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Map for Change - East Asia Pacific
Australia
Organization name: Days for Girls, Australia
Office location: PO Box 179 Tatura, VIC 3616
Country: Australia
Region: EAP
Website: https://www.daysforgirls.org/australia/
Contact person: Country Coordinator: Mary Connelly-Gale : Australia@daysforgirls.org
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2008
Service area(s): Education, Public Health/Medicine, Gender Issues
Beneficiaries: Days for Girls Australia is a registered Australian not for profit and is a Country Affiliate with Days for Girls International. Volunteers across Australia mobilize to increase access to menstrual products and vital health information for women and girls around the world.
Volunteer history: 2021 SOSA Honorable Mention, Jennie Linton volunteered with this organization remotely. While posted in China, she led a volunteer group of Consulate employees and EFMs to create durable, reusable feminine hygiene kits for young women and girls. The kits were given to girls in Africa and India. **Days for Girls supports girls and partner organizations around the globe. Visit https://www.daysforgirls.org/contact-us/ or https://www.daysforgirls.org/where-we-operate/ for more locations ** Remote volunteering **SOSA= AAFSW's Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad. Visit https://www.aafsw.org/sosa/ to learn more.
Cambodia
Organization name: Women's International Group Cambodia
Office location:
Country: Cambodia
Region: EAP
Website: https://www.wigcambodia.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/wigphnompenh/
Contact person: secretary@wigcambodia.org
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 1993
Service area(s): Adults, Children, Fundraising
Beneficiaries: We are an active group who bring a diversity of resources and experiences together for social, cultural and educational enhancement. We raise funds and donate these via grants to worthy community projects in Cambodia.
Volunteer history: embassy family members volunteer and help with the annual Christmas bazaar
New Zealand
Organization name: Days for Girls, New Zealand
Office location: 28 Chilton Grove Palmerston North, Manawatu 4410 New Zealand
Country: New Zealand
Region: EAP
Website: https://www.daysforgirls.org/new-zealand/
Contact person: Country Coordinator: Helen Griffin: NewZealand@daysforgirls.org
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2008
Service area(s): Education, Public Health/Medicine, Gender Issues
Beneficiaries: Days for Girls New Zealand is a registered not for profit in New Zealand and is a Country Affiliate with Days for Girls International. Volunteers across New Zealand mobilize to increase access to menstrual products and vital health information for women and girls around the world.
Volunteer history: 2021 SOSA Honorable Mention, Jennie Linton volunteered with this organization remotely. While posted in China, she led a volunteer group of Consulate employees and EFMs to create durable, reusable feminine hygiene kits for young women and girls. The kits were given to girls in Africa and India. **Days for Girls supports girls and partner organizations around the globe. Visit https://www.daysforgirls.org/contact-us/ or https://www.daysforgirls.org/where-we-operate/ for more locations ** Remote volunteering **SOSA= AAFSW's Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad. Visit https://www.aafsw.org/sosa/ to learn more.
Vietnam
Organization name: American Club Association Board, Hanoi
Office location: 19/21 P. Hai Bà Trưng, Hàng Bài, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam
Country: Vietnam
Region: EAP
Contact person: americanclubhanoi@gmail.com or CLOHanoi@state.gov
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 1982
Service area(s): Event Planning
Beneficiaries: US Embassy staff and families
Volunteer history: Foreign Affairs employees and EFMs have volunteered their time to serve as board members
Organization name: Hanoi International Women's Club
Country: Vietnam
Region: EAP
Website: https://www.facebook.com/hanoiiwc
Contact person: contact@hanoi-iwc.com
Size: Medium (11-99 employees)
Year founded: 1986
Service area(s): Adults, Children, Disabled/Handicapped, Underprivileged Communities, Fundraising, Event Planning, Other
Beneficiaries: disadvantaged women and children in Vietnam
Volunteer history: The Hanoi International Women’s Club (HIWC) is a voluntary group whose membership is open to women and men with foreign passports living in Hanoi. In the past, US Embassy spouses have been board members of this organization. The American Embassy hosts an American table at the annual charity bazaar.
Organization name: Keep Hanoi Clean
Office location: 587 Lac Long Quan, Xuan La, Tay Ho, Ha Noi
Country: Vietnam
Region: EAP
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/keephanoiclean
Contact person: info@keephanoiclean.org
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2016
Service area(s): Environment
Beneficiaries: local environment
Volunteer history: Keep Hanoi Clean (KHC) was founded by James Joseph Kendall — a long-term American resident of Hanoi who was concerned about the levels of trash in and around his neighbourhood — in May 2016. Since that first clean-up event, James and his team of volunteers have engaged with nearly 2,000 volunteers and collected many tons of trash from over 50 locations in Vietnam. Clean-up sites have ranged from downtown urban Hanoi to Sapa in the north of Vietnam. Through our grassroots work with local communities and hands on approach to clean up events, KHC continues to motivate, inspire and educate in the environmental protection space. Hanoi Helping Hands has partnered with KHC in the past for clean up events.
Organization name: The American Center Hanoi
Office location: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Country: Vietnam
Region: EAP
Website: https://vn.usembassy.gov/education-culture/american-center-hanoi/
Contact person: achanoi@state.gov
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 1997
Service area(s): Adults
Beneficiaries: young Vietnamese adults
Volunteer history: The American Center Hanoi always welcomes American employees and family memebrs to volunteer their time to share with young Vietnamese adults things about America
Organization name: Hanoi Helping Hands
Office location: 7 P. Láng Hạ, Chợ Dừa, Ba Đình, Hà Nội, Vietnam
Country: Vietnam
Region: EAP
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HanoiHelpingHands
Size: Medium (11-99 employees)
Year founded: 2017
Service area(s): Children, Underprivileged Communities, Fundraising
Beneficiaries: at-risk children, orhpans, and the local environment
Volunteer history: Hanoi Helping Hands is an umbrella organization in the American Embassy that supports multiple charities in/around Hanoi including orphanages, shelters for homeless and trafficked children and the environment