Rights-LINK Lao, Village Focus International’s largest project, has been advocating for land rights and the improvement of land management and governance in the Lao PDR for nearly 8 years through the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC. Over these years – along with Village Focus’ previous experiences in land planning and agricultural development – the organization and our dedicated staff have experienced all the challenges of development and advocacy in Laos. We have worked with numerous stakeholder organizations and national actors, and now sit at the center of a network of organizations working on land, natural resources, food security, and agro-forestry issues.
The network chart on the reverse of this document shows the numerous accomplishments Rights-LINK has made during its second phase through its local connections to the land network.