(Nguồn: Báo Lao Động)
*Including tropical depressions, storms, whirlwinds, lightning, heavy rains, floods, flash floods, inundation, landslides and land subsidence caused by rain, flood or runoff, water surge, saline intrusion, sunshine heat, drought, hail.
(Nguồn: Báo Lao Động)
Nam Trà My district, Quảng Nam province features long mountainous terrain, with 97% of the population being ethnic minorities. In 2020, Nam Trà My was the most heavily damaged area as a result of natural disasters in this province.
84 houses collapsed and were buried
718 households had their roofs blown off
(Nguồn: Báo Lao Động)
Bắc Trà My district is also an impoverished mountainous area of Quảng Nam province, with 60% of the population belonging to minority communities. The area witnessed catastrophic earthquakes, subject to floods and landslides all year round.
73
is the number of people injured in the two terrible landslides in Nam Trà My district in 2020
Nam Trà My district, Quảng Nam province features long mountainous terrain, with 97% of the population being ethnic minorities. In 2020, Nam Trà My was the most heavily damaged area as a result of natural disasters in this province.
84 houses collapsed and were buried
718 households had their roofs blown off
Bắc Trà My district is also an impoverished mountainous area of Quảng Nam province, with 60% of the population belonging to minority communities. The area witnessed catastrophic earthquakes, subject to floods and landslides all year round.
73 is the number of people injured in the two terrible landslides in Nam Trà My district in 2020
Villagers resorted to evacuation for fear of falling rocks
It is not easy to convince a community to leave their village.
To them, their village is not only a shelter, but also a sacred land.
But because…
Despite moving to a new village,
poor living conditions are still a concern of the ethnic minorities…
Daily essentials such as toilets, electrical grid, and clean water are still luxuries to ethnic minorities in rural areas and mountainous districts
72%
is the percentage of ethnic minority households that do not have a standard toilet*
1/4
of ethnic minority households live without access to hygienic water sources*
(*) According to a survey on socio-economic status of 53 ethnic minorities in 2015.
Above all, their traditional architecture is gradually disappearing, replaced by hybrid architectural styles, losing the deeply-rooted highland identity in Quảng Nam.
Reducing the damage
caused by natural disasters;
Improving the
living standards;
Preserving the
local cultural identity.
Improving and protecting
the environment (ecology,
daily life, manufacturing,...);
2019 - now
Nóc Lâng Loan in hamlet 3, Trà Cang commune, Nam Trà My district, Quảng Nam province is now home to more than 75 resettlement households of the Xơ Đăng people who moved from Nóc Măng Lâng for fear of natural disaster.
2020 - now
Nóc Ông Phong, Hamlet 3, Bắc Trà My district, Quảng Nam province is the resettlement village for more than 50 households of the Ca Dong (a branch of the Xơ Đăng ethnic group) who used to live in Nóc Ông Hiến.
- View
- Basic infrastructure
- Solutions for architecture
- Landscape improvement
- Building livelihood model
- Water/waste collection and treatment
- Architectural works
- Essential infrastructure
The JOIN-HAND approach among architects
- beneficiary communities and local authorities
is the core value behind the success of
the Happy Village project.
Research and refer to related materials
Carry out surveys on people's needs and preferences
Implement and monitor project
Accompany and contribute ideas
Participate in the construction work
Agree on the development proposals, and jointly engage in the construction work
Facilitate and support the project
Re-building the model of
– community house
of the Xơ Đăng people
- Excerpts from a diary of the project staff of Nam Trà My Happiness Village
*As of early 2023
Supported
120+
households
in two resettlement villages.
Built
15 clusters
public toilet
for more than 75 households in Nóc Lâng Loan (Nam Trà My).
Installed
8+
solar-bulb systems
for more than 50 household in Nóc Ông Phong (Bắc Trà My).
Built
xm
class-B roads
(Nam Trà My)
Built
AB
systems of lightning protection
(Nam Trà My and Bắc Trà My)
Regenerated
landscape
by planting fruit trees and decorative plants (Bắc Trà My).
at the Ashui Awards 2021.
Uphold from 2019 until present, on every Saturday, if it doesn't rain, Xơ Đăng students from 3 to 13 years old will take part in the collecting trash activity around their houses and along the village roads in Nam Trà My. If it rains, each child will be given a nice little pair of rubber boots to keep their feet warm on the muddy roads to continue their trash-collecting mission.
When the mission is completed, the children tidy themselves up and head to the “Trash for milk” counter to receive the rewards for their good deed. While drinking the milk, the children constantly gurgling about the next collecting trash activity, delighted our project staff.
Toilet clusters are built for 3-5 households, with wooden frames, thatched roofs, latrines, septic tanks and showers. Water supply systemssystem and sewage plumbing are also installed for each cluster. Since the day the clusters were installed, the villagers started to get used to a new way of living: cleaner and safer.
After joining hands with the team and the villagers to build the toilet clusters, Mr. Đinh Bá Vinh - an architect in Đồng Hới town, cleans the toilet everyday to set an example for the villagers. Every time the shower is turned on, the whole village is amazed, “Wow, it's like on TV!".
Donor of 25 plastic water tanks to help people in Nam Trà My and Bắc Trà My actively store water in the dry season, overcoming difficulties caused by natural disasters, storms and floods.
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Venue sponsor for the "Build the Happy Village" event, where the artworks auction took place with a fundraising amount of up to VND 2.1 billion (equivalent to the cost of building 70 houses).
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