Breaking the Cycle: Education as a Beacon of Hope for Street Children in Laos
Author: Shi Xian
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Children of the Mekong is headquartered in France and has several chapters in the United Kingdom, USA, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Switzerland.
Since 1958, Children of the Mekong supports children’s education in Southeast Asia.
In Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, we run child sponsorship programmes, education centres, and projects to provide access to education to the most underprivileged children. Our priorities of action are as follows:
Education for girls Rural and isolated populations Refugees and displaced personsEthnic minorities Disability and chronic illnesses Slums and informal settlements
#CHRISTMASCHALLENGE: FIGHT SCHOOL DROPOUT IN RURAL CAMBODIA
Double your donations this Christmas. Between 28th November and 5th December, donate through the Big Give Christmas Challenge to support the children of Sarmong Education Centre in Northwest Cambodia.
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Since 1958, Children of the Mekong supports children's education in Southeast Asia.
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Since 1958
With 85.1% of charitable expenditure, our priority is to keep our core costs as low as possible to support even more children.
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Providing education, training and support, we help children and young people to improve their standard of living and to grow intellectually, emotionally and morally.
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Transforming Deaf Education in Vietnam: The QIPEDC Project Success
(*QIPEDC: Quality Improvement of Primary Education for Deaf Children Project) Author: Shi Xian
Transforming Lives Through Education: Myanmar’s Journey to Empower Street Children
Author: Shi Xian
People of Samar: the Waray tribe
On the island of Samar and its neighbors in the east of the Philippines lives an ethnic minority, the Waray tribe. With their own […]
Thailand: the Lost Children of the Golden Triangle
In the north of Thailand, trafficking activities have resurged and primarily target the most vulnerable individuals: unaccompanied refugee minors and street children.
Sponsor a child in Asia
The children of San Luis, between jungle and mountain
In this isolated region in the north of the country, it is difficult if not impossible for the poorest families to send their children […]
Give hope to children living in slums in the Philippines
Urban poverty is appalling in the Philippines. Sponsor a child today and give them the chance to get out of poverty thanks to the […]
Fight School Drop Out in Shan State, Myanmar
The current situation in Myanmar is more than complex – ethnic minorities are torn between a political crisis, increasing poverty, drug and human trafficking […]
Support the Children of Nam Hkai
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The Orphans of Phayaphiu
Sponsor Samrong Education Centre
Children of the Mekong has operated in Cambodia since 1991. Our Education Centre in Samrong supports disadvantaged children and enables them to pursue a […]
Srey Mao
“My name is Srey Mao, and in my country it is hard to find a good job after graduating. Thanks to Children of the Mekong, I learned that I had to adapt to my environment, I learned to take initiative and to communicate and to be honest, which is not common among Cambodia’s graduates. I have been working in a big phone company in Phnom Penh for four years, and I am now in charge of all of the agents on a national scale. The achievement I am most proud of is to have been able to establish a social project in my company that sponsors underprivileged children in the Kratie province. I would like to give a chance to young people like the one Children of the Mekong gave to me ten years ago. I promised myself I would make a commitment to help others when I graduated; to have a role in my country’s development is my priority. Children of the Mekong taught me what real love is, you changed my life, and you freed me.”
Srey Mao, Former Sponsored Child of Children of the Mekong
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Samrong Education Centre
Samrong is located in Oddar Meanchey province, in Northwest Cambodia. Education opportunities are severely limited and dropout rates remain high. Support this project
Funds raised so far: 51%
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