When looking at the container library donated by The Dariu Foundation at his schoolyard, Cuong Tran, 14 years old, told his classmate Phu Nguyen that he wished the container library were movable, so that they could move it from school to school. They decided to develop a movable house as their summer project. Micro:bit is used as the central controlling system to connect and control other external sensors such as lighting, humidity and proximity, and motor servo. A light sensor is used to transfer a signal to the Micro:bit for automatic lighting; a humidity sensor is used for watering, and pumping; a motor servo is utilized for opening/closing the main doors. “Our dream was to make a house that’s able to fly like a drone,” said Cuong Tran.
The system uses a sensor to measure air quality. Once gas/CO2 is detected, it sends a signal to a relay, to turn on a speaker, which then warns the people in the room with a loud noise.
When looking at the container library donated by The Dariu Foundation at his schoolyard, Cuong Tran, 14 years old, told his classmate Phu Nguyen that he wished the container library were movable, so that they could move it from school to school. They decided to develop a movable house as their summer project. Micro:bit is used as the central controlling system to connect and control other external sensors such as lighting, humidity and proximity, and motor servo. A light sensor is used to transfer a signal to the Micro:bit for automatic lighting; a humidity sensor is used for watering, and pumping; a motor servo is utilized for opening/closing the main doors. “Our dream was to make a house that’s able to fly like a drone,” said Cuong Tran.
All the patient’s information, such as blood pressure, pulse etc. are monitored and appear on the screen, next to the bed. The system sends a warning signal to the attending doctor/staff, if any of these stats are irregular and/or of concern.
The Dariu Foundation, in partnership with the Union of Friendship Organization and the Department of Education and Training of An Giang Province, is celebrating the provision of nearly 1,500 laptops to 45 rural schools in Vietnam to strengthen efforts to teach basic digital skills to children in rural areas of Vietnam.
The laptops will be delivered to schools and code clubs in the targeted regions for digital literacy training and digital crafts. The Digital Literacy Initiative project was launched by TDF in 2011 to provide laptops to schools that do not yet have computers/laptops, provide training opportunities to local IT teachers, and provide equal access to digital development facilities for talented rural students through code clubs.
Since 2011, TDF has been providing laptops to 150 rural schools, training 14,000 local IT teachers, and providing access to digital education to approximately 1.5 million students in 10 provinces in Vietnam.
Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach has donated over 3,000 laptops to TDF since 2020 and BftW will join our efforts as from 2023.
Swisscontact – a leading organization in the implementation of skills development projects in developing and emerging countries – and The Dariu Foundation together are launching an initiative to promote digital skills among youth in Laos and Cambodia.
Without education, young people in the Global South are often condemned to a life of poverty. Swisscontact believes that the development of skills – in particular digital skills – is crucial for social integration and economic development, thus helping to reduce poverty over the long term. Education enables young people to find jobs or start their own businesses and enhances overall employment. It reduces youth unemployment and brings stability to fragile contexts.
Swisscontact has entered into a partnership with The Dariu Foundation to offer young people in Laos and Cambodia the opportunity to learn digital skills. Across rural areas of the Global South, The Dariu Foundation trains over 400,000 young men and women in programme courses, mostly in Vietnam up to now, and more recently in Bhutan and Malaysia as well. In this manner, youth are given the opportunity to work and earn income. Laos and Cambodia are two of the new countries of focus in which the Dariu Foundation will be working with Swisscontact to offer these courses to young people.
“For Swisscontact, this partnership with the Dariu Foundation represents an enrichment and useful expansion of what we can offer in the field of education and entrepreneurship for young people in the global South.” Philippe Schneuwly, CEO Swisscontact
Swisscontact has been working around the world for decades to help young people start their professional lives through training and skills development. Our partnership with the Dariu Foundation constitutes a useful expansion of this effort and also allows us to achieve more of the Agenda 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs).
