People’s Committee (PC) and the Women’s Union (WU) of Ben Tre city to implement the “Fecal Sludge Management in Ben Tre City” project (FSM) from June 2020 to September 2022.

EMWF successfully implemented “Building healthy schools for ethnic minority girls in Hoa Binh province” project.

“I rarely go to the toilet at school, sometimes there is no water in the toilet or the water won’t flush down. My friends use up all the toilet paper or take it somewhere. The hand washing station is clogged too. Before washing hands, we have to splash the dirty water out of the basin.”

Policy Review of Gender Equality in Vietnam Period 2011-2020

This paper reviews the policy landscape for gender equality in Vietnam. It looks at the legal basis for gender equality, focusing on the objectives and results of National Strategy on Gender Equality for the period 2011-2022. The policy review provides the context for a study on gender equality and women's empowerment in the WASH sector broadly and WOBA Vietnam particularly.

Report of WOBA Viet Nam latrine and water verification (July 2019 - Oct 2021)

This report presents the results of verification of latrines and water connections completed in the WOBA Vietnam project as of 30 October 2021: EMW and CDC completed 7,871 verifications for HH’s newly built latrines; EMW and PCERWASS completed 3,437 verifications for HHs’ piped water connections; WUs in Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Ben Tre completed 156 customer satisfaction surveys (CSS) of HHs after they had been using piped water service for 3 to 6 months.

TRAINING ON IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMMUNICATIONS IN FECAL SLUDGE MANAGEMENT IN BEN TRE CITY PROJECT (FSM)

To help households understand how to manage and treat fecal sludge from septic tank properly, change improper habits and connect households with licensed private units, EMWF cooperated with the Ben Tre Women’s Union to organize training series to improve knowledge and skills for Women’s Union members from 14 clusters/communes on February 28-29th, 2022.

End-line Evaluation Report for Women-Led Output-Based Aid (WOBA) Cambodia

The evaluation report focuses on all aspects of the project programming, including sanitation, piped water connection, climate resilient water safety plan pilot, FSM pilot, menstrual health hygiene training, and other WASH related trainings.

A Rapid Review of Financial Risks for Water and Sanitation Businesses in Cambodia

This review of prior studies on financial risks in supply market of WASH products and services was conducted to better understand financial risks issues generally in developing countries and specifically in Cambodia. The report synthesises issues identified in the review and document the risks that WASH businesses encounter along the supply chains, and factors associated with these financial risks in the WASH markets particularly in Cambodia. The results are used to develop a questionnaire to survey private sector WAS suppliers in the WOBA project.

Summary report of the Mid-Term Evaluation of WOBA Cambodia

This report summarises the findings of the mid-term evaluation of WOBA Cambodia. The evaluation assesses WOBA’s progress towards its planned outcomes and support learning by exploring the effectiveness of the strategies and activities implemented from June 2018 to June 2021. The summary report explores some initial indications of impacts and sustainability. It provides important recommendation in the ongoing implementation of the program and progress towards the project’s end-of-program outcomes.

Report of the endline evaluation of Women-Led Output-Based Aid (WOBA) Vietnam

The purpose of the Endline Evaluation is to assess the WOBA project using the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) evaluation criteria including Relevance – Effectiveness – Efficiency – Impact - Sustainability. The theory of change defined for WOBA Vietnam has been used to define evaluation priority areas of inquiry which in turn links to the key evaluation questions. The priority areas of this Endline Evaluation are: 1. WASH services implemented using OBA focusing on the water component 2. Gender equality and social inclusion approach and outcomes 3. Fecal sludge management pilot 4. Climate resilient water safety plan pilot

Impacts of WOBA for marginalized households in rural Viet Nam. Lessons learnt from the Mid-Term Review of WOBA Viet Nam

This learning note is based on the findings from the mid term review of WOBA Vietnam, to share the knowledge and lessons learned about the beneficiaries’ WASH needs and the intended/unintended impacts of the WOBA project for the beneficiaries who are the marginalized households in the rural Vietnam.

End-line Evaluation Report for Women-Led Output-Based Aid (WOBA) Cambodia

The evaluation report focuses on all aspects of the project programming, including sanitation, piped water connection, climate resilient water safety plan pilot, FSM pilot, menstrual health hygiene training, and other WASH related trainings.