SEALNet

SEALNet

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Formation	2004
Type	501(c)3
Purpose	Service leadership
Headquarters	HQ at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California with chapters at M.I.T. in Boston, MA and Singapore
Website	http://www.sealnetonline.org
Remarks	Members are called SEALNutters

The Southeast Asian Service Leadership Network, SEALNet, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in the Bay Area dedicated to service leadership and working with Southeast Asian communities around the world. SEALNet was founded in 2004 by undergraduate students at Stanford University in collaboration with several key members from the Southeast Asian Leadership Initiative (SALI). In late 2006, SEALNet and SALI merged under the SEALNet brand.

SEALNet's mission is to bring service and to promote the spirit of service leadership among Southeast Asian communities in the US and abroad. It accomplishes this by building and nurturing a multi-generational community of service leaders who are committed to serve, equipped to lead, enterprising in action, and plugged into a network of like hearted individuals who are passionate about social development.

Members are trained in the twin pillars of service and leadership which SEALNet believes are critical to effecting social development. One major training event is the annual Service Leadership Training Retreat. The first training retreat was run in 2005 at the Wildwood Retreat in Santa Rosa, California.

By 2010, SEALNet has organized over 23 international projects, with an all-volunteer staff. There are over 1000 SEALNutters (high school students, college students and mentor professionals) from around the world.

Chapters

SEALNet has chapters at Stanford University and M.I.T. in the U.S. and a chapter in Singapore.

Co-Presidents & Core Team

• 2010 Andrew Plan & Chanya "Ping" Punyakumpol (Stanford), Meng Heng Touch & Kellie Young (MIT)
• 2010 Treasurer Daniel Greer
• 2009 Lorra de la Paz & Art Tosborvorn (Stanford), Kai Qiu & Tuan Huynh (MIT)
• 2008 Ngoc-Tu Thuy Ngo & Seihout Sok (Stanford), Wesley Koo (MIT)
• 2007 Wang Jiun Haur
• 2006 Wang Jiun Haur & Viet Huynh
• 2005 Kevin Siew & Viet Huynh

Projects (Project Leaders + Project Mentors)

2010 projects

• Malaysia
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam, Hanoi
• Vietnam, Saigon

2009 projects

• Cambodia, Arts (Zoë Ng, Annemieke Wilcox)
• Cambodia, Volunteerism (Tuan Huynh, Yuxin Chuah, Meng Heng Touch)
• Indonesia (Sarah Wu)
• Laos (Pao Siangliulue, Khammany Saengdara)
• Malaysia (Jing Ng, Tian Ong, Kellie Young)
• Philippines (Janet Rojina, Noelle Pineda)
• Thailand (Kin Fucharoen, Adriana Miu)
• Vietnam (Alice Eamsherangkoon, Ricky Pai + Philbert Fan, K.B. Teo)
• SEALNet Fellowship (Ethan Yang + Tu Ngo/ Kevin Teo)

2008 projects

• Indonesia (Charmaine Peck, Eliza Wiraatmadja, Mike Orgill)
• Malaysia (Wesley Koo, Kai Qiu, Tuan Huynh)
• Philippines (Andrew Plan, Lorra De La Paz)
• Thailand, Water and Sanitation (Jianwei Low, Potay)
• Thailand, Working with AIDS Patients (Ping, Job)
• Vietnam (Nhung Nguyen, Vy Huynh)

2007 projects

• Cambodia (Trent Walker, Rith)
• Indonesia (Yongfeng Fe, Dian Rosanti, Megan Chiou)
• Philippines (Ryan Torres, Art Tosbovorn)
• Thailand (Top, Mac)
• Vietnam (Tu Ngo, Misha Tran, Clarissa Lin, Daniel Greer)

2006 projects

• Cambodia (Tu Ngo, Seihout Sok + Kevin Teo, K.B. Teo)
• Thailand (Viet Huynh, Kevin Siew, Suki Kulvaraporn, Jiun Haur Wang)
• Vietnam (Nancy Nguyen)
• Documentary Project

2005 project - the first service leadership project

• Project Vietnam (Kevin Siew, Viet Huynh + Kevin Teo, K.B. Teo)

SEALNet's first project was Project Vietnam 2005. PV05 brought computers to the Ho Chi Minh City Communist Youth Union Language Training Center and trained teachers and students how to use the English learning software as well as worked with high school students to empower them to start their own community projects.

See also

• Youth empowerment

External links

• SEALNet Official Website