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Sponsor a child now

Support Children's education in Southeast Asia

Since 1958, Children of the Mekong has been supporting the education of the poorest children in Southeast Asia through child sponsorship.

Children of the Mekong sponsors more than 24,000 children and supports more than 66,000 children in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and East Timor. Child sponsorship is a monthly donation that helps a child to pursue their education.

What Child Sponsorship Does

You accompany a specific child on their way to school!

Sponsorship is a monthly donation that covers your sponsored child’s school-related expenses, depending on their country and needs: transportation, uniforms, supplies, extra lessons, etc. It also provides moral support through an exchange of two to three letters per year.

This assistance also makes a tangible difference to the child’s life and that of their family. A sponsored child receives an education, food, and clothing.

 

Cambodia

Sponsor a child now!

Anne

“I became a sponsor with Children of the Mekong as this organisation had been highly recommended to me. Children of the Mekong has always had an extraordinary follow-up in sponsorship. I have been able to appreciate the seriousness of the organisation in many ways.

I am also sensitive to the fact that operating and fundraising costs are particularly low. And I intend to contribute to keeping these expenses low, by helping to keep word-of-mouth running as well.”

Anne

A charity you can trust

Children of the Mekong is committed to ensuring full transparency in how donations are used. We carefully assess every expense so that the maximum possible amount reaches the sponsored children.

Your monthly support will provide your sponsored child with the peace-of-mind to go to school. You will always be the only sponsor of your child, and your sponsorship support will go directly to them.

Financial Transparency

For the fourth consecutive time, Children of the Mekong has been awarded the IDEAS Label for good governance, financial management and efficiency of the programmes.

What to expect when sponsoring a child

You can choose where to sponsor your child

You can choose the sponsorship programme you want to support, and also the child’s gender and age of your child. It may not always be possible but we’ll certainly do our best.

Discover more about your sponsored child

In a few days, we will email you a Welcome Pack with your child’s profile, picture and more information about your sponsorship.

Write your first letter

You will find a template for your first letter in your Welcome Pack.

And the story goes on

Every sponsorship is unique. It’s up to you to write the story by exchanging letters and even visiting your sponsored child in Asia.

Any questions about child sponsorship?

Check out our Frequently Asked Questions

TESTIMONIALS FROM OUR SPONSORED CHILDREN

Stephanie

I’ve been sponsoring Namphon for 10 years.

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

I am ready to sponsor a child now

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