The work of SeeBeyondBorders focuses on three Sustainable Development Goals:
We see corporate support as a collaborative relationship where all parties achieve their goals through engagement, commitment, transparency, and feedback. We believe that to have the best outcomes for our participants we need to engage all stakeholders in creating that positive change together.
If you think that we could help your company or organisation realise your CSR objectives whilst creating a real and lasting effect on Cambodian children’s access to a quality education then we would be delighted to hear from you. Please phone Maeve on +353-86-3756554 or by e-mail ireland@seebeyondborders.org to chat about making a difference.
Every grant, no matter what size, will enable us to support educational change. As a considerable amount of our work is mentoring, staff overheads are a significant percentage of our total running costs; without them we could not deliver programmes. Grants can be restricted, where they are allocated to a particular programme, or unrestricted, which allows us to fund vital staff costs. Once a grant award meets set criteria, companies can also claim a tax deduction for donations. For more information contact Maeve on +353-86-3756554 or email ireland@seebeyondborders.org
We require funding for many of our programmes and if you are interested in funding or partially funding a particular programme which aligns with your companies’ values, please contact ireland@seebeyondborders.org
There are countless ways that your employees can raise funds to support Cambodian children and improve their life outcomes by accessing a quality education. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
If your company’s CSR committee or staff have the opportunity to nominate a charity for your Charity of the Year, then we would love to hear from you.
As your Charity Partner of the Year, we will work with your teams to deepen their understanding of global citizenship and how access to a quality education is a challenge across the globe and particularly in Cambodia.
Please contact Maeve on +353-86-3756554 or email ireland@seebeyondborders.org
Payroll giving enables you to donate a fixed amount directly from your salary each month. These donations will support a generation of Cambodian children to access a quality education.
Payroll giving is quick and easy to set up and all modern payroll systems can easily incorporate this method of donating. You can choose how much you want to donate but if you choose to give more than €250 a year (or €21 a month) your donations can have double impact.
SeeBeyondBorders Ireland can claim tax back on your donations by simply asking you to sign a form which we will send to you each July.
The Government-approved tax back scheme allows charities like SeeBeyondBorders Ireland to claim 44.9% in tax back on donations over €250, at no cost to you, our donor. All you need to do is sign and return a CHY3 tax-back form so we can claim the tax back from the Revenue Commissioners. You can also complete the CHY3 tax-back-form online here..
The form is valid for 5 years (unless you choose to cancel it), which helps lower our admin costs. With this scheme we have the potential to unlock much needed income which will continue to give Cambodian children the quality education they need and the futures they deserve.
Another great way to give to SeeBeyondBorders is through matched giving.
Often companies will match their employees charitable donations so it is worth asking your company if it does Matched Giving. If so, please contact us at ireland@seebeyondborders.org for further information.
ElectricAid is the social justice fund contributed to, so generously, by the current and retired employees of the ESB (Ireland’s national electricity provider). Their kindness supports vital charitable works across the globe, of which we are one beneficiary. Since 2019, SeeBeyondBorders Cambodia has benefited from a number of grants from ElectricAid to support classroom management workshops, embedding mentoring and most recently supporting the introduction of educational technology into the classrooms which has had an incredible positive impact to Cambodian teachers and students alike. To date, the support of ElectricAid has positively impacted the learning of 13,000 children across 60 schools.
Impact of ElectridAid’s support
“I’m delighted to have the Educational technology project in our schools. It is extremely useful that teachers can deliver lessons using technology. I am very proud that teachers in Ek Phnom are able to use technology effectively. I find it very beneficial for education in Ek Phnom.”
Yut Samban, DOE Director, Ek Phnom District
ElectricAid is the social justice fund contributed to, so generously, by the current and retired employees of the ESB (Ireland’s national electricity provider). Their kindness supports vital charitable works across the globe, of which we are one beneficiary. Since 2019, SeeBeyondBorders Cambodia has benefited from a number of grants from the ElectricAid fund to support classroom management workshops, embedding mentoring and the introduction of educational technology into the classrooms etc. To date, the support of ElectricAid has positively impacted the learning of 13,000 children across 60 schools*.
