We started our operations in Vietnam in 2003 with microfinance and education projects in the Dong Nai province, 180 km northeast of Ho Chi Minh City. Rural low-income women who are considered unbankable receive access to our microfinance services.
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Digital Literacy Skills
In our 50 mobile schools, we have trained 200,000 children between 2011 and 2018 in Digital Literacy Skills. Our vision is, to enhance the digital literacy rate of the
rural children, enabling them to embrace
the digital revolution and provide basic digital skills for the rural children who lack access.
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Financial Education
Financial literacy is critical for improving money-management skills and
promoting asset-building for the poor. Since 2012, The Dariu Foundation has been
training financial literacy for the rural youth in Vietnam, in addition to
computer skills training.
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Scholarships
The Dariu Foundation grants around 1,500 scholarships every year, and over 50% of
the recipients are girls, due to the general bias of parents and society in
favor of boys. Over 16,000 students have been granted our scholarships to
date.
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Kindergartens
We built 32 kindergartens that can accommodate around 120 - 300 children and
provide them will all the essential needs like uniforms, pens, booklets,
etc.
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Mobile Librabries
13 mobile libraries to date provide children in the most rural areas with the
opportunity to access books they would never have otherwise, as well as laptops
with internet access – and the world wide web
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Mobile Schools
With computer literacy still being an unaffordable luxury for most children in
the rural areas, we developed and implemented computer skills training in our
mobile schools. 50 mobile schools are currently operating in Vietnam, having
trained 200,000 children and youth in digital literacy to date.
