Mekong Plus is a non-profit, community development organization, providing sustainable employment for women in Southern Vietnam and Cambodia. Together with the sister enterprise Mekong Creations and Mekong Quilts, they sell products handmade by women in rural areas of Cambodia and Vietnam. At the moment the project is employing about 500 women, providing them with work close to their homes and families. All profits go to social development in the provinces of Vietnam and Cambodia and are being distributed by Mekong Plus. The profit is returned to the villages both directly in the form of salaries, and indirectly in funding for community development projects. Examples of development projects are providing lavatories in remote areas to better hygiene, or the pig, - and chicken-raising programs educating poor farmers on how to increase their profit. The goal is community development.
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