Some enterprises too

Alcopa, Terre d'Oc, Delvaux and a few others, support us in various ways. One, attached to a big hotel chain, decided to buy 250 quilts to give to its cadres. Terre d'Oc buys tons of incense sticks, products in rattan and bamboo, at a very good price, while at the same time it provides financial and technical support to improve the quality of the products. With the condition to protect and improve the environment and to provide good conditions to the workers. Alcopa has involved its staff in the 20km of Brussels, provides financial support for one of the programs, and reports to its employees...

The private grants

It is with the grants of friends and the near family that Vietnam Plus started.

Today they still are a key factor. Private donations are essential for pilot programs: it is only once a program is successful that one can apply for institutional and larger grants.

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Who finances what

The biggest contribution for the programs set up are the local populations themselves. Globally, they account for more than half!

The institutional funders are about ten: the French, Belgian Cooperation, luxemburg etc. but also private foundations. Most have an engagement on 3 or 5 years. Generally they finance 30 to 80% of the proposed budget, the rest being covered by private grants.

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Our fair trades

Mekong Quilts, Terre d'Oc Créations, the cashew cooperative of Dúc Phú, and recently Mekong Creations, the waste recycling program which now sells compost... All these initiatives create healthy jobs and generate profits to cover part of our budget.

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The local people

The biggest contribution for the programs set up are the local populations themselves. Globally, they account for more than half!

It is a general principle for us: if we don’t get a strong local contribution, it is because the program doesn't answer a priority for the populations.

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