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SPONSOR A CHILD, AND GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO GO TO SCHOOL

Children of the Mekong responds to the needs of the community. These needs differ from one region to another, and even from one child to another. This is why individual child sponsorship is an efficient, adapted and personalised solution.

With £28 or $35 a month, the goal is to enable a child to go to school so that they can take charge of their future and that of their family.

In the six countries of action of Children of the Mekong, a part of the population is very poor. Children often have to leave school to work in the fields, in the landfills or on the streets.

Our local leaders, all volunteers, know the families that are in most need of help. Supported by overseas volunteers, they prioritise action based on:

      • the child’s motivation for learning
      • the poverty of the family
      • the commitment of the family to send the child to school, for as long as possible

How is used your sponsorship moneyDepending on the need, sponsorship money can finance school materials, uniforms, transportation, extra classes, and hygiene kits. This financial support also compensates for the fact that the sponsored child goes to school instead of having to work to put food on the table. Child sponsorship is thus a precious help that benefits the whole family.

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Pagna Bour

“I come from a poor family, from a torn family, from a family that has only one dream: that one day their children will come out of poverty.

I come from a family that believed that poverty was not inevitable and fought to make it a life force.

I am one of the thousands of the most disadvantaged young Cambodians who had the chance to meet Children of the Mekong one day.

Thanks to my sponsor. Thanks to them and to Children of the Mekong, I know who I am today. I am lucky! My family is lucky! Cambodia is lucky!”

Pagna Bour

Stephanie

“I’ve been sponsoring Namphon since 2007. She was a 6-year-old girl, shy and with learning difficulties.

10 years and many exchanges of letters later, I met her in Laos: a young girl who was radiant, spontaneous and keen to become a teacher. An impressive evolution!

From Europe to Asia, transparency, seriousness and enthusiasm are the terms that best describe Children of the Mekong. There is such a human quality in each of the members who make up this organisation!

The desire to take part in this adventure is necessarily contagious!”

Stephanie, sponsor of Namphon

SPONSOR A CHILD IN ASIA

Empower Lives in Lam Lukka, Thailand

  • Child Sponsorship
  • Thailand
  • Rural and isolated populations

In this neglect community not far from Bangkok, sponsorship is vital in supporting the basic needs of families, enabling their children to attend school. […]

Progress: 78%

Sponsored children: 11 of 14

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