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Enriching your souls with the material world?

abigloser — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:49:25 +0000

Want to satisfy your shopaholism? Want to lose yourself in the maze of colours and music?

Stands at these fairs provided us with all these things. On top of that, they were all about funding and charity!

EFD has just joined such festivals named Mekong Merchant, SSIS Charity Bazaar and White day at RMIT. There were several other non-governmental organisations working towards a fairer society for disadvantaged people. The events offered us opportunities to spread our name and aims, to raise public awareness about what we should all do to provide better education for children.
By trading T-shirts, postcards, Xmas cards and badges at favourable prices, we received more than just money. People from different ages, careers and nationalities knew, understood, remembered and supported us much better.Also, seeing such a big amount of NGOs at the event, we realised there were still countless people out there needing our attention and help. EFD as well as other organisations are doing our best to compensate and bridge the social gaps.

So, what is so bad about being a shopaholic “on the bazaar”, especially when it is “for a good cause”?”

“Good cause” promoting brilliant result!

abigloser — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:36:48 +0000

As a result of our freshly ended “Dine for a good cause” event, an amount of donation has been collected. As 7 days gradually went by, the number has finally topped out at 717 USD (approximately equivalent to 14,850,000 VND) which is going to be spent on local projects as stated in our brochures. Besides, we have also attained a priceless consequence: higher social awareness as well as sustained approval in the future.

On behalf of EFD, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone dined at Snap café and generously donated to our funds. Also, special thanks to Snap café for hosting this meaningful event from 5 to 11 September, to The Word and AsiaLIFE – the two local English magazines – for helping EFD spread the word to the public.

Even though the 2011 “Dine for a good cause” event is now closed, we strongly believe that it has deeply impressed many philanthropists and will receive even more profound support next year. We shall keep dedicating our work to disadvantaged children and youth for their accessing to the essential education. Once again, thank you very much for joining us this September and please uphold your support for this fundraiser next year as it truly makes a difference!

“Dine for a good cause”

abigloser — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:34:18 +0000

From 5-11 September, Education for Development (EFD) will partner with Snap Café to raise funds for disadvantaged youth. Spend over 200.000 VND at Snap Café during this week and they will donate 20% of your bill to EFD.

Help EFD to further their work supporting local organizations in providing education for disadvantaged youth–all while enjoying tasty dishes at Snap Café! Visit www.educationfordevelopment.org for more information.

Hội thảo giới thiệu chương trình tài trợ năm 2012 của tổ chức EFD (EFD Annual presentation workshop)

abigloser — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:52:53 +0000

THÔNG BÁO

Hội thảo giới thiệu chương trình tài trợ năm 2012 của tổ chức EFD

Education for Development (EFD) là Tổ chức Phi lợi nhuận Quốc tế tại VN. Sứ mạng của chúng tôi là xây dựng năng lực cho các tổ chức xã hội địa phương qua ba lãnh vực: Cơ sở vật chất; Đào tạo; Hỗ trợ – tư vấn quản lý

EFD trân trọng kính mời Quý vị đến tham dự buổi hội thảo này:

- Thời gian: Từ 8g00 đến 12g00, 22/07/2011

- Địa điểm: Khách sạn Rex, 141 Nguyễn Huệ, Tp.HCM

Tất cả các tổ chức và cơ sở xã hội đang làm việc trong lãnh vực giáo dục – dạy nghề có liên quan đến trẻ và thanh thiếu nhiên có hoàn cảnh khó khăn tại Tp. Hồ Chí Minh và tỉnh Bình Dương đều được tham gia.

Xin vui lòng xác nhận sự tham dự trước ngày 20/7/2011 với chị Nguyên qua email: admin@educationfordevelopment.org hoặc tel: (08) 39916033.

Chương trình được sự hỗ trợ của khách sạn Rex

Saigon St. Andrew’s Society funded Hy Vong (Go Vap District) School

abigloser — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:04:43 +0000

April 29, 2011 – Education For Development (EFD) has been awarded a $ 5,000 grant from the Saigon St. Andrew’s Society to support the Hy Vong Special Education School in Go Vap District. Its mission is to care and educate children with disabilities such as hearing impairment, mental disability and physical disability.

The School also has an Early Intervention Program for disabled children aged 0 to 6 years old to enable them to grow up as competent and confident learners and communicators, healthy in mind, body and spirit as well as to support them and their families to have the best possible start in life. The objective of the School is to provide its students with quality education based upon their abilities so they can improve their skills and knowledge as well as integrate into the community.

The School has recently requested support from EFD to purchase educational equipment for the Early Intervention program. Although they have been conducting Early Intervention activities for a couple of years, they only have very limited resources for this program. Besides, professional training for the teachers will increase their skills and knowledge in working with disabled children and youth.

With the great support from Saigon St. Andrew’s Society, in total 130 children with disability will benefit from the implementation of the project. The effective early intervention will help increase the number of children to integrate into mainstream schooling and create more opportunities to guide parents to help children at home. In addition, teachers with improving knowledge and skills will better provide a quality education to disadvantaged children and youth.

EFD 4th information sharing workshop

abigloser — Wed, 11 May 2011 03:45:05 +0000

The 4th information sharing workshop of EFD with the topic “Adapting Teaching and Learning Resources for Mentally Disabled Children” was taken placed at the Caravelle Hotel on 26th April.

The presence of 39 teachers and training staff representing 18 special schools and vocational training centers made the workshop exciting and fascinating by their constructive opinion and positive discussion.

This event allowed teachers working with disabled children not only to gain insights from our special education expert but also to share their own professional experiences.

The encourage response from teachers and social staff of local social organisations will be motivation for EFD to organise more useful workshops so they can better deliver knowledge to disadvantaged children and youth.

EFD products for sale

abigloser — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:20:02 +0000

Your contribution can make a positive impact in the life of disadvantaged children/youth.

To order, please contact us by calling to +84 8 3991 6033 or emailing to admin@educationfordevelopment.org

Baby t-shirt

Adult t-shirt

EFD card

EFD postcard

EFD bag

EFD at the Community Fair

abigloser — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:08:41 +0000

It was a fantastic day of EFD at the Community Fair conducted by the British International School on Saturday, 12 March. Many people showed their interest in learning about EFD. It was a great chance for EFD to raise awareness of people on education for disadvantaged children and youth and also on EFDs work in Vietnam.

Latest news on EFDs fundraising activities

abigloser — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:36:15 +0000

January 10, 2011 – Education For Development (EFD) has been awarded a $ 2,900 grant from the Australian Consulate-General under its Direct Aid Program to support a school in Binh Thanh District named Anh Minh School for Hearing Impaired Children. The school currently does not have a library. The students do not have a quiet place to sit and read while improving their reading skills independently. Teachers lack an area to store reference books and teaching tools, which are necessary for composing lesson plans. Accordingly, EFD believes that supporting this school in setting up a library will enable them to improve their educational services and provide less privileged children with an opportunity to access books and other reference material to increase their knowledge. In total 169 children and youth with an hearing and speech impairment and 38 teachers and staff will benefit from the implementation of this project.

January 19, 2011 – Education For Development (EFD) has received a donation of about $ 2000 from proceeds of ticket sales of the show “A Christmas Carol”, organized by The International Choir & Orchestra of HCMC in December last year. The donation will contribute to EFDs projects aiming at improving the quality of education for disadvantaged children and youth so they can develop themselves to their full potential.

The Closing Ceremony of EFDs Lose Weight Campaign – Join us for more fun!

abigloser — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:00:14 +0000