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 […]
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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, […]
Cambodia: Catching fish comes before catching up on school
In Prakiep village, a small, remote rural village located in Cambodia’s Kampong Thom Province, children are missing out on an education. In fact, across Cambodia, an estimated 250,000 children are currently out of school due to barriers such as remote geographical location and poverty. Here at Aide et Action, we have led, and continue to […]
Lao PDR: Making room for innovative learning tools
In Lao PDR’s northern countryside – characterized by rugged mountains and lush, green rice paddies – primary schools are few and far between, and there is a serious shortage of school books and other teaching and learning materials. Aide et Action is working in the region to increase access to quality education and learning materials. […]
Cambodia: Remedial classes reduce school dropouts
In Cambodia, one of our project objectives is to ensure that marginalized children who have dropped out of school or who are at risk of dropping out can quickly catch up and stay in school. Remedial classes are one way to address the problems of repetition, drop-outs and to a lesser extent the effects of […]
China: Community livelihood project weaves hope back into Mrs. Wang’s life
A community livelihood project supported by Aide et Action in rural China brings improved income opportunities for women such as 48-year-old Mrs. Wang Qin. Mrs. Wang, from Baijia Village, Qinshen County, Meishan City, Sichuan, was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis six years ago. Since then, she’s had to give up the heavy farm work she used […]
Vietnam: Improved quality of teaching yields inspiring results
Aide et Action is working in isolated areas of Vietnam, building teacher capacity to increase access to quality education for marginalised children. In Tam Duong district in Vietnam’s northwest province of Lai Chau, we have been working with Nung Nang Primary School to train teachers on how to deliver quality education to ethnic minority children. […]
China: Aide et action celebrates Mid-autumn Festival
To celebrate China’s Mid-Autumn Festival in 2019, Aide et Action staff member Ai Da Xun organized a community event in Jiagua town, Qiong Lai city, Sichuan province, to improve people’s awareness of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) as well as enhance child-caregiver interactions. On 12 September 2019 after a morning of music and a […]