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$175 supports Career Exploration Summer Camp for one student $400* supports a student for one year in middle or high school $1500* supports a student for one year at a top national university *Average amount of support, depends on the student’s need & academic performance
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I am very proud to be a SEEDS student. SEEDS helps me go school and builds my confidence. I am the first in my village to go to the provincial gifted high school.
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- 11th Grade Student Pacific Links Foundation is a US-based 501(c)(3) NGO. EIN #94-3397768.
US Address PACIFIC LINKS FOUNDATION Sobrato Center for Nonprofits 534 Valley Way Milpitas, CA 95035 +1 510 435 3035 Vietnam Address VÒNG TAY THÁI BÌNH 163/A9 Huỳnh Thúc Kháng TP Long Xuyên, An Giang, Việt Nam +84 296 3853888
ABOUT US SEEDS is a program of Pacific Links Foundation, a US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We empower women and youth through improving life skills, raising self-awareness, bringing new knowledge and opening opportunities and supportive networks. www.pacificlinks.org
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Scholarship Program to Elevate Education & Develop Skills
Facilitating Growth Our Goal
To empower youth to reach their full potential and build a brighter future.
Our Approach
We break the cycle of poverty by investing in talented, underprivileged students through educational opportunities, skills development for job readiness, self-awareness and becoming engaged leaders.
Where We Work
Throughout the Central provinces of Vietnam in rural areas.
What We Provide
Middle and High School Level: • Tuition & Fees • Supplies, Books, Uniform, Health Insurance • Home Visits • After-School Tutoring • Life Skills Training & Clubs • Career Exploration Summer Camp • Career Exploration & English Proficiency Program (CEEP) University Level: • Financial Aid & Laptop • Life Skills & Career Development Skills • English Language Proficiency • Community Service & Engagement • Medical & Dental Care
SEEDS Middle and High School Highlights Home Visits update information about students’ family circumstances, school obstacles and drop-out risks; promote the role of education in poverty alleviation and trafficking prevention. After-School Tutoring improves middle school students’ academic performance in core subjects. Life Skills Training & Clubs equip students with essential skills and knowledge for career planning and offer opportunities to practice these skills. Summer Camp orients students about career choices over three days.
Career Exploration & English Proficiency Program (CEEP) increases high school students’ capacity to learn English over two months. Selected students study with native speakers for six hours daily, and meet with successful mentors and learn from their experience and motivational speeches. Trafficking Awareness workshops and activities provide trafficking prevention knowledge. Scholarship Ceremony conveys key program goals and donor expectations to students, their parents, schools and governmental counterparts.
SEEDS University Highlights Financial Assistance provides different levels of support depending on students’ need and exceptional potential. Laptop Purchase gives access to better study tools. Life Skills & Career Development Skills Training instills students with professional and social skills to increase post-graduate job prospects.
English Language Proficiency helps students gain access to work, study, and research opportunities through international standards such as IELTS and TOEIC. Community Service & Engagement build students’ sense of awareness and social responsibility. Medical & Dental Care covers screening and treatment costs.
Meet Tran “I am the first in my village to get into a good university and win a scholarship to study abroad. My parents are very proud of me. I hope my story will inspire many kids in my village. I want to send my thanks to SEEDS, I wouldn’t be where I am today without your support.” Tran* is from a remote and mountainous area of Quang Binh province. She first received the scholarship in eighth grade. After an accident, her father could no longer work to support their family of four. Since then, Tran’s mother has been the sole bread winner as a farmer. They live in an old house, left by her grandparents. Tran was chosen to receive the scholarship because farming hardly earns enough to pay for Tran and her sister’s schooling. The scholarship enabled both Tran and her younger sister to stay in school and attend top Vietnamese universities. Tran is a student at Da Nang University of Economics, majoring in auditing while her sister recently started at the University of Economics in Ho Chi Minh City. Tran has excelled in university, she maintains high grades and won second prize in an auditing contest between national universities. Proudly, she won a four-month scholarship for an exchange program to study in Scotland at Heriot-Watt University. Tran’s dream is to work for a big international auditing firm after graduation. *Names have been changed to protect individuals’ privacy