Education
When poverty restricts educational access, it risks extinguishing a brilliant mind long before its potential can ever be realized. Our education programs provide essential learning tools and financial support that keep children in school, turning a daily struggle for resources into a lifetime of opportunity.
A quality education is the most powerful pathway out of poverty, yet for thousands of children in Vietnam, this path is blocked. Economic hardship forces families to choose between economic survival and a child's schooling. Students in remote areas travel unsafe distances, often without proper supplies or support. For girls and ethnic minorities, the barriers are more severe. Without intervention, talented students are lost to a cycle of limited opportunity, their potential never realized.
By the numbers
Over 50% of students from ethnic minority groups do not complete upper secondary school.
In rural and mountainous areas, nearly 1 in 3 children lack schools that provide quality learning environments.
The transition from lower to upper secondary school sees a significant drop in enrollment, often due to cost and distance.
Program
Education for the Future
Our Education for the Future initiatives dismantles barriers and opens doors. We believe every child, regardless of background, deserves to learn, grow, and lead. Through targeted scholarships, holistic tutoring, and leadership development, we don't just keep students in school-we equip them to excel and become the future changemakers of their communities.
Education for the Future
Nurturing Minds, Empowering Future Leaders
Our comprehensive approach supports students at every level, from primary school to university. We provide the essential tools-financial scholarships, academic tutoring, mentorship, and life skills-to ensure that poverty does not extinguish their potential, but acts as a challenge they have the resources to overcome.
Bright Scholars Program
This university scholarship initiative supports high-achieving, disadvantaged students. Beyond financial aid, it fosters leadership training through workshops, cultural exchange, and a supportive community, empowering scholars to pursue ambitious careers of their choosing (medicine, education, engineering, hospitality, languages, IT, science and mathematics, to name a few).
Study Steps Tutoring and Life Skills Program
This secondary school program provides critical academic tutoring and life skills training for students at risk of falling behind. It builds a strong foundation for success, guiding them confidently toward high school graduation and their next steps in higher education or vocational training.
Kindergarten Building Blocks
We construct kindergarten schools, classrooms, and additional facilities to meet the educational needs of young children in rural and mountainous areas.
Our almost 30-year legacy of impact
13,000+ students have received one-time scholarships.
420 students have been supported through the Bright Scholars program.
280 students in 6th through 12th grades received tutoring and life skill training.
FY 2025 // Bright Scholars
126 disadvantaged university students received scholarships.
15 workshops and activities held for the students’ personal development.
27 students attended the inaugural Bright Scholars Summer Camp, building confidence and community.
FY 2025 // School Building Blocks
9 schools are under construction.
5 functional rooms (kitchens, libraries, restrooms, etc.) are being built.
211 students and 19 teachers/ staff will benefit.
3 classrooms and other facilities in one school have been renovated.
FY 2025 // Study Steps
225 disadvantaged secondary students received scholarships for tutoring and life skills training.
89% of the first graduating cohort were accepted into their desired high schools.
150 students celebrated a milestone graduation trip, many experiencing Vietnamese cultural sites for the first time.
Lift a child out of poverty.
Today.
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