*Due to the financial impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic the number of schools where we now operate in 2023 has been reduced to 25 or 11?.
Impact of ElectridAid’s support
Every grant, no matter what size, will enable us to support educational change. As a considerable amount of our work is mentoring and skills based staffing overheads are ?% of total running costs. Grants can be restricted, where they are allocated to a particular programme, or unrestricted, which allows us to fund vital staff costs. Companies can claim a tax deduction for donations claiming it is a trading expense once it meets set criteria. If you are considering donating, speak with your finance department to ensure that the organisation can maximise the tax benefits of the donation. We would be delighted to hear from you if you are interested in speaking to us about a potential grant. Contact Olive on +353-87-6055043 or email csrireland@seebeyondborders.org
Sponsor a Programme
We require funding for many of our programmes and if you are interested in funding or partially funding a particular programme which aligns with your companies’ values, please contact csrireland@seebeyondborders.org
SeeBeyondBorders is seeking support to implement its new Transform Education programme. It builds on 13 years of experience in effective interventions transforming maths and literacy teaching and children’s learning outcomes. The programme will be implemented in two rural districts in the Northwest of Cambodia that our team has identified as having a significant need and the greatest opportunity to make transformational change. The programme aims to establish Communities of Practice Learning Centres to bring together teachers and school leaders to drive the sustainable improvement of school teaching and learning. Evidence shows that communities of practice can increase educators’ ownership of interventions, improve student achievement sustainably, increase teacher satisfaction, and create a more collaborative school culture. Teachers and leaders will complete foundation and technical teaching initiatives to improve their competence and confidence in teaching and leading. These initiatives will cover a range of salient topics, including maths, literacy, assessment, classroom management, mentoring, teacher identity and leadership. At the end of the programme, teachers will have increased student test scores by, on average, 40%.
Quality Education Driven by Quality Teaching The Quality Teaching Focus Area develops confident and competent communities of teachers committed to quality teaching and ongoing professional development.
Our team teaches Cambodian teachers the school curriculum, and best practice teaching methodologies. In order to improve their skills, however, teachers need more than just workshops. They need ongoing support to ensure that they are putting their learning into practice. SeeBeyondBorders is the only organisation in Cambodia that trains existing teachers to become mentors, so that they can guide fellow teachers to improve their performance.
Our Quality Teaching Focus Area hinges on two factors:
In 2017 The Cambodian Ministry of Education carried out Early Grade Reading Assessments. The results were startling with “half of Cambodian children in grades 1 and 2 unable to read a single familiar word”
The teaching of reading in Cambodian schools typically focuses on memorising vast numbers of letter combinations and words in isolation rather than in context. We want to ensure that every child leaves school with the ability to read and write in their own language.
The goal of SeeBeyondBorders’ Literacy Programme is to improve the professional knowledge, practice and engagement of teachers teaching literacy. It incorporates reading, writing, listening and speaking. We have introduced teaching techniques used in other phonologically based writing systems and adapted them to suit the unique Khmer context. This approach has the potential to revolutionise Khmer literacy teaching so that students can learn in a more intuitive and engaging way, reading for meaning and with enjoyment. Our overall aim is to effect systemic change in the Cambodian education system, adding literacy to both our maths and mentoring programmes.
SeeBeyondBorders seeks to increase school participation and attendance in an environment that is safe and accessible to the whole community. We stimulate sustained community engagement in the long term physical and education development of Cambodian schools. We improve school participation and help families engage with education through school development planning, health days, infrastructure improvements and conditional scholarships. We promote equality for the most vulnerable in society including those with disabilities, and seek to provide equal access to school for all.
Recognising the need to engage local communities to ensure the continued strengthening and valuing of the education system, our Community Engagement program improves participation at school, helping families be better prepared to embrace education through health programs, scholarships, and sports activities. Communities are encouraged to be involved with their school’s development planning, supporting infrastructure improvements and raising the accountability of teachers and school management.
