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In a landmark initiative this August, The Dariu Foundation (TDF) unveiled two state-of-the-art makerspaces in Vietnam’s Vinh Long Province, marking a significant stride in our commitment to democratize access to cutting-edge technology and digital literacy for rural students. These innovative hubs, equipped with an array of advanced tools including 3D printers, laser cutters, and CNC […]

Digital Summer Bootcamp ignites creativity and innovation in Mekong Delta In July 2024, nearly 100 talented young people participated in a dynamic two-week Digital Summer Bootcamp in Can Tho, Vietnam, where they were part of an exciting transformation. Selected from a competitive pool of 500 applicants, these students embarked on a journey of creativity and […]

A lot has happened in 2023; we trained around 500,000 students in digital literacy, entered into two new long-term partnerships with Swisscontact and Bread for the World, expanded our Code Club activities and launched our latest project, the MAKERSPACES.  We also signed two long-term partnerships with Bread for the World, a global development and relief organisation based in Germany, and […]

The Digital Literacy Initiative project was officially launched early April at the Crowne Plaza Vientiane, marking the beginning of its implementation in Laos. The event featured a panel discussion titled “Current Situation of Future Outlook of ICT in the Education Sector in Laos,” which emphasized the project’s goals and importance to the country’s digital landscape. […]

We are delighted to announce that our planned expansion is now well underway. On 18 January, the Dariu Foundation, in partnership with Swisscontact and in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, launched the Digital Literacy Initiative programme in Phnom Penh. The event was attended […]

In early December 2023, The Dariu Foundation organized the annual Impossible Bootcamp 2023 in collaboration with its local partners in Vinh Long province. The event attracted over 250 participants from 10 different provinces. It was organized around three different activities, including a robotics competition and a drone competition for high school students and an Impossible […]

In the last quarter of 2023, The Dariu Foundation and EPAM kicked off the partnership to provide new laptops enabling children to access digital/coding training in the Mekong Delta in terms of the EPAM e-Kid program. With a joint effort by TDF and local partners, 60,000 students in Hau Giang province will be trained in […]

The Qualcomm Wireless Reach Program is partnering with the Dariu Foundation in Vietnam to bring Snapdragon powered laptops with LTE connectivity to students so that they can improve their digital skills. Learn how Qualcomm and The Dariu Foundation are helping close the Digital Divide in Vietnam:

“Can you fit an interesting life between two book covers? Yes, but sometimes a lot of exciting things have to be left out. Also because paper can’t reproduce sound or movies.” Swiss journalist Mark van Huisseling came to this conclusion and developed a digital biography of Thomas Trüb, founder and president of The Dariu Foundation, […]

Between September and October 2023, TDF organized 10 school-based hackathons to train 800 Code Club students in project brainstorming (problem/solution finding) and creative thinking. The top 30 Code Club leaders (53% are girls) received advanced training, including leadership, critical thinking, problem solving, and project management. Each of them was supported and coached by a mentor […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Alberto Venzago is a world-renowned photographer, photojournalist and filmmaker. Venzago’s photo reportages range on topics from organized crime in Japan to the revolution in Iran and have received international recognition. They have been published in magazines such as Life, The Sunday Times, Stern and Geo. As a gift for our 20th anniversary, Alberto traveled to […]

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 […]

We did it! We have successfully prevailed against the other 4 finalists and won the Bett Asia 21st Century Learning Award for our Digital Literacy Initiative. This is a big success for us and our Code Club kids, as the award goes to the organisation that is using #EdTech effectively to develop the necessary skills to help […]

Our local Bhutanese partner, VTOB foundation, organised the first ToT training for 16 teachers from 8 local schools earlier this month. The participants attended a 7-day training course, focusing on ScratchJr and Python. This is the first time these teachers attended a workshop for coding and programming skills. After the ToT workshop, the IT teachers […]

digitalswitzerland is a Switzerland-wide, cross-sector initiative that aims to strengthen and consolidate Switzerland as a leading international location for digital innovation. Under the umbrella organization digitalswitzerland, over 240 association members and non-political foundation partners work together to realize this goal. In its 2022 edition, held at the Dolder Grand Hotel in Zurich, Thomas talked about The […]

The Dariu Foundation is launching its new project in Malaysia, in cooperation with The Rolf Schnyder Foundation, the Sarawak Ministry of Women and the Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak. The Memorandum of Understanding has been signed on Friday, August 28, 2022 and aims at providing digital literacy classes. Sarawak Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang […]

A group of five students from Cong Nghiep High School in Hoa Binh will be attending the 11th World Invention Creativity Olympics (WICO) in Seoul from August 4-6, 2022, where they are invited to exhibit their project at the event. The group created a project – funded by The Dariu Foundation via Code Club – which they call “HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM […]

On March 15, The Dariu Foundation and Intel Products Vietnam organized the ceremony for the handover of 150 laptops to 5 schools in Tien Giang and Hau Giang provinces. These laptops are donated by Intel Products Vietnam on the occasion of its 15th anniversary of Intel in Vietnam. Over the past years, TDF has provided around […]

Vietnam’s IT industry is ranked in the world’s top fastest growing countries, thus demand for IT human resource is increasing strongly. In addition, there is a huge lack of IT human resources in Singapore, Japan, etc., so their recruitment wave turned to Vietnamese market. This is why The Dariu Foundation cooperates with Quang Trung IT […]

The Dariu Foundation has been supporting The Choki Traditional Art School in Bhutan since 2019, committing to the education and training of children and young people in this part of the world, supporting a traditional art school that offers motivated young people from modest backgrounds free training in Bhutanese craftsmanship. Our latest project was the construction of […]

The Dariu Foundation, in collaboration with Lam Dong Department of Education and Training (DOET), organized a two-day training workshop for Artificial Intelligence (AI) where 150 local IT-teachers attended. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all around us, from self-driving cars, digital assistants, ride-share apps, banking apps, social media and much more. It is said that AI will […]

We are very happy to announce a new partnership with Swiss-based Fontana Foundation. The goal of the cooperation is to provide vocational training to 450 young adults in Vietnam. Unemployment in Vietnam, especially among youths, is a big problem and the Covid-19 pandemic made it even worse. While the country is currently faced with record-high unemployment […]