This was an integrated project of
the community-based poverty reduction and HIV/AIDS health education and
prevention, which was supported by the
Bread for World. The project duration was from 2006 to 2009, including
two phases targeting 15,100 local residents in two communes, Xuan Hoa and Dong
thanh located in Vu thu district (Thai binh province). The project aimed to support for poor rural households in Dong
Thanh and Xuan Hoa communes in improving quality of life through community
development and to build capacity in HIV/AIDS and drug abuse prevention for
youths and communal general population as well as to undertake capacity strengthening
on HIV/AIDS prevention communication through creative art-based performance by
local NGO and the self-help groups in Thai Binh province.
