SJ Vietnam Fisher Village Hanoi

“Fisher village” consists of more than 40 families living on temporary ragged boats by the Red River (one small part of the village is on an island) near the historical center of Hanoi. Their lives are extremely difficult: the surroundings are badly polluted, they don’t have tap-water, electricity and they have to filter the water from the Red River and drink it. Thus the rate of having diseases and drowning is very high. All families have more than 5 members while they don’t have jobs, so it is very hard to feed the whole family. Their children, all of whom are badly malnourished and illiterate, have to collect rubbish, sell collected fruits, vegetable, lottery results or catch shrimp overnight.

there, SJ Vietnam in collaboration with the french student organization "ETAI" is running an international youth house for youth and the children living on the red river. All the activities in Fisher Village are mixed with our LTV and workcamps activities.Check our web site at www.sjvietnam.org