Overview by the Numbers:

Currently Serving: 1,000 teachers | 100,000 students | 15 NGOs receiving digital safety training

Served to Date: With the ‘results chain’ approach, Vietnet-ICT has reached over 1.5 million people

*As of 2021

<aside> <img src="/icons/sharing_blue.svg" alt="/icons/sharing_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Summary of Team4Tech Contributions and Collaborations (2022):

• 1 project with 18 pro bono consultants
• 108+ pro bono hours committed
• 22,680k+ value of pro bono consulting </aside>

Background:

<aside> 📌 Since 2007, Vietnet-ICT supports communities, especially disadvantaged Vietnamese people, to get access and benefit from information technology and communication services via promoting partnership and capacity building.

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🤝 Partnership Objectives:

Vietnet-ICT is aiming to develop a holistic, effective, inclusive training program regarding digital citizenship skills, based on foresight approach so that the targeted groups would be ready in the present, and in the long-term when chaos of changes of the technological revolution. They are asking for support in tech infrastructure, strategy development, and staff capacity building.

Grant Budget Analysis:

<aside> <img src="/icons/library_gray.svg" alt="/icons/library_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Vietnet-ICT utilized their grant for training, equipment for the training room, multi-communication channels, and other digital and tech capacity improvements. The grant supported funded a series of training activities for the visually impaired, including an Hour of Code campaign and other digital skill training. They also hosted a training session on Google Ads for NGOs, with 20 participating organizations. Vietnet-ICT invested in new tech for their training room and communication studio. They also used the grant towards a multi-communication channels for community, including a content creator and video editor.

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Pro Bono Capacity-Building Projects:

• September 2022: Design for Impact Project with Billtrust (drop down for more)

Team4Tech Impact:

Vietnet-ICT has had many opportunities to expand their project activities and make a direct impact on 709 beneficiaries and nearly 30k indirect beneficiaries, as well as raise awareness on digital skills to more than 2 million people.

Grant Benefits

• The Team4Tech grant supported funded a series of training activities for the visually impaired, which helped them improve their digital skills to integrate and stay safe in the online environment, especially due to the unique accessibility requirements. Specifically, 10 students who are visually impaired have been trained in web interface programming and 130 others received training in preventing and dealing with fake news and online scams.
• The grant supported funding the Hour Of Code 2022 campaign with the theme "AI for the ocean" and training Programming Robotics with Micro:bit. These activities are aimed at improving the teaching and learning of computer science in schools and inspiring students to pursue the field of computer science.