“The collaboration with Swisscontact is an ideal partnership for us. We can count on Swisscontact’s local know-how and concentrate on our core skills.”Thomas Trüb, Founder and Chairman of the Dariu Foundation
The Dariu Foundation, in collaboration with the Vinh Long Department of Education and Training (DOET), organized a one-day Artificial Intelligence (AI) training workshop for 250 local IT teachers to enhance their knowledge and skills in this cutting-edge technology.
The training sessions were presented by professionals in the field of Artificial Intelligence from renowned institutions (Saigon University and Vin University). The participants were introduced to the latest advancements in AI, potential challenges, opportunities, applications and hands-on experience, particularly AI tools and techniques to develop innovative projects at the code clubs. By familiarizing themselves with these cutting-edge tools, the teachers gained the ability to guide students in unleashing their creativity and problem-solving skills through AI-based projects.
Such training workshops will be organized for another 500 IT teachers in other provinces in the next few months.
We are very pleased to announce that TDF signed a long-term partnership with Bread for the World, a globally active development and relief agency in Germany that empowers the poor and marginalised to improve their living conditions in more than 85 countries all across the globe.
Through the joint project, we intend to address the following main challenges of the public education system in rural and remote areas:
Lack of sufficient, adequate and functioning computer equipment to provide Digital Literacy education.
Computer courses largely focusing on theoretical skills. Students learn programming, but do not produce any simple product that can be practically applied. Accordingly, students are not motivated to participate in IT lessons.
Lack of qualified IT teachers, lack of updated curriculums and practical training programs.
Schools do not offer opportunities for students to develop innovative projects and grow their talents.
There is a tendency to divide the tasks within project teams accordingly. There is still a certain gender bias that technical work, including programming, is not suitable for girls.
BftW’s support will enable TDF to expand the project and to ensure that a high-quality digital education is mainstreamed into Vietnamese schools and create access to basic computer and coding skills for 1.2 – 1.5 million children between 2023 – 2025.
Furthermore, the project will continue to support existing partner schools with the aim to ensure sustainability of ongoing Digital Literacy classes and Coding clubs. In addition, the project will expand to new schools.
Munich, 26th January, 2023 – Moonfare kicked off its long-term partnership with Dariu Foundation and connects the charity’s mission with its exclusive investor community.
Moonfare, the leading global digital private equity platform, has announced it will support The Dariu Foundation with a series of events designed to give the NGO access to Moonfare’s global community and increase the visibility of its mission of fostering digital education for children. To kick off the partnership, Moonfare and Dariu were hosting an exclusive dinner in Munich on 26th January.
Moonfare founder and CEO Steffen Pauls, said: “The Dariu Foundation is doing excellent work in spreading access to coding skills to young, disadvantaged people in deprived communities around the world. Supporting its mission feels like a natural fit for a world-leading technology company like Moonfare especially given our determination to do our part in making the world a better place.” He added: “A young person trained by Dariu today may become a staff member at Moonfare or another tech company tomorrow.”
As part of “The Impossible Project,” TDF has committed to educating some 5,000 talented children in 250 code clubs within the next few years.
Such ambitious targets require the support of an engaged and like-minded community, which Moonfare can help to provide, as there are strong synergies between Dariu’s Digital Education project and Moonfare’s fully digital business concept
We are very pleased to announce, that we have won over Chai Schnyder as our 5th member of the Board of Trustees. The Board of the Dariu Foundation is now complete again.
Chai has been working for many years with her own family foundation to provide education and other help for disadvantaged children, with keen interest in Southeast Asia. Between 2011 and 2014, she was the chairwoman of the board of Ulysse Nardin SA, a Swiss luxury watchmaking company. She is the Founder and Chairperson of Fondation Rolf Schnyder.
Born and raised in Malaysia, Chai is a mother of 3, with an Engineering background. Her activities take her all over the world, while she calls Kuala Lumpur and Switzerland her home.
