Light Up Your Dreams

Educational support program in the minorities of the Central Highlands of Vietnam allowing young people to continue their education and have a positive impact on their environment.

DALAT - VIETNAM – Year 2025

Testimony
by Jessie
Le projet Light Up Your Dreams
Project background

In the Lâm Đồng region, less than 60% of minority girls complete secondary education. Many drop out early, pushed into early marriage or agricultural work. The project offers a concrete alternative by drawing on education, nature, and community.

Since its first edition in 2018, the camp has grown from 12 children at its beginning to 42 in 2020.

For the year 2025, we are betting on successfully raising the funds to welcome 50 children. Funding for the month of June is secured, but we are short €5,000 to finance the camp in July 2025.

Patrick Kosa, a recent graduate from the Chil ethnic group, grew up in a context of poverty, poor access to education, and environmental degradation. In 2017, he founded Light Up Your Dreams to provide children in his community with access to knowledge, nature, and their dreams.

"I've seen too many children give up on their dreams due to social pressure and lack of resources. My goal is to open up new perspectives for them."

"J'ai vu trop d'enfants abandonner leurs rêves sous la pression sociale et le manque de moyens. Mon but est de leur ouvrir d'autres perspectives"
The objectives
Les objectifs
  1. Promoting access to quality education
    Reduce school dropout rates, support access to university and provide essential skills to help children build a better future.

  2. Empowering children and breaking the cycles of poverty
    Prevent early marriage, build self-confidence and provide opportunities for personal development and lasting independence.

  3. Raise awareness and encourage sustainable living
    Educate children and their communities about climate change, sustainable practices and the importance of preserving their environment.
Summer camps
Le camp d'été


Summer camp is a great opportunity for children to learn, play, and grow.

Light Up Your Dreams Summer Camp began in 2017 with just 8 kids and has since become a staple annual program (with the exception of 2020 due to COVID).

It provides a safe and dynamic learning space for young people aged 7 to 21 , from six rural villages around Da Lat .

The aim is to gradually extend the program to other, even more isolated communities .

Light Up Your Dream
With the UN objectives
  • Eradication of poverty

    The complete eradication of extreme poverty for all people everywhere by 2030 is a central goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

  • Access to quality education

    The global problem of hunger and food insecurity has seen an alarming increase since 2015, a trend exacerbated by a combination of factors, including the pandemic, conflict, climate change, and widening inequality.

  • Gender equality

    Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, it is also a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.

  • Decent work and economic growth

    Goal 8 aims to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

  • Gender equality

    Inequality threatens long-term social and economic development, undermines poverty reduction, and destroys people's sense of accomplishment and self-esteem.

  • Responsible production

    Goal 12 aims to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, which is essential to safeguard the livelihoods of current and future generations.

  • Partnership

    Goal 17 is about revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development. The 2030 Agenda is universal and calls on all countries—developed and developing—to act to ensure that no one is left behind.
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