Our Programs - Education Events & Workshops
CEF believes in supporting our students in other ways we consider beneficial to them.
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Water Safety Day
This day at the beach is a highlight for the children. They have a lot of fun and a chance to meet other children in CEF's Education Programs from similar backgrounds. They learn water safety theory, how to float and swim and have a long session of water and beach games. In the afternoon we have a fun activity away from the hot sun and over the last four years we have chosen to go to an air-conditioned cinema to see a movie. |
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Creative Expression ~ Art and Photography
Art ~ These art sessions take place whenever we have an artist to lead them. The goal is to stimulate their creativity. So far the children have painted and drawn with a variety of materials. They have made cards, bookmarks and decorated gift boxes, have painted on Vietnamese conical hats and colored in beautiful mandalas and made friendship bracelets. |
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Creative Expression ~ Art and Photography
Photography ~ We have started a summer program to teach photography to local CEF students. Seeing the world and capturing it using this medium stimulated their creativity. We believe creative thinking is required to resolve the huge challenges they face. This year four volunteer photographers ran sessions in four locations in and around Hoi An for twelve girls. They trained them in the basics, helped them with their skills as well as sharing their knowledge and passion for photography. We ended the sessions with an exhibition of the best photographs taken by the girls. This was the first time any of the girls had used a camera and in the next workshop we plan to introduce further skills including simple editing. |
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Life Skills Workshop
Tertiary students and high school students attended the 2016 workshops and learned about time management, resume writing , job interviews and how to present themselves at the interviews. The 2017 workshop focuses on communication skills. Good communication with family, friends, with boys, interviewers and employers is covered. As the girls in our programs are spending more and more time on social media a key component of the workshops will cover safe and responsible use of social media such as Facebook, in particular looking at topics such as online grooming and exploitation for sex. |
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Girls to Women ~ Female Health & Hygiene Workshop
These workshops are for our secondary, high school and tertiary students. The subjects of these workshops includes general hygiene and female health and female hygiene. Part of the workshops includes a session just tertiary and grade 12 students, covering friendships, relationships, STD's and contraception. The goal is to explore this sensitive subject with the girls. We want to ensure they avoid infertility, the need for an abortion, or premature parenthood all of which will affect their studies and their lives. The risks of being trafficked is also be included. |
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Education Against Trafficking and Child Labour
Trafficking, which includes the coercion of girls for sex and forced labour, is a major issue worldwide and in Viet Nam. It happens in the communities CEF works in too. Although this is not a major part of our work, it is an very important aspect and we are developing our education work on trafficking and child labour. Our staff undergo annual training with our sister NGO, Blue Dragon Children's Foundation, which specialises in anti-trafficking in Viet Nam, to stay on top of the latest techniques used by traffickers and to better understand this very real risk. The staff give local presentations to bring greater awareness of this growing threat to girls and young women as well as running workshops in conjunction with Blue Dragon on this topic for girls from grade 9 to 12 and for those in university. We wish to do what we can to help the CEF girls avoid the traumatic experience of being trafficked. |
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Child Sexual Abuse
It’s a sad fact that child abuse happens within families whose children CEF’s supporters help. Recognising this abuse and knowing what to do about it is essential for our staff. To this end they have training with a specialist social worker so they are better equipped during home visits to spot the signs that abuse may be going on. This topic is also included in workshops for high school and university students and is presented to the parents and carers of our sponsorship students as well. |