During the more than 45 years since the foundation of MCNV, we have been receiving kind donations from loyal individual donors in the Netherlands to implement our programs and projects in Vietnam. Though MCNV still has about 5,500 individual donors today, this network of donors has gradually decreased over time as people grow old and pass away. One solution to compensate for the loss of individual donors is to mobilise more funds from institutional donors. Since 2010 we have also initiated activities to appeal for donations from individuals and organisations within Vietnam, through fundraising campaigns in the provinces where MCNV has programs and projects.
Field visit to Nong and Sepone in Laos: What wonderful developments!
Positive developments in Nong and Sepone Last May, I traveled to Laos together with Marloes Zwagerman from the AFAS-Foundation to visit the municipality of Nong and Sepone with my Laotian colleagues – Joy, Fine, Sivone and Done. We particularly visited the villages where MCNV and the AFAS Foun
.. Read More ..2024: Special school and multi-rehabilitation center in Binh Dinh
In 2000, MCNV worked for the first time in the Dak Lak province to establish a special school for children with disabilities. A great adventure that turned out very well. The school, essentially a multi-rehabilitation center, turned out to be a perfect fit with the province’s request for child
.. Read More ..Christmas campaign 2023: emergency plan for clean drinking water in Sepone
In this newsletter we ask your attention to the people living in eight remote villages, high in the mountains in Sepone district. The villages are involved in our Mother & Child-program and with the support of the AFAS Foundation and our MCNV-donors we have been able to achieve a lot over the pa
.. Read More ..A GREEN GIFT
Thanks to your support, in over the past three years, MCNV has devised and applied groundbreaking methods with the PROSPER project, which has resulted in long-lasting positive effects in Vietnam, including: responsible forest management and CO2 storage, stimulation of the local economy and local tou
.. Read More ..GIVE A GIFT
Gifts from donors are and will remain indispensable for our work in Vietnam In 2023, we want to pay attention to both Vietnam and Laos. This time Vietnam is in the spotlight. At the beginning of April, we organised an online meeting with our colleagues in Vietnam and the editors of the MCNV newslett
.. Read More ..Looking back, making new plans and moving on again!
Last year, in our December newsletter, I told you about the programs and projects we have planned for the period 2021-2025, focusing on nutrition and food security, maternal and child care and people with disabilities, poverty alleviation and improving living conditions. The continued focus on these
.. Read More ..Forestry in the fight against poverty and climate change
Follow-up to the PROSPER project In the multi-year PROSPER program we have told you about before, we are guiding small foresters in Quang Tri province toward sustainable forest management. The wood from the trees and the oil from the seeds of the tung trees are given an FSC (Forest Steward Council)
.. Read More ..Healthy food, strong women and equal opportunities
New plans to strengthen our nutrition program In Nong and Sepone, two municipalities in the province of Savannakhet, Laos, a lot of work has been done in recent years to improve the food situation and food security. With the support of partners and donors, vegetable gardens, chickens and fish ponds,
.. Read More ..Old crafts, new income
Community Development provides extra work Since 2019, MCNV has been supporting the multi-year forestry project Prosper for farmers and foresters in Quang Tri. With sustainably produced wood they can improve their income and together they ensure the preservation and protection of the forest.
.. Read More ..With a big leap away from hunger
Providing more protein-rich food for children continues to be urgent in coming years Nutrition for children from poor families living in remote villages in Phu Yen province requires a lot of extra attention. We have regularly written to you about this and asked you for an extra contribution. We want
.. Read More ..Sustainable forestry helps poor families earn better incomes
Protect the forest, then the forest protects the village More than a year ago, a group of farmers in Quang Tri, with the support of MCNV, took the first steps in a sustainable and small-scale forestry project. They started to grow wood and produce furniture oil in a better way, in order to get a bet
.. Read More ..Together in action for mother and child!
