Climate Action Vietnam Project #28921

Narrow The Gap - Crossed paths for social impacts

by LIN Center for Community Development

Project Report | Jun 13, 2019
Final Results of Round 1 and Round 2 Kick-off!

By Kelly Vo | Head of Corporate Partnerships & Fundraising

Pitching Day event

Dear GlobalGivers,

Hello again! It has been three months since we updated you about the first event of Narrow The Gap 2019. So many things we have achieved together that I am very excited to share with you:

We completed the First Round on Sunday 23rd April with the Pitching Day was organized to select 6 winners to receive grants from Narrow The Gap. At the event, 10 Finalists presented their projects and answered all the questions from the audience. Our Grant Allocation Committee and everyone in the community had a chance to ask the questions and provided their valuable feedback to all the candidates. We are impressed with the diversity & breadth of the projects submitted to the program, from raising awareness of cancer understanding in Vietnam, promoting rights of Queer community through learning Vietnamese history, supporting provincial students in developing entrepreneurship skillsets & community-oriented mindset, to building bridges in Mekong Delta's provinces to increase the accessibility for local communities to education & business opportunities.

Furthermore, as the result, a few connections have been made at the event between nonprofit organizations and with donors. Nearly 100 residents from the commmunity, half of them were under 25 year old, went to the event and casted their votes for their favorite projects, it positively proved the increasing interest of local Vietnamese, especially young people in social causes and community impact.

If you want to learn more about the six winning projects, please click here.

The Second Round will be kicked off soon on 22nd June to introduce about this round of grants, at the event, the participants will receive helpful information of the program such as:

Available funds for the projects
Training activities for capacity building
Volunteer opportunities for community projects
Site visit opportunities to learn about the projects and meet the end beneficeries
Community Day for everyone in the community who share the same goal of contributing to sustainable development in Vietnam.

Thank you again for making all this happen. We hope you will not only continue to support Narrow the Gap so that we will be able to provide more funding and capacity building opportunities for local nonprofit organizations in Vietnam, but also spread the words to your friends, family and your network by sharing this page https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/narrow-the-gap-vietnam-is-awesome/ to help our cause reach to more people.

If you have any questions about Narrow the Gap, please feel free to contact me at kelly.vo@linvn.org.

Sincerely,

Vo Ngoc Tuyen (Kelly)

Head of Corporate Partnerships & Fundraising

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Narrow The Gap fanpage

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Mar 19, 2019
Our 2019 Narrow The Gap has kicked off!

By Kelly Vo | Head of Corporate Partnerships & Fundraising

Grant Allocation Committee Orientation Meeting!

Dear our esteemed donor,

Following the success of our Narrow The Gap 2018, we are looking forward to a year full of significant activities in 2019, with a focus on positive impact and sustainable development for the prosperity of our community.

Prosperity of Community is the topic of Narrow the Gap 2019 with focus on 5 Sustainable Development Goals:

1. Clean and Sustainable Energy (Goal 7)
2. Decent Work and Economic Growth (Goal 8 )
3. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (Goal 9)
4. Reduced Inequalities (Goal 10)
5. Sustainable Cities and Communities (Goal 11)

This program covers projects based in HCMC or from Binh Thuan province to Ca Mau province. In this 1st round, we will distribute total 6 grants, with each grant awarded up to 75,000,000 VND/project.

In January, we kicked off Round 1 to call for project proposals from local nonprofit organizations. In February, we called for skilled volunteers to join our Grant Allocation Committee (GAC). GAC members support LIN to narrow down to the finalists with the most potential and sustainable projects to pitch their projects to a wider public audience.

The deadline of proposals finally came with total 21 proposals were submitted to the program, in which 3 proposals came from our Impact Accelerator co-hort (our Incubator program for NPO leaders), 2 proposals came from LIN's nonprofit partners using our Home for Nonprofits.

Our first kick-off meeting for GAC was organized successfully on 17 March 2019, the Grant Allocation Committee (GAC) of Narrow The Gap Round 1/2019 discussed the proposal evaluation process. The GAC of Round 1/2019 includes 30 members, who are Skilled Volunteers from a variety of fields such as Community Development, Human Resources, Communications, Finance, and Strategic Planning. The GAC take on board positions such as: GAC Advisor, LIN Representatives, Secretary and GAC members.

The Grant Allocation Committee will officially begin the project proposal review from March 18, 2019 and expects to have the results of finalists on April 8, 2019. The informed finalists will present their projects on Pitching Day, 21 April 2019 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Please stay tuned for more updates from our Pitching Day event where you will learn about the full result and this round's winners in our next report!

Your important support and donation allow this program to continue and ensure local nonprofit organizations in Vietnam will continue to receive the necessary support and funding opportunity from Narrow The Gap!

For more information and real time updates from Narrow The Gap, please follow our page at https://www.facebook.com/NarrowTheGapProgram/

On behalf of LIN team,

Kelly Vo, Head of Corporate Partnerships & Fundraising

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Dec 20, 2018
Narrow The Gap 2018 - Year End Report!

By Kelly Vo | Head of Corporate Partnerships & Fundraising

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