In October 2022, Masterise Group and UNICEF Vietnam made our first field trip to Soc Trang, under the Innovation for Children project, which forms part of Masterise Group's Build A Better Future program. This project not only focuses on environmental initiatives but also emphasizes the importance of education. 
 

Seven months after the strategic partner signing ceremony, Masterise Group and UNICEF Viet Nam representatives conducted a field trip to Soc Trang to conduct the needed assessment and consultation with the students and people in the community. The field trip was one of the first steps of "Innovation for Children," – a project that puts children at the center of climate policy and empowers children to become change-makers in shaping their future.
 

After a one-week working visit, we visited ten schools and two water supply projects in Soc Trang at which the innovations and solutions are to be implemented to provide clean water and improve sanitation for children and local households.
Besides, we introduced "net-zero toilet with an Aquonic tank" - a brand-new innovative solution in Vietnam. Successfully piloted in Thailand and Africa, the model will be replicated in a school in Soc Trang province.
 

"Innovation for Children" hopes to create a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment for Vietnamese children. The project's first phase will be designed and tested in Soc Trang before scaling up.