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 […]
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Junior Magazine: Education in time of crisis
At Aide et Action, we believe in the power of education to raise awareness among young people, to free them from prejudices and to prepare them to live together in tolerance. Education is key to leading younger generations towards peaceful citizenship and solidarity. Holding this belief, we developed our junior magazine from 2015 to 2018 to contribute towards […]
Aide et Action Magazine: Rethinking education after the coronavirus crisis
Around the world, education that teaches, enlightens, liberates and works for a better world has become a target of extremist and obscurantist attacks. This, coupled with the threat that COVID-19 also poses to education, jeopardizes the future of a whole generation, and it is more urgent than ever to remain mobilized in order to defend […]
Aide et Action Magazine: Learning starts at birth
For 40 years Aide et Action has been committed to ensuringquality education for all. We have made early childhood one of our priority areas of intervention as early childhood care and education lay the foundations of lifelong learning and well-being. This component is an integral part of basic education and is a right for all […]
Cambodia: Preschool teacher dreams of all students being able to complete secondary education
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 […]
Vietnam: New coronavirus impacts education
4 March 2020, Hanoi, Vietnam: Despite no new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Vietnam since 13 February 2020, Vietnamese schools remain shut as the government continues to implement a series of measures. Here, at Aide et Action, we are working closely with schools in impacted areas to ensure the interests of the […]
Cambodia: ECCE projects recognized by the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport
His Excellency Dr. Hang Chhoun Naron, Minister of the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport, Cambodia, presented a Letter of Appreciation to Aide et Action’s Cambodian Country Director Samphors Vorn on 23 December 2019. This letter was presented to Aide et Action in recognition of the important role we have played in building quality early […]
Vietnam: “I just want my children to have a desk and a lightbulb”
In Vietnam’s rural and remote Lai Chau province, ethnic minority children are more likely to drop out of school and fall into insecure agricultural work. Girls are even more at risk, with early marriage also being a contributing factor. This, combined with the fact that the state curriculum is taught in Vietnamese and not in […]