It is thanks to private donations like yours that Viêt Nam Plus and Mekong Plus can continue their mission. They are also essential to raise matching funds from institutional sources (see infra).
- How to make a donation:
- online
- by bank transfer
- by permanent automatic transfer
- make Viêt Nam Plus a partner in crucial moments of your life
- Transparency of our accounts
- How the donations are used
- How the donations are multiplied:
- by matching grants
- snow balling effects on the programs
- Tax deduction
- Contact us.
How to make a donation online
Donation by cheque or bank transfer:
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Transparency
- Our accounts are audited every year by a registered independant company, in Vietnam, France, and Belgium.
- The Operational results or Expenses/Incomes statements are sent to every sympathizer. They are available on the website. Anyone can register to receive the quarterly bulletins by email.
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How the donations are used
- A few examples about how the funds are used in the programs are best to describe our policy and the proven impact
- Viêt Nam Plus is very strict about limiting overhead expenses:
- the expenses in Europe are kept below 5%; only unpaid but experienced and capable volunteers run the organization
- the programs are all low cost so that the funds could reach the largest number of beneficiaries. We also want to keep a profile very close to the villagers and beneficiaries.
How the donations are multiplied
Donations are in fact multiplied many times thanks to the combination of 2 factors:
- Donations are multiplied thanks to matching grants, on the average by a factor 4. Institutional sources in Europe provide grants which are function of the private donations collected by the organization; this is not the case for other sources in Vietnam like embassies etc.
- Institutional sources put all sort of restrictions on the use of the funds, and their priorities vary a great deal: this often collides with the priorities in the field. For instance one such funder would put a priority for training savings-credit groups, while at the same time refuse to provide capital for the loans. Private donations, by contributing to the capital for loans, thus fill the gap, and transform the program into a success.
- The programs are patient development work but have a huge long-term
impact: sometimes 20 or 30 times bigger than the funds
provided. Sometimes, on the contrary, the impact cannot be quantified
-for instance the income of the household has hardly increased, but
the youngest child does not drop out from school!
Examples of this snow-balling effect are many.
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Tax deduction
You pay taxes? Tax deduction allows you to multiply your donation: the amount received is bigger than what is costs you!
- In France: every donation, whatever the amount, entitles you to a 60% deduction -within the limit of 20% of your taxable income. A certificate will be sent to you before the end of the year (Act 2005-32, January 18th, 2005, article 127).
- In Belgium: every donation above 30 € will entitle you to a tax deduction; a certificate will be sent to you at the beginning of the following fiscal year. Of course, if you wish to receive a certificate for donations of less than 30 €, it will be mailed upon request.
- In Vietnam: a receipt is mailed for every donation.
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Contact us
Contact us if you wish to receive more details.
One Indian saying:
"What is not given, is lost forever."
Wouldn't you agree?
[1] Loi n° 2003-709 relative au mécénat, aux associations et aux fondations a été adoptée le 1er août 2003, publiée au Journal Officiel le 2 août 2003, avec effet rétroactif au 1er janvier 2003. (Avant 2003, les seuils étaient de 50% pour la déduction et 10% pour la limite des revenus.)
