A group of young boys and girls smile in front of a camera in a dirt field. Two of the children are doing a ‘peace’ sign with their hands. There are older women standing in the background watching the children.
The UNTFHS funded programme targeted a total of 300,000 people in the rural provinces of Vientane, Luang Prabank and Bolikhamxay in Lao PDR and Hoa Binh, Ninh Binh and Quang Ninh in Vietnam. Credit: WHO Vietnam

Supporting education, health and sanitation needs among local populations in Ky Son District

Duration: January 2003– December 2004
Budget: US$308,227
Implementing Agencies: UNODC

The overall goal of the programme was to contribute to the ongoing drug eradication in Ky Son district by providing rural communities dependent on poppy cultivation with alternative sources of income, as well as promoting a more inclusive development framework with greater access to education, social services, infrastructure improvements, and land use rights.

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Programme Summary