Since 2002, the Dariu Foundation has been helping socially disadvantaged children in mostly rural areas in Vietnam and Myanmar to improve their opportunities through school and digital education. Today, the foundations special anniversary is being celebrated – in “The Studio” at the Ringier Pressehaus with a delicious flying dinner from the Zurich based Vietnamese Restaurant Co Chin Chin.
Since its beginnings, Ringier has supported the foundation both financially and with professional expertise from within the company – for the past year also in the way of corporate volunteering. Ringier employees donate their knowledge and time to support the foundation in various projects and tasks for which the foundation lacks the personnel.
Marc Walder, CEO of Ringier, says: “Around 65 percent of children will be working as adults in jobs that do not exist today. When it comes to training children in coding schools, the children from rural Vietnam are probably better equipped than many children in Europe – Dariu has played a significant role in this. My great respect and equally great thanks go to Thomas Trüb for his tireless efforts.“
Alberto Venzago, the renowned photographer and filmmaker has given us a very special gift: In May, he traveled to Vietnam with his crew and brought back this wonderful film:
