DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 10 NOVEMBER 2019! Aide et Action is currently seeking a consultant to conduct an evaluation on the pilot phase of our project “Promoting Quality and Inclusive Early Childhood Care, Education (ECCE) and Parenting in Cambodia and Vietnam” and produce key recommendations that can be incorporated into the scale up of the project. […]
Archives for October 2019
Togo: “What a boy can do, a girl can do it too”
Chimène is 8 years old, she is in 5th grade at Tchabi Cope school in Togo. She is Minister of Sports and Recreation in the school government set up in her school by Aide et Action. Since taking office, Chimène describes her vision as having changed a lot: “Since the government was put in place, […]
Gendered inequalities in Southeast Asia: How do we unwrite the script?
As organizations from around the world come together to celebrate International Day of the Girl 2019, we wish to take this opportunity to draw attention to the work that remains to be done. On this occasion we’d like to share our initiative in Lao PDR, where we support girls towards building greater autonomy, despite the […]
GirlForce: Unscripted and unstoppable
In 2018, 129 million girls were out of school. Even though their educational situation tends to improve in the world, it is still far from right! The International Day of the Girl, celebrated on October 11, is an opportunity to address the kinds of discrimination girls still face and offer ways and to combat them. […]
In Vietnam, teachers are committed to providing a better future for marginalized children
While it’s common knowledge that a teacher’s role is to help others to learn, what we love about our teachers is their own personal commitment to learn. Today, on International Teacher’s Day, we’d like to share some of the work our teachers in Vietnam have been doing to better understand their students’ needs and offer […]
Cambodia – Education inspires community action
For World Teachers Day, we’d like to draw attention to some remarkable young people, who are volunteering to teach extra classes to marginalized children in isolated pockets of Cambodia and keep them in school. As the lead NGO of the Cambodian Consortium of Out of School Children, Aide et Action is working to reach out […]
Teachers: profession threatened, educational future in danger
World Teachers’ Day, celebrated on October 5th, is an opportunity to pay tribute to the key role of this profession throughout the world. Yet, many challenges remain and the educational future of the younger generations is far from guaranteed. For several years now, the key role of teachers has been recognized in the achievement of […]