Small-change Charity Collection Scheme
How many times have you returned from holiday with a few foreign coins and notes littered throughout your pockets and bags? If you're anything like us then you probably chuck it all to the back of 'that draw' with the faint hope that you may one day return to spend it.
Again, like us, you may also be thinking that the money could have been put to better use in the country you've just returned from, which is why we have introduced a collection scheme for all Selective Asia's clients. In your final travel pack, along with all your essential documents, you will find a small envelope in which you can place any left over change, as well as any further contributions you may wish to make. Your guide will then return it to the local office to be donated to a grass-roots charity of their choice.
A little help can go a long way...
Some examples of where contributions are currently being made to:
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Founded in 1997, COPE works in partnership with Laos's National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) and provincial rehabilitation centres, providing essential access to orthotic and prosthetic devices and rehabilitation services for disabled people from across Laos who could not otherwise afford the treatment.
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Selected by the team from our Laos office.
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Christina Noble Children's Foundation
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Founded in 1997, the Christina Noble's foundation cares not only the street and destitute children, but also their parents and other family members. The focus is to give people back their basic human rights by creating positive opportunities. The foundation provides children with access to a decent education, emergency medical assistance and an improved quality of home life.
The Selective Asia team in HCM City were particularly impressed with the flexibility of the programme, with solutions being tailored to each child's situation and needs read more
Selected by the team from our Hue office.
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For many the only reason for wanting to visit Borneo is a chance to see, and spend time with, the mesmerising orang-utans; guaranteed to provide hour after hour of amusement and entertainment to those that visit the few sanctuaries to be found in Sabah and Sarawak.
The Orangutan Appeal is dedicated to the rehabilitation and preservation of orang-utans and the conservation of their habitat. By providing support and funding for projects across Malaysian and Indonesian Borneo, the appeal strives to protect remaining wild populations of orang-utans.
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The Duc Son Buddhist Pagoda is located just a few kilometres outside of Hue in central Vietnam. Actively operating as both a pagoda and an orphanage, Duc Son is home to around 200 orphaned children.
The nuns at Duc Son provide full time care for the children, providing a safe a stable home and schooling. They also run an excellent initiative allowing foreign visitors into the orphanage to help the children with their foreign language study's and to spend a morning or afternoon learning about the excellent work that is done. Ex-orphans volunteer to return and help the nuns in preparing lunch for their guests each day.
Selected by the team from our Hue office.
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Working with Children Rainbow Orphanage
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Many of the children at the Rainbow Orphanage are 2nd generation casualties of the civil war that tore Cambodia apart for over 30 years, killing an estimated 2 million people - including teachers, doctors and the educated. Many of the children, located 30km west of Siem Reap and run by the dedicated Mr Pean, are still directly affected by the war; with few rural families across the country earning earn little more that $ 1 a day, making living and education a daily battle.
Many of their parents still bare the scars of war, and some are severely disabled, making life for them and their children particularly hard. The orphanage aims to give many of the worst affected a stable home and a chance to receive more than a basic education, creating a genuine opportunity for a better life for them and their families.
Selected by the team from our Phnom Penh office.
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Thuy An Care Center for Disabled Children
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The Thuy An Care Centre for Disabled Children has privided care and treatment for the disabled children of martyrs (Northern Vietnamese soldiers who died in the Vietnam-American war) and war invalids as well as children from poor families from northern provinces.
Providing a range orthopedic rehabilitation, education and vocational training, as well as housing and provision of food and clothing, the centre has cared for over 4000 children since its foundation in 1976, with many returning to their families and going on to lead full and active lives.
Selected by the team from our Hanoi office.
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Yatanabon Yeiknyein Orphanage and Monastic Education School
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Yangon's Yatanabon Yeiknyein Orphanage and Monastic Education School was founded in 1992 by its a monk and current headmaster U Margainda. Meaning 'a peaceful place for precious children' there are currently a total of 75 students, some orphaned, others coming from a deprived background. Yatanabon Yeiknyein's provides an education, food, health and shelter for the children, offering them the stable home and upbringing they so desperately require.
Selected by the team from our Yangon office.
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