14/09/2026
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🎉 Die LOAN Stiftung ist für den VIAwards 2026 Education Award nominiert! 🎉
Wir freuen uns sehr über diese besondere Anerkennung unserer Bildungsarbeit für Kinder und Jugendliche in den abgelegenen Bergregionen Vietnams.
Die Stiftung wurde in Erinnerung an Đậu Thị Cúc („Loan“) gegründet, die als Kind keine Schule besuchen durfte. Seit 2016 setzt sich die LOAN Stiftung dafür ein, dass Bildung nicht an Armut, Herkunft oder einem abgelegenen Wohnort scheitert.
Diese Nominierung gehört den Kindern und jungen Menschen, deren Mut und Bildungswege uns jeden Tag inspirieren – ebenso wie unseren Partnern und allen Unterstützerinnen und Unterstützern.
Bitte drückt der LOAN Stiftung die Daumen für die VIAwards 2026! 💛
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🎉 The LOAN Foundation has been nominated for the VIAwards 2026 Education Award! 🎉
We are deeply honored by this recognition of our work supporting children and young people in remote mountain communities in Vietnam.
The Foundation was established in memory of Đậu Thị Cúc (“Loan”), who was not allowed to attend school as a child. Since 2016, the LOAN Foundation has worked to ensure that education does not depend on poverty, background or where a child happens to live.
This nomination belongs to the children and young people whose courage and determination inspire us every day – as well as to our partners and everyone who supports our mission.
Please keep your fingers crossed for the LOAN Foundation at the VIAwards 2026! 💛
, -Fans, Yến Vũ, Binh Do Thanh, Quỹ LOAN - Vietnam
🎉VIAWARDS 2026 NOMINEE – EDUCATION AWARD
We are proud to announce LOAN Stiftung (LOAN Foundation), founded and led by French-Vietnamese author and philanthropist Isabelle Müller, as an official VIAwards 2026 nominee!
Founded in memory of her mother, Đậu Thị Cúc ("Loan"), who was denied an education as a child, the Foundation has spent a decade making education reachable for children in Vietnam's remote, ethnic-minority mountain communities — addressing not just classrooms, but the housing, sanitation, nutrition and resources that allow children to actually stay in school.
Key Highlights:
💫Directly supported more than 5,000 children and young people across eight Vietnamese provinces since 2016, completing 44 projects including 28 educational buildings with a cumulative project volume of approximately USD 1.8 million.
💫Runs the LOAN Foundation Scholarship for Education since 2019, awarding 401 scholarships to disadvantaged pupils and students — particularly orphans and half-orphans — from upper-secondary school through university graduation.
💫Distributed more than 4,000 books and learning materials through "Books for a Better Future," and arranged 44 sponsorships for orphans and children in need.
💫Built boarding houses, kitchens, sanitation and reading spaces serving up to 160 children across villages including Minh Tan, Che La, Minh Son, Xuan Minh, Nan Xin and Chim Vàn, plus new classrooms in Na Tông, Điện Biên and schools in Ly Chu Phin and Ban Dung.
💫Partners with the Vừ A Dính Scholarship Fund (Foundation for Highland and Island Youth) and provincial Departments of Foreign Affairs to ensure projects meet local needs and remain sustainable.
💫Fosters Vietnam–Germany intercultural exchange, including the 2024 "1,000 Cranes for Peace" / "Wish Lights" project connecting German children with pupils at HOPE School in Da Nang.
💫Isabelle Müller's book royalties fund 100% of the Foundation's charitable work, with all administrative costs personally borne by the founder.
💫Rewards: Human Act Prize 2023 ("Inspiring Project" category), M4D Award 2023 ("Marketing Development" category), and the Vừ A Dính Prize 2024, recognising commitment to ethnic minorities and Vietnam's mountain and island regions.
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🌐Learn more: https://www.viawards.com/nominations
🎟Secure your place now before Early Bird seats are gone: https://bit.ly/3V7gE5W
🏆Winners will be announced at the VIAwards ceremony gala:
🗓Date: 7 November 2026
📍Location: Kimpton Fitzroy London, 1-8 Russell Sq, London
