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About us
The project FRE-E-WASTEÂ is implemented by environmental enthusiasts, who participated in the YSEALI SUmmit 2022, with the support of YSEALI, U.S. Embassy and Biji-biji Initiative.
The project FRE-E-WASTE seeks to bring together a group of Southeast Asian environmental enthusiasts to connect and collaborate on e-waste issues in the region.
There are two components of the projects:
The workshop will be taking place online in two days: Saturday and Sunday, 3rd-4th September 2022.
Toolkit completion, in which you will finalize the toolkit with your groupmates after the workshop and in your own time. The assigned part should be handed to the team by 25 September, without which you will not be able to receive the certificate of completion.
YSEALI
Launched in 2013, the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) is U.S. government’s signature program to strengthen leadership development and networking in Southeast Asia. The YSEALI community consists of bright young leaders, 18–35 years old, from Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam who are making a difference in their communities, countries, and the region.
Through a variety of programs and engagements, including U.S. educational and cultural exchanges, regional exchanges, and seed funding, YSEALI seeks to build the leadership capabilities of youth in the region, strengthen ties between the United States and Southeast Asia, and nurture an ASEAN community. YSEALI focuses on critical topics identified by youth in the region:
Civic Engagement
Economic Empowerment and Social Entrepreneurship
Education
Environmental Issues
YSEALI programs include:
STEP Forward Education
STEP Forward Exchange is an Education and Community social enterprise seeks to train and develop the young Vietnamese generation to become active Global Citizens.
Based on Non-Formal Education, STEP Forward Exchange operates with the goal of equipping and training young Vietnamese with the essential global knowledge, attitudes and skills to experience the world, study and work in the international environment. This helps young people understand themselves, become leaders in the future, and contribute to Vietnamese society and the world.
MEET OUR TEAM
Where the Passion Begins
Trang Hong VU
Project leader
Trang (Eliza) - project lead - ventures in the field of non - formal education in Vietnam that seeks to educate youths with new literacies, including health, digital and recently, environmental literacy. Her environmental work involves featuring unsung heros in fighting climate change fighters, including informal groups and informal waste workers. She was also selected as one of the 2022 ASEAN Storytellers of Biodiversity.
Vo Gia Lynh TRAN
Operations manager
Lynh graduated from the University of Economics and Law - Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City. She was a dynamic member of the university social work team, which mainly organises projects in the environmental and education field. Currently, she is working for STEP Forward Education - an Education and Community social enterprise.
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Chuck Chuan Ng
Scientific advisor
Chuck is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Xiamen University Malaysia where his field of works and expertise are mainly related to environmental pollution, green education and eco-sustainability. He obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Environmental Sciences and he has strong interest in the fields of global development, social welfare and environmental issues.
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Clareziel Digamon Ladringan
Financial officer/Â creative manager
Clare is a persistent advocate of sustainable tourism management and currently pursuing her PhD in International Tourism Management at Lyceum of the Philippines - Manila. Outside her studies, she is working as a full-time faculty member of the Tourism Management Department of Cebu Normal University. She campaigns for inclusivity, youth empowerment, and mental health awareness.