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THE INTRODUCTION OF

ECO VIETNAM GROUP

COMMUNITY LIBRARY

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OUR COMMUNITY

PHONG THANH is a commune of Cau Ke distric, Tra Vinh province at lower Mekong Delta.

- Total population is 15.000 people.

- The poverty rate is 20%

- Ethnic people accounted for 30% total population.

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WHY WE DO

Picture 1: The chart shows the difference of total income per capita between urban and rural areas.

Picture 2: The chart shows the difference of immediate spending income between urban and rural areas.

The lack of facilities, technical and teaching facilities of educational institutions and the level of disparity between urban and rural areas, has been an important factor leading to inequality on conditions and opportunities for access to education between urban areas and rural areas.

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OVERVIEW

From September 2015 to February 2016 ECO Vietnam Group raised the idea

development and built the library that is supported by commune.

The land is contributed by commune. ECO Vietnam Group supported construction costs.

Opening ceremony of the library at Phong Thanh commune in February 28, 2016.

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EVG Community Library is founded to creative an educative and open environment where people can learn and exchange knowledge about all aspects of life. It contribute to the reduction of inequality in information accessibility. It also preserve and promote historical and cultural traditions of village.

OVERVIEW

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It is one of the main items of the Community Volunteer Center (CVC).

OVERVIEW

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VISION

EVG Community Library is the learning center of community, a place for people’s discovery, creativity enhancement, for knowledge broadening and soul nurture through the exposure to knowledge in various fields such as education, culture, economics and technology.

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1. To provide knowledge in order to improve the ability of community in searching and utilizing information through the access to information technology and various sources of documents.

2. To be a link between community and domestic/foreign source of knowledge to enhance people’s intellectual standards in different fields.

3. To be a place for culture restoration, culture diffusion and culture exchange among communities through educating the role and responsibility of retaining and acquiring traditional values.

4. To find, mobilize and relate various resources for the efficient maintainance and development of community programs

MISSION

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----GOAL----

The EVG Community Library is a progressive and innovative community library model with the mission to provide modern facilities, equipment, up-to-date materials and knowledge and universal values of humanity for rural Vietnam, to provide lifelong learning opportunities and access to comprehensive education, applied scientific and technical knowledge, to prepare competencies, thinking and foundations solid knowledge for students and people in this region to integrate and catch up with the development of Vietnam in particular and the world.

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OBJECTIVE

Enhance and improve English skills for students to confidently communicate with foreigners.

Create a healthy, friendly playground for children and local people.

Build and develop basic and holistic social skills for students.

Build habits of self-study and reading book to improve knowledge and help for studying at the school of students.

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MANAGERMENT SYSTEM

EVG

Library Manager

Programs

Volunteers

Children

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MAIN ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENT

Construction

Education

Programs

ISL

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EVG community library as a gate to access the quality education, information for local people, local students. It support and improve the quality of local education.

Focus on STEM, IT, science, modern education to give village kids the quality education, narrow gap between urban and rural.

CONSTRUCTION

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Playground

ECO Garden

CONSTRUCTION

ECO Garden was built to educate the kids how to appreciate nature. Between has a chatzone where everyone can come and chat, sharing the story together, close the nature.

Where the children come to relax, play and connect together.

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Education programs

Good personality

Living in harmony with society and development

Following their own potential

Whole Person Development

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EDUCATION PROGRAMS

We focus on physical development of students and improve their skills through play sports like teamwork, respect friends and teachers,…with some classes about football, martial arts,….

Soccer Class

Martial Art

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EDUCATION PROGRAMS

The kids have learnt and improved about knowledge in many different fields through English classes, reading book, STEM,…

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EDUCATION PROGRAMS

In our library, we want to develop emotional aspects for children for family, friends, teachers and people around. Help children know how to build and maintain healthy relationships: building relationships, taking care of relationships; respect the difference; listening to empathy; love everyone,…

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EDUCATION PROGRAMS

EVG nurtures and develops a beautiful soul, there by acquiring good personalities in the future: like dancing, watch movies,…

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International Service Learning (ISL) Project

ISL Projects have been important contribution to support formation and development of EVG community library nowadays.

ISL projects have brought the positive impacts with both children and international students.

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ISL Project

From nothing to something, now all facilities in the library is contributed by many people, many groups come to built and share knowledge.

All of them is EVG’s partner includes students, teachers,…from Singapore, Australia,….

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ISL Project

  • Construction: built the library, classroom, ECO garden, play ground.
  • Application: Solar system, watering auto system, water storage tank.
  • Teaching: English, STEM, art and draft,…for student at primary school and secondary school.
  • Equipment: projector, desk, laptop, English book,…
  • Culture exchange: Vietnamese culture and partner.

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Sports exchange

Muralpainting

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Library Event

Interacting with local students

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Teaching English, STEM

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    • communicate confidently with foreign people
    • access the quality knowledge and education to change their lives.
    • Safe place to learn and play.

Children

    • Serve and learn many different values and lesson from children, local people, volunteers.
    • Understand about local people, their lives, Vietnamese culture,…

Volunteers

ISL Project

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ISL project

We appreciate all enthusiasm, effort, dynamic, time of all students to contribute to create wonderful values at EVG community library.

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We hope that this model can be duplicated and built other rural areas to narrow the gap between urban and rural.

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CALL FOR COLLABORATION

EVG would like collaborate with individuals, organizations, schools and universities to create positive and sustainable impact on our communities as well as enhance youth’s skills, social awareness and global citizen.