On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, celebrated on February 21, Aide et Action reaffirms its commitment to multilingual education and highlights its importance for the education of thousands of children. In 1999, during the 30th session of the General Conference of UNESCO, countries adopted a Resolution establishing the concept of “multilingual education” to […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Vietnam: sensitizing marginalized populations to the risks of migration
In rural Vietnam, the remote province of Lao Cai is a nerve center of human trafficking. There, most young people have few options: to stay and live off a poor income from agriculture or to migrate within Vietnam or beyond to the neighboring border in China, seeking better economic opportunities. A situation with high risks. […]
Vietnam: ECCE projects are making a difference in rural villages
Aide et Action is working in isolated areas of Vietnam, delivering early childhood care and education (ECCE) projects to vulnerable groups to promote access to quality education to those who need it most. In a remote village in Vietnam’s north west province of Lai Chau, twenty-four-year-old Lu Tai May, tells us that she’s so happy […]
In Vietnam, teachers are committed to providing a better future for marginalized children
While it’s common knowledge that a teacher’s role is to help others to learn, what we love about our teachers is their own personal commitment to learn. Today, on International Teacher’s Day, we’d like to share some of the work our teachers in Vietnam have been doing to better understand their students’ needs and offer […]
Barriers to education in Southeast Asia: Children are being taught in a language they don’t speak
International Translation Day, which falls on 30 September 2019, is an important day to remember how language plays a vital role in the quality of education a child receives. Being born into an ethnic minority group or linguistic minority group can seriously affect a child’s chance of being in school and what they learn while […]
Vietnam: Extracurricular games make every day a good day to go to school
In a remote, rural primary school in north west Vietnam, Mr. Vang Van Hac, a Grade 2 teacher, is running some extracurricular activities for his students. While extracurricular activities might be the norm for students in other parts of the world, for Mr. Hac’s students – who are from the Mong ethnic minority group – […]