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Bamboo Builders

ASEAN Digital Literacy Programme

Supported by Google.org and ASEAN Foundation

Started by the ASEAN foundation in collaboration with Google.org, the ASEAN Digital Literacy Programme (ADLP) is an initiative to further combat online misinformation and disinformation in the ASEAN region.


To strengthen their efforts across the region, the ASEAN foundation chose Bamboo Builders as an implementing partner to spearhead the ADLP initiative in Singapore. Together, we developed tailor-made training curriculum for the Singapore context and embarked on a mission to enhance our beneficiaries’ media and digital literacy skills.

AT A GLANCE

50

Master Trainers Trained

3000+

Beneficiaries Impacted

6

Social Groups Reached

AT A GLANCE

Why Building Social Enterprises?

Learn Tried-and-Tested Social Entrepreneurship 

Methodologies

Develop New ASEAN Friendships

Gain Exclusive Access to Social Entrepreneurs from ASEAN

Gain Career-Relevant Skills and Experience

What Goes On?

Programme Outline

Online Session | Hands-on Project Activity

Conducted in international classroom setting

1

Social Entrepreneurship in ASEAN
Understand how PES factors influence social enterprises differently in different countries.

2

Empathy in Social Entrepreneurship
Understand how empathy impacts the way we view both customers and the social issues we try to tackle.

3

Creative Problem Solving
Understand how to craft business ideas that solve real customer needs in ASEAN. 

4

Final Presentation 
Learn how others have built on similarities and exploited differences to produce innovations. 

Fajris Zahrotun Nihayah

Indonesia

"I urge you to not hesitate because it is actually a very fun program! There are so many things that you could learn from this program and meet people from different countries - you get to know the insights of many social causes or many social problems around the world. So join in, it's very fun!"

Nattanich Lecksiwilai

Thailand

"This program gives me many inspirations to initiate my own social enterprise (to help with) Thai people's livelihood.

I will definitely use Design Thinking and also (my) great experience from this program to start my own social project!"

Yit Kang Yordan

Singapore

"My experience of going through the design thinking stages is going to stay with me for a long time to come. It might even colour the way I approach some of the problems that I face, the way I address or ideate problems nowadays. The process, the framework, and the learning down when it comes to thinking of solutions."

Yew Jun Huo

Malaysia

"I would say that it is meaningful, the experience, even though this exchange was quite short for me. It brings a lot of impact, for example, I got to collaborate with different people from different backgrounds and countries. From here, I got to learn from their perspective of looking at particular issues around the world."

Goh Si Xuan Kymberly

Singapore

"It was an unexpected experience because I signed up for this without much expectations with what I was going to go into or get out of this program at the end of the day. To be quite honest, initially, I thought this program was to learn about the business aspects behind social entrepreneurship. But somehow it became creating my own social entrepreneurship project with a bunch of other teammates from the other ASEAN region. So I thought that was quite interesting that I got to network with other teammates from the ASEAN region so I thought that was quite interesting. Tt was quite fun overall, to meet like-minded people who are passionate about social issues."

Our Approach

In 2023, we trained a total of 3,148 individuals in becoming more digitally literate. Zooming in on the topics of misinformation and disinformation, our curriculum centred around topics such as scam awareness, fake news, and growing A.I use.

We reached out to a diverse group of over 3000 beneficiaries from diverse backgrounds, spanning youth, seniors, Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), inmates, and foreign domestic workers.

At the same time, we trained 50 Master Trainers for the programme, developing their skillsets in being effective and engaging speakers. Through our trainings, our Master Trainers were able to proficiently adapt the course to diverse audiences from varied backgrounds, delivering sessions both on-site and online across multiple languages.

Over the course of the programme, we collaborated actively with 30+ partner organisations including educational institutions, active ageing centers (AACs), NGOs, and more.

About ADLP

Our Testimonials

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