Marking International Women’s Day this year, we explore further just one of the many reasons behind why women occupy disproportionately less top management roles in the workplace, and a research-backed method to navigate this systematic challenge.
Reading Cambodia: Meet the Woman Who Wants To Make World-Class Books Accessible to All
Beyond CSR: Social Impact as a Business
How might corporations and organisations solve global challenges in a way that not only is sustainable but profitable? To contribute to this growing conversation, we chatted with our impact strategist friend Laura Francois. Read on to discover her 3 tips on how we can use business as a means to drive social impact.
Playing Is Learning! Changing How We Think About Education
When is the most critical time to invest in a child’s education? Venturing beyond the conventional discussion around education, Raintree reflects on on how timing and learning methods are essential for children to succeed in life. Read on for some insights and initiatives from our emerging work in the sector >>
Education, Tech + Women in the Workforce: Raintree Reviews 2019
With the official launch of the Startup Report, Coding Cats + Tiny Coding Cats, SmallWorld Realty, 2019 marks one of our most exciting and active years yet across different sectors: education, tech, and more. As we close the year (and decade!) join us and discover the phenomenal things we've achieved during the year >>
Scratch programming language in Khmer? IT'S HERE!
Learning opportunities for Cambodian children to become digitally literate are still few and far between. Barriers to learning range from access to computers (yet alone internet connectivity), to prohibitive pricing of the limited after-school classes in technology. One barrier to global learning is that the majority of programming languages are based on a Latin alphabet, but for aspiring Khmer students, we have some great news… the first version of the free, block-based coding language - Scratch - is now available in Khmer!! We wanted to share the great news and a little bit of how this came to life. Read more here.
Celebrating the first clowder of Coding Cats!
It’s all cheers, celebrations, and coding at Raintree, where 100 students gathered for the inaugural Coding Cats graduation and project showcase. This marks the completion of their 5-week creative coding course powered by Saturday Kids, that aspires to enable the next generation of curious, resourceful and self-motivated learners. We wanted to share a little more of their journey, and what the future holds.
Raintree is HIRING! Marketing apprenticeship opportunity
Raintree is offering a very special marketing apprenticeship, where you will be trained by the Vice President of Marketing Communications from one of Singapore’s top banks. She will be hands-on training the team to design a new 12-month marketing and communications strategy for Raintree, incorporating existing project activities and any of your own creative ideas! This is a rare opportunity to be trained in a fast-paced environment, learning how to create an integrated communications strategy, with the potential for both part-time or full-time employment with Raintree following the apprenticeship. Read more here and apply now!
Coding Party @ the Canopy
As part of Raintree’s mission to enable capacity-building and education programs in Cambodia, we are so excited to announce a brand new program launching in April this year. In partnership with the fantastic Saturday Kids from Singapore, Coding Cats is a 5-week program for students aged 15-18 years old, with a playful curriculum based on Scratch, a block-based visual coding language. Generously supported by USAID’s Development Innovations, we are looking for people passionate about technology and education to become trainers, with the opportunity to be trained in the flagship Saturday Kids pedagogy and a chance to visit their campus. Read more to find out about the program here >>
Why education matters to everybody, especially Raintree
Recently, we've noticed that education has been the centre of many activities and events in Phnom Penh. From various schools to public and private organisations, there has been a lot of energy in trying to improve educational outcomes through various initiatives. Such initiatives are critical to building momentum to innovate new solutions within the sector. For educators and non-educators, here's a few of the programmes in the city by a multitude of organisations.