In Cambodia, Aide et Action is supporting women-headed households with livelihood training and in-kind materials to enable marginalised women to try new business ideas, increase their incomes, and build a more equitable society. In Cambodia’s rural northwestern province of Kampong Thom, 51-year old farm labourer Sin Koeun found herself the sole breadwinner of her family […]
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Vietnam: Business Initiative Challenge Competition Final and Awards
On 11 November 2021, Aide et Action in partnership with Northwest Development Cooperation Center and Youth Union of Hoa Binh and Lao Cai provinces organized the final round and the award ceremony of the “Business Initiative Challenge” competition online, co-sponsored by the European Union and Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam. The “Business Initiative Challenge” competition is […]
Cambodia: Building Back Small Businesses During the Covid-19 Pandemic
In Cambodia, as the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, it also continues to affect societies and economies at their cores. In the country’s rural, central province of Kampong Thom, 48-year-old Sreyneth*, a street vendor selling desserts shares the same fate as many workers in the informal sector – a loss of income and little to no […]
Press Release: Four EU-funded projects to support fishing communities in Cambodia
Phnom Penh, 27 October 2021: Today, the EU Delegation to Cambodia and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, formally launched, with WCS, Oxfam, Aide et Action, and Save the Children, four EU-funded projects to support green growth, jobs creation, social services, and better protection of natural resources for the fishing communities in 10 Tonle […]
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 […]
“Business Initiative Challenge” launched to support the entrepreneurial spirit of Vietnam’s ethnic minority youth
In collaboration with local nonprofit Northwest Development Cooperation Center and Youth Union of Lao Cai and Hoa Binh provinces we launched a competition titled Business Initiative Challenge in late March 2021 to inspire and encourage ethnic minority youth – especially young women – to develop and implement start-up initiatives locally. As part of the EU-funded Increasing Access to […]
In Burkina Faso, thanks to vocational training, women are building bigger businesses
Aide et Action’s Training in the Service of Feminine Leadership (FORSELF) project in Ouagadougou, West Africa, enables women previously deprived of education to train for a trade and develop better income-generating activities. Mariam and Adama are two project participants who can attest in the project’s power to transform lives. In Burkina Faso, a number of […]
In India, new professional skills offer Susana a new lease of life
After dropping out of school prematurely and struggling to raise her son on her own, Susana decided to change her life. Through aesthetic training, provided by an Aide et Action program, she was able to open her own beauty parlour and earn enough money to support her family. Now, Susana plans to help others by […]