About

Welcome to the website of Entrepreneurs for Future Asia (EFFA)! We stand for a hands-on mentality, an enthusiastic- and fresh type of volunteering. Entrepreneurs of the EFFA foundation contribute to the happiness and well-being of the youth of southeast Asia by organizing and setting up sustainable projects focused on education and sports & games. These projects are characterized by a personal and local approach. Be global, act local!

Education is the first priority when creating a better future perspective for a child. We think that each child is entitled to good education and chances on a bright future must be equal for everyone. Besides education EFFA focuses on sports & games because we believe that sports enriches a child’s youth and has a direct contribution to their happiness.

Entrepreneurs of the EFFA foundation have the freedom to set up projects in a way which they think is most suitable for the particular situation. They are responsible for the project from the beginning till the end. Using the resources and network of the foundation, they organize fundraising events and find sponsors to finance the project. After making a planning about how their project should be carried out, the entrepreneurs go to southeast Asia to realize the project on location. The most important characteristic of the project is that it must be sustainable. This can be achieved by working together with local students, who fulfill an important role in the continuation of the project. For an entrepreneur of the EFFA foundation, setting up a project in southeast Asia is not just ‘a walk in the park’. An EFFA entrepreneur has to be creative, decisively, enterprising and above all, must have a hands-on mentality.

EFFA is an expression of our interest and involvement with the Asian culture. During our journeys throughout southeast Asia we were moved by the fact that a lot of Asian children were born in less privileged circumstances than we were. Due to the lack of humanitarian and educational facilities, these children often don’t have the chance on a bright future. The projects that EFFA sets up, contribute to a better future perspective of the youth of southeast Asia.

With the creation of the EFFA foundation, we want to inspire entrepreneurial students in the Netherlands to use their creativity, hands-on mentality and vigor to set up their own projects with the help of the EFFA foundation. EFFA offers the locations, knowledge and when needed, financial support to realize these projects.

This website is the home of the EFFA foundation. You can find all the information about the foundation, the projects and its entrepreneurs here. The entrepreneurs will keep you updated on the development of their projects with (photo)blogs. You can also follow the developments of our entrepreneurs on our facebook page.

We are two ordinary students from Amsterdam who think that all children have the right to have a bright future. We cannot save the world, but we can make little changes. We hope entrepreneurial students, who want to use their skills for a better future for the youth of southeast Asia, will join the EFFA foundation! Besides that, we want to emphasize that financial help from sponsors and donators is essential in realizing the projects. Together we are strong.

Yours sincerely,

Daniel de Leau and Remco Does