About Us
Center for education and community development (CECD)
CECD is a Vietnamese non-profit, non-governmental organization established on 20th November 2011 and under Education Psychological Science Association of Vietnam. CECD is dedicated to working with disadvantaged groups and communities, assisting them to improve their quality of life and manage their resources sustainably.
CECD works in cooperation with national and international professional experts who have special working experience with famous government organizations and research institutes such as the National Academies on Agriculture, the Research Institute for Aquacultures and Public Health, and educational and art cultural sectors.
CECD is working closely with a global network of leading experts and professors in development fields such as sustainable livelihood development, aquaculture, agriculture, climate change, environment protection, and art culture preservation.
CECD’s experience and core operational areas include research and advocacy, capacity building and organization development, HIV/AIDS care and support, integrated community health development, community based tourism, art and culture development, climate change adaptation and mitigation, sustainable agriculture, aquaculture technology including field based crab cultivation, poverty alleviation through livelihood development, and capacity building for partner organizations. These include CBOs and vulnerable communities. CECD specializes in art culture links and exchange between countries and tribal groups.
CECD is a leading national organization for Health and Climate Change Group (CCHG), a member of the Steering Committee for the Vietnam Network of Civil Society Alliance (CSA), and Climate Change, (VNGO&CC), and also a Member of the Steering committee for CSA (Civil Society Alliance), and a member of VNGO-FLEGT network and Social Work Association in Viet Nam.
Our Vision:
A society where everyone embraces art and its values, so as to learn and grow holistically as a person thus maximizing their contributions to a sustainable community development.
Our Mission:
To spread awareness of and encourage the community to participate in the preservation and development of traditional arts.
To use art as a tool through which public education and social development goals can be achieved
Our objectives
To gain good achievements for sustainable community development, admired by the NGO for its quality, transparency, accountability and commitment.
CECD core value: Ownership; Accountability/Transparency; Sharing and learning; Impact/Results with participatory approaches.
Our activities
Find out positive solutions that has highly effective practice for community;
2015 – 2020
1) 1) Livelihood improvement for vulnerable groups
· Sustainable agriculture developments
· Capacity-building activities for farmer unions
· Aquaculture development activities: crab hatchery production, fish hatchery production
2) 2) Art-based and theatre-based communication for behavior change and raising awareness
· Information Education Communication (IEC) Evening program
· Preservation and development of traditional theatre
· Setting up traditional theatre groups in the community
3) 3) Child-focus programs
· Supports for children affected by HIV/AIDS
· Intensive psychology care for socially vulnerable children
· Theatre/Art therapy for children and their families
· Setting up models for child-friendly schools and communities
4) 4) Advocacy and Research
· International cooperation on climate change and related topics
· Research and evaluate data on development projects
5) 5) Capacity-building activities
· Training (indoors and outdoors)
· Exposure and study tour
Strategy:
Achieve as a humane society and sustainable development;
Create environment exchanges, learning on an international level.
CECD strategic plan
