Sapa O'Chau

Sapa O'Chau provides high school age students accomodation so that they can attend high school in Sapa Town. This saves them from travelling more than 10 km a day mostly on foot to and from town and village. The ethnic minorities are not native speakers of Vietnamese language, hence they need extra coaching to catch up with their native Vietnamese-speaking counterparts. To support our 35 students costs Sapa O'Chau at least USD4,000 per month. This covers Vietnamese school fees, in-house tutoring to help catch up with peers, accommodation, utilities, food and personal hygiene supplies. Until Sapa O'Chau can gather the resources to buy land and construct a building, we are renting property in Sapa. The boarding facility's monthly rent is USD700. During the off peak tourist period, we may need your generous donation to pay for the basics: rent and food. Why not choose the month of your birth or of someone you would like to honor, and pledge to pay the rent for that month for one or more years? Over the last few years, Sapa O'Chau has been lucky enough to receive funding from the Canadian Embassy to Vietnam via the 'Canada Fund for Local Initiatives', The Republic of Korea via the 'Smile Together Partnership' and Vietnam via the 'Centre for Social Initiatives Promotion.' This funding has allowed us to grow as an organisation and improve the services that we offer to the community. As a social enterprise, Sapa O'Chau is trying hard to pay for itself. However, donations help us to keep on going. We greatly appreciate your generosity! If you are visiting Sapa and want to make a donation then please come to our office. Here our accountant will give you an official receipt. As a way of saying thank you, we would love to take you on a guided tour of the whole project, including the boarding facility. If you are not able to visit us, but would still like to support our work, then please use PayPal. Please be aware that PayPal fees are around 10%. Become part of the Sapa O'Chau family by volunteering or pledging a regular donation to support us. Alternatively if you would like to make a one-time donation you can do so.