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chapter 5. country CBDRM case studies<br />

• The increase in involvement of local government in DM<br />

initiatives.<br />

• The number <strong>and</strong> impact of initiatives implemented as a<br />

result of increased coordination.<br />

• The development of plans <strong>and</strong> structures for enhancing<br />

coordination around CBDM.<br />

• The increase in underst<strong>and</strong>ing of CBDM by national<br />

level government.<br />

• The incorporation of policy support for CBDM in<br />

government legislation.<br />

Vietnam<br />

CASE STUDY 1<br />

Development Workshop France Initiatives in Thanh<br />

Thuy Chanh Village<br />

Thuy Thanh Commune<br />

Married at <strong>the</strong> age of 17, Madam Phan Thi Yem assures<br />

us that this was not considered young at <strong>the</strong> time, but life<br />

was really hard - diffi cult to express how hard. To begin<br />

with, <strong>the</strong> young couple were farmers. Then her husb<strong>and</strong><br />

went off in 1963 to fi ght in <strong>the</strong> Resistance. He was killed<br />

in May that year in a ghastly massacre. This was a terrible<br />

blow, leaving her with 5 young children to care for, <strong>the</strong><br />

eldest 13 <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> youngest only 3 years old. With meager<br />

savings from making straw hats, like o<strong>the</strong>rs in <strong>the</strong> village,<br />

she was able to pay for her children to attend school. But<br />

once basic needs were met, she could only afford to lie<br />

in a poorly maintained bamboo shelter. Using savings<br />

scraped toge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> with manual help from cousins <strong>and</strong><br />

neighbors, she managed to build a cement block house<br />

with a tin roof, but no reinforcement, only to fi nd herself<br />

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