On the occasion of International Teachers’ Day, we would like to highlight the daily lives of teachers working in sometimes dangerous conditions, as is currently the case in the Sahel. Despite the risks, they remain dedicated and loyal to their commitment to education. The 2021-2022 school year begins against a backdrop of a security and […]
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Cambodia: Building better living conditions for teachers
In rural and remote parts of Cambodia, teachers travel long distances or stay in unsuitable accommodation in order to teach their students. As we celebrate International Teacher’s Day 2021, we wish to focus on the need to ensure teachers have safe working conditions as they return to their classrooms. Before Covid, teacher Koeun Kimsry’s trek […]
Aide et Action Magazine: Celebrating 40 years of action
‘Setting up Aide et Action was a project that was certainly crazy at the start, but which took shape little by little since the beginning of the year and which has now become a very concrete reality thanks to all of you’. These were the first words in the editorial by Pierre-Bernard Le Bas, founder […]
Cambodia: The journey to becoming an award-winning teacher
In the rural village of Trea, located in Cambodia’s southeastern Kandal province, secondary school remained out of reach for many girls when Ros Daline was a young student. Daline dropped out of school after her primary education and began working at a garment factory to help support her family. Being the eldest of the family […]
Vietnam: Looking forward to a new school year
In the remote and northern province of Lai Chau, eight-year-old primary school student Ma Thi Mai Huong is currently enjoying her summer holidays and looking forward to a new school year on 1 September 2021. Like many students in her school, Mai hopes that the current Covid-19 outbreak will be contained by then so the […]
Laos: Innovative learning prioritised during Covid-19
In KohnKaen village, a rural settlement in Vientiane province home to approximately 1,400 inhabitants mostly from ethnic minority groups, internet access, and smartphones are a recent, but very welcome, arrival. Souphaphone Jalernsouk borrows her parents’ smartphone whenever she can to listen to English music, even though she doesn’t understand the words yet. At just 10 […]
Vietnam: The entrepreneur shattering gender stereotypes
“It is difficult even for a man from an ethnic minority group to start a business, not to mention a woman like me but nothing can stop me from following my dream.” In the small scenic rural town of Sapa, tucked high in the mountains Vietnam’s northern Lao Cai province, 27-year-old entrepreneur Lo Thi Hanh is shattering gender stereotypes that typically […]
Laos: School meals boost children’s attendance
In the remote and rural village of Somsavath Tai village, in Vientiane province, Mrs. Thord, a 54-year-old farmer looks after her two grandchildren while their parents work long days in the rice fields. Like many women her age, Mrs. Thord didn’t receive much of an education as a girl because among ethnic communities, cultural norms and traditions led to women marrying […]