Safe childbirth and growing up healthy in Nong and Sepone In 2006, a group of Laotian health professionals saw what MCNV employees in Vietnam managed to achieve. Also on their side of the border there were many health problems and they asked MCNV for help. That was the beginning of our cooperation
.. Read More ..We will continue in 2021, with your help
Our strength remains: help where it is most needed In Vietnam and Laos, the effects of COVID-19 have also been felt, but the situation in both countries has been under control for a number of months. This is important for the most vulnerable people that MCNV supports. Of course, work has been left,
.. Read More ..Increased food security for the people of Nong
Golden tips against hunger In Nong, the poorest district in Savannakhet province, Laos, malnutrition is a persistent problem. A few years ago we started growing nutritious crops on plots of land near the villages. As a result, people no longer had to go into the forest to look for food. The forests
.. Read More ..A healthy forest and a better life
Small foresters opt for a sustainable approach In Quang Tri province, MCNV is starting a new project in which we link the living conditions of small foresters to sustainable forest management. The project is called Prosper and is aimed at guiding a group of foresters in a sustainable way of working,
.. Read More ..Dreaming of a life without hunger
The nutritional programs in Phu Yen and Savannakhet in a nutshell We help villagers grow nutrient-rich crops on a plot of land next to their home. We teach mothers how to prepare the new vegetables. The little ones every day receive a nutritious meal at school or playground and we advise on clean dr
.. Read More ..New support center in Dien Bien Phu
disabled children welcome After MCNV’s successful contribution to the Support Centers for inclusive education of handicapped children in Dak Lak, Phu Yen and Cao Bang, we are now supervising the construction of a new center for the province of Dien Bien. This winter we ask for your support for
.. Read More ..MCNV’S calculations work in Phu Yen and Nong
Better food + less sickness = less poverty In Phu Mo, Phu Yen province and in Nong, Savannakhet province (Laos), MCNV supervises two projects to combat child malnutrition. Our approach to the problems in the isolated villages is broader than just a nutrition plan for the little ones, we also include
.. Read More ..Dreams become deeds
Staying healthy, finishing school, finding a job. When you are 15 years old and you grow up in a remote, poor village in Central Vietnam, some basic conditions for a ‘normal’ life seem to be lacking. MCNV started a project in Huong Hoa in which we look beyond the health of teenage girls.
.. Read More ..Work together, escape from poverty!
Since 2009 MCNV is supporting microfinance projects for women in the poorest villages in the southern coastal province of Ben Tre. With a small loan, the women can buy a cow or a pig, to increase their meager income.
.. Read More ..A good start for toddlers in Phu Mo
Both food and mental health care needed in Central Vietnam Last year we have asked you to support the people in Quang Tri province. Your reactions have been generous and you’ve made it possible to continue supporting these people. This winter we would like to introduce two new projects: increa
.. Read More ..Act against child marriages
Half of youth in Muong Cha marries before 18 Two years ago, Vang Thi Chia, a then 15-year old girl from an ethnic minority in Dien Bien province, still went to Muong Cha High School, as did most boys and girls in her village. She fell in love with a classmate and got pregnant because she had
.. Read More ..Hoa’s grandmother has a dream
Hoa is a 9-year-old girl, living with her grandmother in a tiny urban village in a remote part of Dien Bien province. Hoa suffers from cerebral palsy. Her family is extremely poor. Her parents, farmers, can hardly manage. When Hoa was 2 years old, because of her handicap, her parents left her with h
.. Read More ..Old traditions derogate youths
In some rural areas of Vietnam, century old traditions determine todays’ life, hardly imaginable in our rapidly evolving times. Teenage girls get pregnant at a very young age, have to marry and have to leave school immediately. The youths would like to break free from the tradition, but how? MCNV
.. Read More ..Film Your Own Life!
Documentaries to inspire poor women Together with the Vietnamese Centre for Women and Development, MCNV has started a unique two-year film project ‘Filming Development’ in which trained volunteers shoot a number of documentary films on the daily life of women in Vietnam.
.. Read More ..Support the people in Quang Tri
A heartfelt cry from MCNV office Central Vietnam – We will not abandon the people in Quang Tri ! From the very beginning the work of MCNV in Quang Tri Province is made possible by contributions from the donors in the Netherlands. Six years ago, we managed to get a generous subsidy which enable
.. Read More ..Support the worker bees of Vietnam
All over Vietnam women are working hard, in the rice-fields, in small shops and restaurants, but also sweeping streets in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in the dead of night. These women work as busy bees, but what if something goes wrong?
.. Read More ..Occupational therapy for disabled people
Autumn Campaign: MCNV magazine 2016-03 In the autumn of 2016 we asked for your contribution to start up a professional training program for occupational therapists in Vietnam.
.. Read More ..Orphans in Ha Long
Christmas campaign MCNV magazine 2015-04 The December 2015 Campaign was devoted to grandparents in Ha Long taking care of their grandchildren, the parents having died of hiv/aids.
.. Read More ..People with a mental illness in Quang Tri
Spring Campaign: MCNV magazine 2016-01 In the beginning of 2016, MCNV called attention to support people with a mental illness, like Ken, a young boy who lived in a wooden cage for many years, his schizophrenia seemingly untreatable.
.. Read More ..Sexual and reproductive health and rights-education in Huong Hoa
Summer campaign In the border region of Huong Hoa, there are 1900 teenagers with too little knowledge of sexual matters. Their parents also want to gain knowledge and self-confidence so that they are able to discuss delicate subjects.
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