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Education Sponsorship Program
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Started in 1997 in the Central Region of Vietnam (Hue), Education Sponsorship Program (ESP) is a scholarship sponsor program focusing on individual students. The sponsorship provides financial assistance to disadvantaged children, who are at risk of droping out of school due to their family’s financial hardship, and those who have been successful in other ACWP programs such as Cattle Rasing Program, Emergency Relief Program, to further enhance their education.
ESP seeks long-term investment from sponsors who look to the future generations of Vietnamese children by empowering them with basic education. Through the donors’ monetary support, students are provided access to primary through secondary, high school, or even university education. ESP’s main objective is to provide the selected students with a solid education in the early years and instill the importance of using education as a tool for self-reliance and independence. Most importantly, the goal of ESP aims to provide sustainable financial support to these children.
EligibilityThe qualified participants are the disadvantaged or orphaned children who live in the remote villages and have a strong desire to continue with their education. The selection criteria is based on the level of their economic circumstances as well as the ability of the participants to maintain minimum grade averages in school. For those who have achieved and maintained high averaged grades in their current academic achievements, these students, are now invited to participate in the long-term ESP.
Those who fall within the defined hardship guidelines below will also be reviewed and evaluated based on their economic circumstances, interests and academic progress.
- Death of parent(s)
- Disabled, chronically ill or aged parent(s)
- Disability or chronic health problem
- Extreme poverty
- Children from homeless family
- No assistance from any extended family mmembers.
- Under-employed or unemployable parents whose income could not provide the children with basic food and shelter.
- Families who are victims of catastrophy
- Children from family who live in isolated and remote areas and not receiving aids from any other sources.
How You Can HelpACWP is seeking long-term sponsorship support for the ESP with annual renewable interests.
- $50 USD nvestment for one student per year from grades 1st to 5th.
- $100 USD investment for one student per year from grades 6th to 12th.
- $200 -$400 USD investment for one student per year to attend college.
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Ninety percent (90%) of the money will be distributed directly to the children’s family in the form of cash. The remaining ten percent (10%) covers ESP’s local services and administration expenses. Funds are distributed to children three times a year.
Sponsors will receive Quarterly Report Card, Annual Progress Report and Sponsorship Renewal Form for each student at the end of each school year.
To protect the children’s safety and privacy, personal letters from sponsors to the students or vice versa, from students to their sponsors are managed by ACWP. Personal mailing address or contact information is not disclosed to ensure donor's privacy.
FactsTo date, ACWP’s Education Sponsorship Program has awarded 1,000 scholarships totaling $150,000 USD to students with an average of 100 scholarships annually. And the total awarded scholarships were distributed as follow: 3% to college, 30% to high school, 44% to secondary and 23% to primary school.
Did You Know...- ACWP had built and continued operation of 7 Elementary Schools in rural areas of Central Vietnam and provide free education for thousands of children from 1st -5th grade.
- $50 USD investment provides one brand new bicycle for the Bicycle Award Project for Middle School students. Want to Help? Click Here
Bicycle Award Project
As students graduating from ACWP school programs from 1st – 5th, they will transistion into public middle schools which are locating in neighboring towns and are further away from their villages. As a result, many students have to walk daily at least 10 kilometer each way to school. .
Under the Bicycle Award Project, ACWP rewards each of the participating students with a brand new bicycle upon graduation. Those with excellent attendance records or those with the most improved academic progress of the year are recognized and thus, serves as encouragement for their continued success and effort in academic endeavor.
School Uniforms Project
- $185 USD investment will provide the entire class of 50 students each with a (1) uniform per school year.
- $370 USD investment will provide the entire class of 50 students each with two (2) uniforms per school year.
- $3.70 USD investment will provide one uniform for one student per school year. Want to Help? Click Here
Textbooks Project
- $7.00 USD investment will provide each student with one set of texbooks.
- $350 USD investment will provide the entire class of 50 students each with one (1) set of texbooks per school year. Want to Help? Click Here
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