Ensuring Education for Disadvantaged Girls
About this episode
The episode features Vân Vương discussing the U-GO program and its impact on education for disadvantaged girls in Vietnam and Cambodia.
Today’s guest is Vân Vương, Saigon Children’s Head of Fundraising & Communication and a key organizer of the upcoming U-GO Far: Vietnam - Cambodia Cycle 2025 . The first edition of the ride, held last December in partnership with U-GO and ISF Cambodia , raised over US$50,000 for female students in Cambodia in Vietnam. We discussed the U-Go program and Saigon Children’s involvement, the first U Go Far charity ride last year and Van’s experience as both an organizer and participant, meeting scholarship recipients along the way, ensuring transparency during a fundraising campaign, goals for the second ride in November, and more. Related links: The Evolution of Charity Work in Vietnam (Vietnam Weekly Podcast) Helping the Disadvantaged During Lockdown (Vietnam Weekly Podcast) Subscribe to the Vietnam Weekly here . Support the podcast by Buying Me a Coffee . Get full access to Vietnam Weekly at thevietnamweekly.substack.com/subscribe
Topics covered
- education
- fundraising
- charity
- disadvantaged girls
- cycling
- Vietnam
- Cambodia
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