our figures: 1,000 villages supported / 4,000 school scholarships / 7,500 microcredits in progress

Our mission since 1994:

Supporting rural communities in southern Vietnam and Cambodia towards sustainable development* with and for all.

*Sustainable development: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development is based on a long-term vision that takes into account the inseparable nature of the environmental, social and economic dimensions of development activities.

two main tools

Education

Mekong Plus has a scholarship program with almost 4,000 scholarships per year. The scholarships are very modest, ranging from €20 per year up to middle school, to €40 per year for high school. We have very good results, and many high school students go on to further studies.

Microcredits

In Vietnam, 5 to 10% of villagers live on less than €1 per person per day; in Cambodia the figure is 15 to 20%. Mekong Plus manages to get them out of this situation in 4 to 5 years by increasing their income by 25% a year. With loans of €80 to €200 repayable after 6 months, technical training, monthly family follow-up and 6 interest-free loan cycles.

our areas of intervention

Education / Training

Microfinance in rural areas

Small infrastructures

Environment

our news

Make a donation

At Mekong Plus we’re proud of their achievements and you can share this happiness with us:

  • Help a child complete a school cycle with a €20 or €40 scholarship.
  • Train a group of 20 women and/or farmers in profitable, environmentally-friendly farming practices: €50
  • Support waste recycling for the production of recycled plastic school furniture – 1 bench and two chairs: €70.
  • Offer a microcredit to a family to develop an income-generating activity that will definitively improve their living conditions: from €100 to €200.

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our latest video

Mekong Plus goes behind the camera and invites you into the heart of villages, the middle of a family farm and even into the schoolyard for the time of a short video. On a regular basis, you can learn more about a fascinating subject by going behind the scenes of our projects.

our newsletter

Subscribing to our monthly newsletter is a good opportunity to be informed in detail about the themes cultivated by Mekong Plus, the new reports available, our news and events. It’s also a chance to find out more about the beneficiaries you support:

– Schoolchildren say ‘thank you’ because they were in danger of dropping out.
– A single mother finally gets out with a “piggy bank”!
– Schoolchildren collect plastic waste and we make cheaper, sturdier school benches.

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