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Mekong Plus nurturing both farmers and the environment
From subsidised housing made from bricks that combine plastic water bottles and a layer of cement, to pyrolysis trials that aim to turn plastic refuse

Mekong Plus empowering women through rural development
Charcoal and firewood might seem like typical necessities of rural living, but Vietnam and Cambodia-based Mekong Plus sees it differently. “[These methods are] very polluting

Bamboo Bicycle tours leading the way for Mekong Plus
Bamboo Bicycle tours leading the way for Mekong Plus For almost 5 years, Bernard Kervyn, Founding and acting Director of Mekong Quilts, a social enterprise

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

Mekong Plus improves the lives of students in Vietnam & Cambodia through health education
“They could not see the words on the whiteboard, [and] they could not read!” Bernard Kervyn, founding director of Mekong Plus, said, emphasising how simple

Mekong Plus fights domestic violence and sexual inequality in the Mekong Delta
Mekong Plus fights domestic violence and sexual inequality in the Mekong Delta Since its inception, Mekong Plus has placed great emphasis on its mission to

Mekong Plus beats the pandemic with Accessible Education
For the past two decades, non-profit organisation Mekong Plus has focused most of its efforts on empowering rural communities in Vietnam and Cambodia through a

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

Transforming plastic to improve lives: Mekong Plus’ other strategy
Since the earliest days, Mekong Plus and its founder Bernard Kervyn have been deeply devoted to changing the lives of underprivileged locals and their families

Mekong Plus transforms Vietnam through microcredit
Microcredit : “It’s a gift that gives twice,” explained Bernard Kervyn, founder of Mekong Plus, the non-profit and community development organisation that has spent more

Vietnam’s Unique Mekong Bike Tours
Vietnam’s Unique Mekong Bike Tours Slightly more than two decades ago, Bernard Kervyn, founder and director of Mekong Plus, began to ponder what more could

Improving education in the Mekong Delta key to changing lives
Improving Education: Mekong Plus’ key to improving lives in the Mekong Delta From co-funding infrastructure projects in Cambodia and Vietnam to starting South-east Asia’s first
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