Lu’anlou Village in Jiucheng Township of Lixin County

This week will be our last week in Fuyang. On Saturday Kevin and I will take a train to Hefei, the capital city of Anhui Province to do other type of project with SC China Programme. During this week, we will visit Lu'anlou Village, revisit Xilaojia Village to see SC distribute piglets to the villagers and meet with local business leaders and government officials to understand more on what they have done and plan to do for PLWHA or affected by HIV/AIDS. Further, we will provide workshop to local NGOs, SC and other SC's working partners such as Women Federation.

On 16 July 2007, we had the opportunity to set in on a Village Association meeting where SC facilitated a discussion and decision making process for developing an income generation program. There was considerable discussion among the villagers about the type of livestock program to initiate. Cows, pigs, pigeons and goats were all discussed as potential options.

A meeting of the Association Administrative Group was observed during our visit. SC described some of the requirements associated with obtaining the loans for purchasing the livestock. Four items were included that had been oral recommendations from us during various post Village visit meetings.

After the meeting, we also met with the Deputy Director of Civil Affairs Bureau and Li Xin County Humane Society to discuss the challenges faced by him in dealing with PLWHA.