NEWS ARCHIVE – ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Deer and Goat Raising
Innovation is the key for farmers relying on agriculture to make a living. SSCD and YWAM Mercy have been trying to encourage farmers to think in a different way about their economic activities and to invest in crops and livestock that bring higher financial returns....
Agricultural Fair Showcases Local Products
A district New Year festival gave some of our project beneficiaries an opportunity to show case their agricultural products to a larger audience. This Spring Festival is held every year just after the Lunar New Year Holiday. People come together from all over the...
Goat Farmers Gain Access to Experts, Visit Successful Goat-raising Operation
Animal-raising provides sustainable increases in income and a path out of poverty. It also takes some skill to be successful. In our experience, visiting a location to see successful farmers brings the biggest change. For this reason, YWAM Mercy and SSCD organized a...
Goat Raising Offers Families a Viable Business Model
When Mr. Thu arrived back in Vietnam, after working in Cyprus as a foreign worker, he was looking for viable ways to provide for his family. His wife had been successfully raising pigs for a number of years, after taking part in YWAM Mercy’s Opportunity Team. She...
Calf Brings Highest Price Ever in YWAM Mercy Cow-bank
They say good things come in small packages and that was certainly the case with Mr. Vuong's cow. Mr. Vuong and his wife joined a YWAM Mercy Opportunity Team in 2019 hoping for the chance to raise a cow to increase their income. They live with their son in a very...
Crabs and Snails Bring Higher Income To Creative Farmer
In the past, besides farming, I had a habit of catching crabs and snails in the field. Realizing that the selling price of crabs and snails is quite high, I had the idea of raising them myself. -Mr. Khiem Mr. Khiem thought of a creative way to turn a skill learned in...
Net House Model Under Repair After Storm Damage
Net houses are climate controlled, naturally ventilated environments where vegetables can be grown. YWAM Mercy Vietnam helped a group of farmers build a net house model in one Luc Nam village, as part of our Sustainable Rural Development Project in this area. They...
Community Learns Six Life Aspects For Success
Helping people to set goals and plan for the future builds stronger communities. When people think only about the present and earning enough money for daily expenses it has a negative effect on individuals and their families, especially the children because then life...
Cowbank Update: Lumpy Skin Disease Now Under Control
Between December 2020 and January 2021, Luc Nam villagers discovered a strange disease which affected some of the cows in our cowbank. Our consultant from the Agricultural University, Mr. Thanh, came to investigate, identifying the hard bumps under the cow's skin as...
Farmers Leverage Social Media to Reach Customers Despite Pandemic
Farmers faced a big problem this year. The weeks leading up to Lunar New Year (Tet) are their biggest time for selling, but just a few weeks before this peak season, the country went into lockdown once again. People were required to stay in their local area making it...