YSEALI Fall 2018 - Phuong Tu Nguyen:

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Participant Name: Phuong Tu Nguyen
Project Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Program: Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI)
Term: Fall 2018
Project Title: TeenUp
UConn GTDI Project Award: Application Accepted & Funding Awarded

Tú is a youthful person with consistency and growth mindset. He is passionate about human development, gender equality, education and social innovation, eager to connect with innovators all around the world. He is a Co-founder of WeGrow. It is a sexuality education startup with the mission to promote Vietnamese youth's unlimited growth. Through inspiring education programs, WeGrow has empowered 300+ students and worked with 20+ partners including schools, businesses, governmental and non-governmental organizations. Currently, Tu is in charge of Academics and Innovation, planning, designing and delivering unique sex-ed courses for youth.

Five-Year Project Goals:

  • To become the pioneering market leader in Vietnam and expert in sex-ed for young communities

Organization Information: TeenUp

Website: http://voge.vn/

TeenUp is the pioneering sexuality education startup in Vietnam that empowers teenagers to grow without gender or sex limits. TeenUp’s courses and customized solutions inspire teens to become self-confident, self-aware and willing to impact their community. Their target customers are individual parents (B2C) and agents including schools, education services and interested companies (B2B). TeenUp is the first model in Vietnam that offers comprehensive sexuality education and adopts innovative methods of project-based learning, experience learning and socio-ecological approach.