Honeywell continues to improve learning environment of Vietnamese students
Honeywell continues to improve learning environment of Vietnamese students
Honeywell and Mountainous Underprivileged Students Fund, a charity programme that focuses on underprivileged students in Vietnam’s mountainous region, recently completed a project that will significantly improve the learning environment for 2,000 students in four primary schools in Thanh Hoa and Lao Cai provinces.
The four primary schools, Nhi Son and Trung Ly in the central province of Thanh Hoa and Tung Chung Pho and Ngai Thau in the northern province of Lao Cai, all received computers, tables, chairs, bookshelves, television screens, books and other study materials in four Honeywell multi-media learning centres.
In 2015, 1,800 students in three schools in Central Highlands’ province of Dak Lak, and Ho Chi Minh City benefited from the Honeywell Hometown Solutions’ donation of multi-media learning centres. Over the past year, Honeywell Hometown Solutions, the company’s corporate citizenship initiative, has given 3,800 students across Vietnam tools and materials to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. Honeywell Hometown Solutions granted $25,000 for the establishment of the learning centres.
“At Honeywell, we recognise that a large majority of technical challenges will be solved in the future by the students of today. We are confident that Honeywell’s support over the last year will help to develop the next generation of leading Vietnamese innovators and scientists, who will have a positive impact in their communities locally and globally,” said Brian Davis, vice-president of the Asia Pacific airlines division of Honeywell Aerospace.
Mountainous Underprivileged Students Fund was started in 2011 by Dr Tran Dang Tuan and his partners in Vietnam. Today, the charity supports more than 6,100 students in Vietnam with a growing donor network in Australia, China, Japan, Finland, South Korea, Sweden and the US.
In 2013, Honeywell set up its first regional automation college in Vietnam in partnership with PetroVietnam University to provide training for local engineers and address a talent shortage in the process manufacturing industry.
Since 2013, three Vietnamese middle school teachers received scholarships to attend the Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy programme at the US’ Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. With a focus on STEM, the training includes simulated astronaut-style exercises, laboratory and professional development, and space exploration.
Honeywell Hometown Solutions focuses on five areas: family safety and security, housing and shelter, science and math education, humanitarian relief, and habitat and conservation.
