SRD's project "Strengthening capacity on natural disaster adaptation and supporting livelihood development" has provided local people with basic skills on natural disasterpreparedness and developed several models on adaptation to floods and storms. A needsassessment was conducted in August 2010 to find out what local people thought wouldhelp them adapt. The results showed that most of the households wanted to raise pigs.Sixteen families were supported with 3 million VND each to buy piglets, and weretrained in how to raise pigs in conditions vulnerable to flooding. Having participated in the project, Mr Ho Van Tuong, a man with disability at Hoa Vien village, Phong Binh commune, was able to rebuild his piggery to respond to natural disasters and climate change. Tuong re-designed his former piggery to a multi-tier piggery, raised its floor and sloped the back for drainage. Instead of building standard walls, Tuong built them with lots of holes whichhelp the water to drain out in the rainy season and keep the piggery cool in summer. These holes in the walls can also be used to insert wooden boards to raise the floor level when floods hit. "Now with the new piggery, I can raise sows during the flood season... Farmers like me rely heavily on rice and pig raising. Previously, I would have been concerned about raising sows in the stormy season. Now I have developed new knowledge and skills, I am not worried any more" Tuong said happily.