Mekong Quilts’ pursuit to elevate lives of underprivileged women
Founded in 2001 as a quilt-focused handicraft social enterprise dedicated to the mission of uplifting lives of female artisans in the Mekong Delta, Mekong Quilts’ was a result of sister non-profit organisation Mekong Plus’ three-decade-long commitment to improving lives of locals in Vietnam and Cambodia. When Founding Director Bernard Kervyn first arrived in Vietnam in […]
Mekong Plus makes strides despite challenging year
Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and relentlessly changes in the global economy, founding director Bernard Kervyn of Mekong Plus, a non-profit organisation that commits a majority of its efforts to rural development in Vietnam and Cambodia, is relieved to convey that not all is bad news Support from corporations and private individuals remain strong Most […]
At Mekong Plus, fundraising is evolving
Running a non-profit has never been an easy task, and the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly made fundraising more challenging. And an organisation’s capacity to fundraise is inevitably and kindredly tied to its ability to be seen. With a mishmash of different projects in Vietnam and Cambodia ranging from scholarships for schoolchildren, handicraft and quilt production […]