Suan Sokhom dropped out of school at Grade 10 to get married. Without a complete education, she never imagined she’d have the opportunity to become a preschool teacher but, against the odds, she has become a leader in her community, committed to providing quality early childhood care and education to marginalised children in Cambodia. “I […]
Archives for July 2020
Aide et Action is joining the CHS Alliance
Aide et Action is now a member of the CHS Alliance (Core Humanitarian Standard) or the Fundamental Humanitarian Standard of Quality and Accountability which brings together 150 members from humanitarian and development sectors committed to the implementation of “the standard of quality and accountability”. The CHS Alliance is a global alliance committed to improving aid […]
Lao PDR: New skills bring new opportunities for ethnic minority women
Increasing access to quality education is at the core of what we do at Aide et Action. In Vietnam and Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), we’re also focusing on lifelong learning to offer youth vocational training and new skills to better match them to current job markets and build a more equitable and sustainable […]
Cambodia’s ethnic minority children are tuning into a new form of learning during Coronavirus crisis
In Cambodia, Aide et Action is supporting the country’s most marginalised children to receive an education through distance learning initiatives including radio programmes in ethnic minority languages. The current disruption to education has impacted approximately 1.6 billion children globally, and is being regarded as the biggest global education emergency of our lifetime. In Cambodia, as […]
Vietnam: Aide et Action supports isolated communities through health education
In the remote and isolated province of Lai Chau in northern Vietnam, most of the inhabitants rely on agriculture to earn a living. When Covid-19 led to travel and trade restrictions earlier this year, those that used to go to the field every day to farm found themselves in a difficult position economically. Aide et […]