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Orphan Impact: Vietnam Orphanages Update 2016

12/2/2016

 
Since 2009 Orphan Impact has been delivering valuable computer training to orphans throughout Vietnam. In 2016 we helped expand the EdTech program to China. Underprivileged ​children learn to use computers and the Internet to design, create, store, share, consume, and communicate information. Students gain self-confidence, motivation, and important job skill training.
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Stats at a Glance

  • Total participating orphanages in Vietnam: 27
  • Total participating students in Vietnam: 939
  • Average number of students in each orphanage: 35
  • Age of students: 8-18 years old
​We are so very grateful to TFish Fund for providing the grants that make this expansion possible.
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Map of orphanages in Vietnam with computer classes

​Timeline of Growth in Vietnam

  • 2009: 3 orphanages
  • 2010: 3 new orphanages; 6 total
  • 2011: 2 new orphanages; 8 total
  • 2012: Canceled cooperation in 2 orphanages; 6 total (Instead of growth this year, we focused on replacing equipment.) 
  • 2013: 2 new orphanages; 8 total (Instead of growth this year, we focused on replacing equipment.)
  • 2014: 2 new orphanages; 10 total - growth made possible by TFish and Chao Foundation
  • 2015: 10 new orphanages; 20 total - 100% of the growth was made possible by TFish and Chao Foundation
  • 2016: 7 new orphanages; 27 total - 100% of the growth was made possible by TFish and Chao Foundation

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Orphan Impact: Teddy's Class in China

10/31/2016

 
Since 2009 Orphan Impact has been delivering valuable computer training to orphans throughout Vietnam. In 2016 we helped expand the EdTech program to China. Underprivileged ​children learn to use computers and the Internet to design, create, store, share, consume, and communicate information. Students gain self-confidence, motivation, and important job skill training.
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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. 

Impact Report: China Pilot EdTech Program

5/27/2016

 
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.

Press Release: EdTech Program Prepares Underprivileged Children for Tech Dependent Job Market

4/14/2016

 
​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.
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Field Visit 2016: Teddy's Trip to Vietnam for Orphan Impact

4/11/2016

 
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​Learning from the Model in Vietnam

In March 2016, Teddy (a TFish volunteer) and Corinne (from Stepping Stones) traveled to Vietnam to learn how Orphan Impact conducts their computer training classes. This will help them bring the program to China. Follow along as Teddy shares updates and insights from the trip.
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Orphan Impact Expands in Vietnam and China

3/7/2016

 
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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.

Give a Chromebook

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As we expand to reach 1,000 total students in 2016, we will need 100 new Chromebooks among our new orphanage computer labs. Your gift of $265 will help us buy a Chromebook, and also the remote device management license, mouse, mouse pad, and shipping fees into Vietnam.
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5-Year Commitment with Orphan Impact

11/19/2015

 
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Becoming a Chief Project Partner

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.

Expanding the Programs into China

​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.

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News: Help Expand Computer Training to Two More Orphanages

10/29/2015

 

This fall, help Vietnamese orphans turn over a new leaf. Equip them to succeed in life after they leave the orphanage.

Autumn is in the air. The trees have turned their brilliant hues; the seasonal pumpkin-flavored craze has hit the markets; and the night chill makes that extra blanket feel warm and cozy. The kids here have also settled into their typical school routines. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, orphan students in Vietnam have an opportunity to begin a new kind of education.

Preparing Orphans for the Job Market

Linh was abandoned at an orphanage at birth and will likely spend her entire childhood in this institutionalized setting. There are 2.1 million marginalized orphans in Vietnam like her, and only 1% of them will qualify for university.

Linh is now 9 years old. Before she has to leave the orphanage at age 19, let's equip her and other orphans for the tech-dependent job market they will face.
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Computer Training Fundraiser for 2 More Vietnamese Orphanages

10/29/2015

 

Preparing Orphans for the Job Market

There are 2.1 million marginalized orphans in Vietnam. Some of them were abandoned outside, discovered, and brought to an orphanage. Others were brought by their parents to the orphanage because of poverty. Many orphans have had their parents die. Most of these children will likely spend their entire childhood in this institutionalized setting, until they have to leave when they're 19. And then what will happen to them? Less than 1% of institutionalized orphans in Vietnam qualify for university. So it's important for these children to get equipped for life after the orphanage and the tech-dependent job market they will face. ​
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The Fundraiser: Programs for 2 More Orphanages in Vietnam

Our goal is to raise $7500 to bring computer education programs into 2 new orphanages.  
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Press Release: Orphan Impact Administrative Grant

5/1/2014

 
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.
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