Teddy continues to teach the computer classes to 145 migrant students in China, ages 12 - 15 years old. He teaches grades 7, 8, and 9, with 12 students in each class. He teaches Wednesday to Friday, with 4 classes each day, and each class being 40 minutes. Teddy uses fun lessons like superheroes to teach them important skills. Here are some photos from his class. 

The computer training classes for students in Chinese migrant schools are underway. After Teddy went to Vietnam to learn how Orphan Impact conducted their successful classes in orphanages there, Tad Kincaid, Orphan Impact director, traveled to Shanghai to train Teddy, Sherry, and volunteers to launch the program in Zhejiang in partnership with Stepping Stones.

​Chao Foundation and Transparent Fish Fund collectively donated $112,908 to Orphan Impact in March 2016, which will enable their computer training programs to expand from Vietnam into China this year. $64,908 of the grant will go toward the pilot program for migrant children in China.
 
Orphan Impact equips disadvantaged students with the critical thinking and technology skills they need to succeed in the future. Orphan Impact has already trained over 600 Vietnamese children in 20 different orphanages. $48,000 of this year’s grant will go toward expanding the program in Vietnam to 10 more orphanages, bringing the total to 30.
 
The international expansion of the program will enable Orphan Impact to establish computer classes in 2 Chinese migrant schools. The pilot program will be started in Shanghai in partnership with Stepping Stones. Stepping Stones is a nonprofit charitable organization with a mission to improve the education and welfare of underprivileged children in China.

Our field partner Orphan Impact will be expanding their computer training programs significantly in 2016.

1. ​In Vietnam: adding 10 more orphanages to the program, bringing the total to 30 orphanages and 1,000 children reached
2. In China: launching a pilot program in 2 Zhejiang migrant schools, partnering with a local nonprofit organization Stepping Stones

Looking at their great progress in 2015, we're excited to partner with them for this increased impact in 2016. Join us to bring tech education to more orphans in Asia.

We became Orphan Impact's chief project partner for their 5-year plan to build computer training programs in all of Vietnam's 63 provinces. Our 2015 grant of $50,000 enabled them to add 10 new orphanages, doubling the program's capacity this year from 10 to 20 orphanages. Now 635 orphan children are in the program, thriving from regular contact with caring teachers and a learning program designed to help them gain crucial technical skills and self-confidence.

​Seeing the success in Vietnamese orphanages, we want to extend the impact to other countries. In 2016 we also want to bring the computer training program into China. We are looking at several migrant schools around Shanghai and Christian orphanages in poor regions to pilot the program. Volunteers will help implement it, and Orphan Impact will train the new staff.

Orphan Impact is pleased to be the recipient of a $25,000 grant from the Chao Foundation and Transparent Fish Fund. The funds have been granted to support the Orphan Impact computer and internet training program for 288 orphan children, age 8 to 17, in orphanages throughout Vietnam. This is the second consecutive year Orphan Impact has received a grant from the Chao Foundation and Transparent Fish Fund. The generosity of this grant has been instrumental in helping Orphan Impact to strengthen core program areas and expand to reach more children in more orphanages.

About Transparent Fish Fund
Transparent Fish Fund is a 501©(3) US non-profit organization founded in 2011 in Palo Alto, California, established exclusively for charitable purposes to connect credible Chinese and East Asian grassroots NGOs with individuals from the West. The greater mission behind this work is to foster a sustainable long-term NGO culture in East Asia, and in doing so, spread a global spirit of philanthropy.

About Chao Foundation
The Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation was founded in California’s Silicon Valley in 2005 by Ping Chao and his wife Amy. The foundation was established to fund nonprofit and public welfare initiatives that (1) improve children’s health in developing countries; and (2) nurture a spirit of philanthropy among the younger generation in China and of the greater Chinese Diaspora. While the Chao Foundation is based in the Bay Area and has local projects, many of its programs focus on developing countries in East Asia, from China and Cambodia to Vietnam.