[general_devel] Fwd: LIN Newsletter February 2011

[vern weitzel]

From: "LIN Center for Community Development" <LIN_Center_for_Community_Develop at mail.vresp.com>
Date: February 27, 2011 11:15:28 PM PST
To: vern.weitzel at gmail.com
Subject: LIN Newsletter February 2011
Reply-To: "LIN Center for Community Development" <reply-9bf4dda043-0debeacef9-27c4 at u.cts.vresp.com>

RMIT students from Vietnam and Australia join hands in supporting
local NPOs

On Tuesday afternoon, 22 February, representatives from three NPO
Partner organizations, including Tinh Than Program, Nhat Hong Shelter
and LIN (on behalf of Khanh Hoi Social Centre for Orphans),  came to
the RMIT campus to attend presentations by project teams combining
RMIT Vietnam and RMIT Australia students. The presentations
summarized outcomes from students' work integrated learning (WIL)
projects, a volunteer work-study program that is designed to benefit
local not-for-profit organizations... (Page 1 - 2)

WOCA Scholarship Program

On Sunday morning, 12 February 2011, a LIN Centerrepresentatives
joined the HCMC Women's Charity Association at a ceremony to grant 35
scholarships to disadvantaged students in HCMC. Also attending the
ceremony were the students' parents and representatives from Women's
Unionsthroughout HCMC. In addition to the scholarships, which were
co-funded by a grant from the LIN Center, WOCA also gave out small
Tet presents, which included notebooks and confectionery..... (Page
3)
Upcoming Events (Page 4-6)

* NPO workshop "Designing Effective Marketing Materials for your NPO"
- Time: Thursday 10/03/2011 from 08h- 11h45 a.m
- Location: Xu restaurant, 71 - 75 Hai Ba Trung, D.1
- RVSP: npo at LINvn.org

* Social Entrepreneurs Meet to Connect and Develop! LIN joins CSIP to
host the event
- Time: Thursdat 03/03/2011 từ 4h - 7h p.m
- Contact: truc at LINvn.org

* British International School Host FOBISSEA Community Fair and
Conference
- Time: Saturday 12/03/2011 from 10a.m - 13p.m
- Location:The An Phu Primary School, 225 Nguyen Van Huong, Thao
Đien ward, D.2,
- Contact: npo at LINvn.org

* First Meeting of LIN's NPO Advisory Group
- Time: Wednesday 16/03/2011 from 9 - 10:30 a.m
- Contact: son at LINvn.org

Please contact LIN team at (84 8) 38246091 if you have any questions
and/or interests in any above events!
Introducing "Together we can make a difference: A book of volunteer
stories" (March 2011)

Composed of 14 stories, selected from over 100 submissions to LIN's
2010 Volunteer Stories Competition, the book highlights inspiring
stories by individuals who made meaningfulcontributions, to the
community through their volunteer activities.

A limited number of books will be printed and presented to the
authors, donors and NPO partners that host volunteers. . If you would
like to receive a free copy, please contact LIN at: (84) 8 3 8246091
(Ms. Truc) or volunteer at LINvn.org .  - volunteer at LINvn.org (Trang 7) 
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http://cts.vresp.com/c/?LINCenterforCommunit/9bf4dda043/0debeacef9/3a69b76046

Other Contents

1. Donor's Corner:

* JIFF Gives LIN Center a Grant to Promote Access to Justice through
NPOs in HCMC (Page 8)

* CSIP introduces "Legal Manual for Social Entrepreneurs and Social
Enterprises"  (Page 7)

* Check out LIN's 2010 Annual Report and 2011 Workplan  (Page 9)

2. NPO resources

* How to communicate successfully (by Hansjeurg Moser) (Page 10 - 11)

3. Opportunies for NPOs:

* Training course "Facilitation as Core Competency" in Thailand (Page
12)

* SDTC organizes training course "Project Proposal Writing Skills"
(Page 12)

* Atlas Corp: Join the Network of Global Changemakers - Apply
NOW(Page 13)

LIN team welcomes all the questions and feedback, please send to us
at npo at LINvn.org

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