Project: Housing and Sanitation Improvements for poor households

- Project Length: February 2007-February 2010

- Population: 2,253,300

- Pop. Density (pers/km2): 382

- Implementing Partners: Dong Nai Women Union

- Corporate Partners: Nike

This project was established following the identification of the substandard living conditions that many local factory workers were returning to after their working day. Habitat partnered with Nike to improve the quality of housing, sanitation and water supply for 98 poor families in 4 communes in Vinh Cuu district in Dong Nai province.  The increased access to safe and secure housing is expected to improve health, wellbeing and productivity for the workers themselves, and their families.

- Successes to date:

      In Dong Nai, a total of 187 families served to date.