In 2020 SeeBeyondBorders launched a Pilot Educational Technology Programme at Rohal Soung Lech, a rural primary school on the outskirts of Ek Phnom District. The project aimed to build teacher capacity using educational technology and digital resources.
In this programme, teachers are provided with a range of digital resources and lesson plans using a learning management system and a tablet. Teachers can display this content to the children in their class through a portable projector allowing SeeBeyondBorders to provide better quality resources to teachers. Data is collected from the learning management system, Moodle, showing the date and time that teachers access each resource. During the day, teachers regularly access resources between 7 am, and 11 am. Teachers also access resources between 7 pm and 11 pm, demonstrating that they prepare for the next day’s lessons by using their tablets at home. This programme has been very successful in improving children’s levels of engagement in the classrooms and in addition to providing teachers with more sustainable teaching resources builds their technical skills and competencies. Here in Ireland, ElectricAid has played a significant role in the expansion of educational technology into new districts from 2024.
The Educational Changemaker Graduate Programme will engage passionate Cambodians with an undergraduate degree, leadership potential and a conviction to create positive change in education in Cambodia.
Based in Battambang province, SeeBeyondBorders’ Educational Changemaker Graduate Programme is a two-year programme that will enable Cambodian women to develop a toolkit to become future Changemakers and pursue their dreams of making a difference in education within a supportive community that recognises the courage and intrinsic value of women in leadership.
There are countless ways that your employees can raise funds to support Cambodian children and improve their life outcomes by accessing a quality education. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
If your company’s CSR committee or staff have the opportunity to nominate a charity for your Charity of the Year, then we would love to hear from you.
As your Charity Partner of the Year, we will work with your teams to deepen their understanding of global citizenship and explain how access to a quality education is a challenge across the globe and particularly in Cambodia.
We will work together with our charity partners to ensure that they meet their employee engagement and CSR goals, while making sure that they see how our partnership is positively impacting our beneficiaries.
If your company or organisation is interested in partnering to support Cambodian children’s access to a quality education, then we would love to hear from you. Please contact Olive on +353-87-6055043 or email csrireland@seebeyondborders.org
Payroll giving enables you to donate a fixed amount directly from your salary each month. These donations will be used to support the training of teachers, the provision of educational technology in classrooms, pay staff costs or help fund other costs incurred to achieve our vision – to see a generation of Cambodian children empowered by education.
Payroll giving is quick and easy to set up and all modern payroll systems can easily incorporate this method of donating. You can choose how much you want to donate but if you choose to give more than €250 a year (or €21 a month) your donations can have double impact.
SeeBeyondBorders Ireland can claim tax back on your donations by simply asking you to sign a form which we will send to you at the right time each year. Read more about tax effective giving here.
Another great way to give to SeeBeyondBorders is through matched giving.
Often companies will match their employees charitable donations so it is worth asking your company if it does Matched Giving. If so, please contact us at csrireland@seebeyondborders.org for further information.
ElectricAid is the social justice fund contributed to, so generously, by the current and retired employees of the ESB (Ireland’s national electricity provider). Their kindness supports vital charitable works across the globe, of which we are one beneficiary. Since 2019, SeeBeyondBorders Cambodia has benefited from a number of grants from the ElectricAid fund to support classroom management workshops, embedding mentoring and the introduction of educational technology into the classrooms etc. To date, the support of ElectricAid has positively impacted the learning of 13,000 children across 60 schools*.
*Due to the financial impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic the number of schools where we now operate in 2023 has been reduced to 25 or 11?.
Impact of ElectridAid’s support
We maintain accreditations, registrations and memberships that require us to adhere to strict financial and other regulatory requirements. Our work has been recognised with international awards.
Registered Charity Number: 20206034
CRO Number: 666381
Registered Office: SeeBeyondBorders Ireland, 13 Woodlands, Carrickhills, Portmarnock, D13 YN34.
Email: ireland@seebeyondborders.ie
Telephone: + 353 (86) 375 6554
