To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting the commitment of some of the women we work with across Southeast Asia who are uplifting communities such as Hem Srey Oun, a preschool teacher in Cambodia. Srey Oun was the first in her family to finish Grade 12 and is soon set to finish a degree in […]
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Vietnam: Aide et Action increases women’s participation
With her daughters’ school fees amounting to one-third of her family’s income, providing an education for her family comes at a huge cost for 25-year-old Lu Thi Sua. But, all Sua wants is a better life for her children. To support women like Sua, Aide et Action is implementing a project on early childhood care […]
Burkina Faso: Promoting women’s autonomy to increase decision-making power
Today, millions of women live without education, vocational training, and jobs. Victims of discrimination and inequality, they find themselves deprived of the freedom to make their own choices. In Burkina Faso, West Africa, Aide et Action is working to fight against this injustice, by supporting women to gain greater autonomy. This year, our Learn to […]
Cambodia: Informal drop-in centres offer out of school children an opportunity to flourish
Aide et Action is proud to lead the Cambodian Consortium of Out of School Children, which aims to provide marginalized, out of school children in Cambodia with access to equitable, quality, and relevant primary education. Across Cambodia, many local families are struggling to make ends meet. In rural areas, home to 90% of the country’s […]
Vietnam: Bridging the gap in career education for ethnic minority youth
While career education and vocational training is a core component in preparing students to have the knowledge and skills required for finding gainful employment after school, it is often overlooked in Vietnam (and many other countries where we work). Tackling unemployment rates In Bắc Hà, a rural district of Lào Cai Province in the northeast […]
Lao PDR: Learning to learn with ICT
In Lao PDR, we are supporting primary schools in rural areas to use and maintain Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment to enable teachers and students to develop better digital literacy. Our project provides equipment in the form of tablets, projectors, screens, speakers, and electrical cables. However, many of the school administration and school teachers had […]
Vietnam: A community-based approach promotes education for all
In Vietnam, community-based extra-curricular activities – including children’s clubs – are conducted during school holidays by Youth Union, a local youth organization, at village and communal levels, with support from Aide et Action. This initiative aims at building physical health as well as life skills for children during their summer holidays. In 2019, our activities […]
Lao PDR: Mobile libraries spread the joy of storytelling
In rural areas of Laos, primary schools lack reading and learning materials. Children often have to share textbooks and classrooms rarely have additional storybooks. Most schools do not have a library or even a reading room. That’s why Aide et Action endeavors to offer fun approaches to learning through our mobile libraries. Traveling with storybooks, […]