In anticipation of starting the Project for Improvement of Living and Child Nutrition in Tay Nguyen, the staff members of FIDR visited Dak To District of Kon Tum Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, which was also the target area of the previous project. The purpose of the visit was to conduct monitoring after the project completion.

In anticipation of starting the Project for Improvement of Living and Child Nutrition in Tay Nguyen, the staff members of FIDR visited Dak To District of Kon Tum Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, which was also the target area of the previous project. The purpose of the visit was to conduct monitoring after the project completion.

During the monitoring visit, it was revealed that even after concluding the project in 2017, the Mother's Space serving as a multipurpose hygiene facility for toilet, shower, or washhouse, installed by the residents in the previous project has not only been maintained but also renovated by installing new water tanks and pipes by the residents themselves. Those families who set up the Mother's Space during the project took the initiative to talk about its easy-to-use aspect to other residents in the vicinity, which lead to other households launching the Mother's Space by themselves.

Furthermore, it came to our attention that the World Bank took the construction of the Mother's Space as a reference. The region and the households, where the Mother's Space was installed, were participating nearly all throughout the construction process. The overground part, in particular, was designed and built by the residents; while the construction materials for the underground part were backed-up. When World Bank supports in building toilets for people in Kon Tum Province, local authorities who hold the Mother's Space in high regard introduced its mechanisms. Because the construction of the toilets' ground segment is entrusted to households, more toilet facilities will be constructed. This is unlike other toilet constructions where all construction costs including the building are backed up.

In Dak To, the ambitions of the residents are high. One woman participating in the previous project as a leader expressed her desire to cooperate again once the new project starts. We are continuously moving forward with preparations towards the actual start in August this year.

The Mother's Space installed during the previous project is still being used with great care.