Capacity building

A group of young women from Thasommor Village

Small Enterprise for Big Dreams: A Pilot Initiative to Turn Passion into Economic Progress for Young Women in Laos

By Muksin Straker Cook | July 2019 In Laos, women face disadvantages in accessing economic opportunities, as poverty and wellbeing are highly gendered and associated with ethnicity, cultural norms and geography. Women generally occupy the lower rungs of the labour market and are more often excluded...

River Mapping workshop for students. Photo by: Thome, Oxfam in Laos

River Mapping - A way to appreciate what the river gives to the community

rivermappingworkshop_sep2018b.jpg On September 7, 2018, the Oxfam team had a great time facilitating a training session on river mapping to students. The workshop was held at the training center of PADETC, Ban Nahoy, Sangthong District, Vientiane. rivermappingworkshop_sep2018c.jpg Several...

Basket weaving with talipot - Photo by: Thome, Oxfam in Laos

Talipot (Ton Lan): From food to Handicraft

Villagers at Pak Poun villages group traditionally cut down the Talipot to obtain the top for food but they now preserve Talipot forests for producing handicraft. This change is contributing to towards a sustainable livelihood for those involved. talipot1_sign.jpg This change was captured during...

Vegetable Gardens: A More Sustainable Path to Gender Equality in Bokeo Province

Before, we used to grow rice in the mountains. Nowadays we also plant in the lowlands. We raise chickens and ducks as well, to use as food for our families. And we have a couple of buffaloes, which help with the rice paddies. Next to all of that, CAMKID and Oxfam helped us to start a vegetable...

Capacity Development for Citizen-Led Inclusive Development Project (CD-CID)

The Capacity Development for Citizen-Led Inclusive Development Project (CD-CID) contributes to inclusive local governance and community development led by Lao people, using innovative institutional development approaches in village development planning. The project is funded by the European Union...

Citizen Participation and Civil Society Development

We believe a vibrant, effective and credible civil society sector is essential. Multi-dimensional capacity-building can help give rise to civil society organisations that can engage and influence their government and corporate sector on a principled and sustained basis. An essential part of...

Promoting Gender Equality through the Rule of Law and Good Governance

Objective The project aimed to contribute to a situation in which women have the rights, capacity and opportunity to be safe from violence and enjoy their full and equal human rights, with two specific objectives: Specific objective(s) 1.To enhance and promote the participation of CSOs in gender...