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Results of WOBA Vietnam Mid-Term Review
his report presents results of the Mid-Term Review (MTR) conducted for the ongoing (2018 – 2022) Women Led Output-based Aid Vietnam (WOBA) project funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) through the Water for Women Fund. The project is being implemented in five rural provinces of Vietnam (Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Ben Tre) to bring equitable water, sanitation services and hygiene practices to marginalized households in rural communities. The MTR, conducted during March-July 2021, evaluates the program’s progress towards its planned outcomes and supports learning by exploring the effectiveness of the strategies and activities implemented from June 2018 to June 2021. It explores some initial indicators of impact and sustainability.
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Lessons from Water for Women Fund!
Climate change and WASH are intrinsically linked. According to UN Water’s 2020 World Water Development Report, nearly three quarters of natural disasters are water related. When they hit, they can destroy critical WASH infrastructure and access – severely affecting the health, safety and food security of thousands, if not millions of people at a time.
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Hand washing products and hygiene promotion in rural Vietnam: A case study of the COVID-19 Response in the Women-Led Output-Based Aid (WOBA) Vietnam Project
In align with the Vietnamese government’s response to COVID-19 and the World Health Organization’s recommendations, Thrive Networks/East Meets West Foundation (EMWF) supported the provincial efforts to prevent COVID-19 transmission at the local level through the implementation of a COVID-19 Response project (Phase 1) in the period of May to July 2020, as part of the Women-Led Output-Based Aid Vietnam project, funded by Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade under the Water for Women Fund.
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“Turn waste into nutrition” project was launched!
In June 2021, the project named “Turn waste into the nutrition” of Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Thu won the second prize in the “Innovative women in developing solutions to improve sanitation and clean water for climate change adaption and social integration”. The contest is under the framework of the Women-Led Output Based project, funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and implemented by East Meets West Foundation.
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Women are Key to Improving Rural Sanitation
On World Toilet Day, a marketing campaign in Viet Nam sheds light on what makes civil society organizations effective partners for development projects.
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OBA and WASH services for marginalized households in rural Viet Nam. Policy implications from the Mid-term Review of WOBA Viet Nam
This policy brief draws on the results of the Mid-term Review of WOBA Vietnam about the success and limitations of applying the output-based aid model in delivering WASH services to the marginalized households in the rural Vietnam.