>Join us ! >I want to help now: -a scholarship: 19 € -one microcredit: 40 to 125 € -with ECODANA to support the biogas initiative -one village added for all programs: 1.000 €/year Mekong Plus is a member AERF. We support the campaign!
We are registered with the Vietnamese authorities for Bình Thuân and for Hâu Giang. provinces. There are 4 teams, one per district, and each with its own director. The Executive Committee -composed of the senior staff, decides for all important matters. Our main partners in Viêtnam are Thiên Chí, Anh Dương (Hậu Giang province) and Mekong-Quilts.
In Cambodia
Mekong Plus is registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Itexpands its actions with small local NGOs: CFED and PTEA, plus a new program in Rumdoul, all in Svay Riêng province.
All actions in these 2 countries are coordinated by Bernard KERVYN who assists the teams in their development, keeps updated the teams in France and Belgium, and looks for funding.
In France: Viêt Nam Plus is an organization under the French Law of Associations 1901, created in 1994 and lead by an elected board of directors and a chairman.
In Belgium: Mékong Plus is an "ASBL" (association sans but lucratif, or non profit organization) (registration number: 861.887.263). Mékong Plus also works in Cambodia.
The 2 organizations are cross linked through their boards of directors and make together all the decisions for their actions in Vietnam.
Right from the beginning we tried very hard to set up local teams, which would be based in the villages and fully involved in the programs, close to the people. It used to be forbidden -and it is still pretty difficult, to set up a local NGO in Vietnam. We needed a dozen years for our Vietnamese team! Thiên Chí, which means "good will", was born in 2006. Anh Dương followed in 2009.
There are many Khmer NGOs but too often they are dependant of foreign NGOs, they are merely sub-contractors. Mékong Plus works with PTEA and CFED to strenghten them: training, audit, reinforcement of their board of directors, team work.
Interesting exchanges take place with the teams in Vietnam, especially in Hâu Giang where there is a large Khmer community,
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In Europe we are 2 non-profit organizations:
There are many Khmer NGOs but too often they are dependant of foreign NGOs, they are merely sub-contractors. Mékong Plus works with PTEA and CFED to strenghten them: training, audit, reinforcement of their board of directors, team work.