Sponsor a child in Vietnam with Children of the Mekong
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Vietnam

  • 468 child sponsorship programmes
  • 9,971 sponsored children
  • 1,500 local volunteers

Our work extends from the north to the south of the country, with priority given to the centre and north of Vietnam. These regions are among the poorest in the country and are populated by ethnic minorities who are excluded from the economic development visible around the major cities.

In Vietnam, Children of the Mekong responds to the problems encountered, whether social, educational or economic, mainly by sponsoring children. From time to time, we also respond to requests for funding of education projects, to improve or complement our work with poor children. These projects aim to improve the living and educational conditions of poor children, usually in addition to sponsorship, which provides long-term support.
Our NGO does not create its projects but responds to local demand.

 

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  • 105.8 million inhabitants, with 61% living in rural areas
  • Official language: Vietnamese
  • Currency: Vietnamese Dong (£1= 32450 Vietnamese Dong)
  • Literacy rate: 96%
  • Ethnic groups: Kinh (Viet) 85.3%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.9%, Muong 1.5%, Khmer 1.4%, Mong 1.4%, Nung 1.1%, other 5.5%
  • Religions : Catholic 6.1%, Buddhist 5.8%, Protestant 1%, other 0.8%, none 86.3%
Some villages in Vietnam are cut off from the rest of the world. Sponsoring a child in Vietnam also means bringing them closer to school, by financing a place in a boarding school.
Climate change is increasingly affecting families living in the Mekong delta. These families live mainly from fishing and farming.
In Vietnam, children of the Mekong is developing integration classes for children from ethnic minorities. This enables the sponsored children to learn Vietnamese and take additional classes so that they can catch up on their schooling. And the results are there for all to see!

our current sponsorship programmes in Vietnam

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Intervention with the Boat People in Southeast Asia

1981

Children of the Mekong begins working in Vietnam in 1990. Several local supervisors provide a key link on-site with the sponsored children.

1990