Dariu Foundation, a Switzerland-based NGO, on Nov. 22 held aninauguration ceremony in HCM City to launch its second mobileschool.
The ceremony was held on the premises of the HCM CityUnion of Friendship Organisations which awarded Friendship Medals on theoccasion to the former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder, foundationpresident Thomas Trub, and Michael Ringier, chairman of Ringier MediaCompany.
With an initial investment of 800 million VND(38,000 USD), the mobile school will offer training in basic andadvanced computer and internet skills to poor students in the remoterural areas of southern Vinh Long province.
The Sapa MobileSchool is equipped with over 30 laptops, an LCD television, anair-conditioner, and can accommodate 30 students per training session.The school offers four sessions from Monday to Saturday.
The new mobile school, innovated from a container truck, aims to trainabout 1,200 students per year as it strives to improve students’computer and internet skills in disadvantaged communes in the MekongDelta province.
The first mobile school with 18 laptops offeringfree computer courses to students was launched in June this year in theprovince’s Vung Liem district. The schools stay in an area for threemonths and move to other localities later.
The initiative tolaunch the mobile schools was taken by Nguyen Van Hanh, Country Directorof the Dariu Foundation in Vietnam , after he found that manychildren in rural areas could not access computer courses offered at aparticular location.
By 2014, there could be four more mobileschools traveling and spreading computer knowledge among students inrural areas in the delta as well as Dong Nai province, which neighboursHCM City .
Thomas Trub, president of the foundation,said that the mobile school model has attracted worldwide attention. Oneuniversity in Europe planned to study the project in detail, he said.
GermanChancellor Gerhard Schroder and his wife Doris Schroder-Kopf last yearfunder a kindergarten school at Xuan Hiep Commune in the province’s TraOn district.
The school was built on 3,400 sq.m of landat a cost of 800 million VND, towards which the Schroders donated 600million VND (28.5 USD). The school has been in operation since 2010,accommodating 100 kids in the commune./.
The ceremony was held on the premises of the HCM CityUnion of Friendship Organisations which awarded Friendship Medals on theoccasion to the former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder, foundationpresident Thomas Trub, and Michael Ringier, chairman of Ringier MediaCompany.
With an initial investment of 800 million VND(38,000 USD), the mobile school will offer training in basic andadvanced computer and internet skills to poor students in the remoterural areas of southern Vinh Long province.
The Sapa MobileSchool is equipped with over 30 laptops, an LCD television, anair-conditioner, and can accommodate 30 students per training session.The school offers four sessions from Monday to Saturday.
The new mobile school, innovated from a container truck, aims to trainabout 1,200 students per year as it strives to improve students’computer and internet skills in disadvantaged communes in the MekongDelta province.
The first mobile school with 18 laptops offeringfree computer courses to students was launched in June this year in theprovince’s Vung Liem district. The schools stay in an area for threemonths and move to other localities later.
The initiative tolaunch the mobile schools was taken by Nguyen Van Hanh, Country Directorof the Dariu Foundation in Vietnam , after he found that manychildren in rural areas could not access computer courses offered at aparticular location.
By 2014, there could be four more mobileschools traveling and spreading computer knowledge among students inrural areas in the delta as well as Dong Nai province, which neighboursHCM City .
Thomas Trub, president of the foundation,said that the mobile school model has attracted worldwide attention. Oneuniversity in Europe planned to study the project in detail, he said.
GermanChancellor Gerhard Schroder and his wife Doris Schroder-Kopf last yearfunder a kindergarten school at Xuan Hiep Commune in the province’s TraOn district.
The school was built on 3,400 sq.m of landat a cost of 800 million VND, towards which the Schroders donated 600million VND (28.5 USD). The school has been in operation since 2010,accommodating 100 kids in the commune./.
