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Our Scholarship Program is the main component of our Village Approach. In addition, we also build and improve
school infrastructure and maintain close relations with the schools we have built, constantly monitoring the level of
education and the progress of students. Our schools are equipped with sanitation facilities, kitchen and canteens. In
addition, we ensure that the school and village have access to clean drinking water. While our priority is enrolling all
children of a village in school, we subsequently also promote villages’ sustainable development through the promo-
tion of agricultural income generating activities and school gardens. Our ultimate goal is to work together with and
empower communities to become self-sufficient so that families may support their own children’s education.
Our Reach
The Foundation’s Flagship project is in Thailand, where we have completed over 30 infrastructure projects, served over
16 village communities and reached over 2,000 hill-tribe minority children since 2006. In Morocco, Burkina Faso and
Cambodia, we have partnered with grassroots NGOs with proven success records to support their scholarship programs
that are in line with our approach and philosophy, and thereby reach out to more children in need leveraging on our
partnerships while minimizing costs. All scholarship programs are closely monitored, and we track Key Performance
Indicators such as Retention rate and Pass rate of students, Rate of absence of teachers, as well as Teacher student
ratios and number of students that complete high school and professional school studies. In all these indicators, our
projects have delivered well above the national average. We also monitor the level of education and help improve
the quality of education through various strategies including teacher training and supplementation of teachers.
Since our launch, the Foundation has been able to keep administrative, marketing, and fundraising activities at Geneva
headquarters and in volunteer Chapters of Italy and Singapore volunteer based, hence we have been able to devolve
all donations received directly to our projects on location.
For every 1$ donation, 1$ is devolved to projects
benefitting children in need.