The initiative, called Sa Pa Healing by Sa Pa town-based Sa Pa Essentials Ltd (SPE) and 11 others have been selected from 930 initiatives for the final round of the World Challenge Awards, a contest for projects and enterprises that help change lives in local communities. The 2007 awards will be presented to groups that really make changes in business and grassroots initiatives.
The mountainous region of Sa Pa in northern Vietnam is an invaluable storehouse of medicinal plants – many of which have been used for centuries by the local population. Sa Pa Essentials was established to protect these species from the increasing threat of over-harvesting while at the same time boosting incomes and improving lives within the community.
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