As you have already read in the previous Alumni e-News issue, the 25th Birthday Celebrations last year helped create the Birthday Gift Fund with more than 37,000 USD raised to support local community.

We are currently in the community consultation phase of how to spend the money… and we want to hear from alumni.

We do not expect full and formal proposals – we want ideas, suggestions and thoughts on programs, projects and/or partners that would respect our three goals:

• ENGAGE UNIS STUDENTS in genuine and reciprocal learning experiences
• BUILD COMMUNITY and meaningfully strengthen the School's relationships with the local community over time
• ARE SUSTAINABLE for both for the community the project aims to support, and for UNIS Hanoi.

These can be new projects, existing projects, or projects that are yet to be created… But if we do not have them on our radar, they will not get to the Advisory Committee for further research and development.

If you are aware of projects that fit the goals and would benefit from the Birthday Gift Fund, please complete the suggestions form.

These ideas will all go to the Advisory Committee who will follow up and help shape any new ideas with the appropriate community partners.

WE DO NOT EXPECT FULL PROPOSALS, just ideas, leads and starting-points that the Committee can explore further in the next phase of the programme roll-out.

Final projects will be chosen with input from a variety of sources including existing Service Partners and the Service Learning Team at UNIS.

COMPLETE THE SUGGESTION FORM and submit your ideas to the Birthday Gift Fund Committee BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30.

And to find out more about the Birthday Gift Fund, how the money was raised, the committee and the timeline and process for the allocation of the funds please see the School website.

For more information contact Director of Advancement, Emma Silva: doa@unishanoi.org.