This village school has a way to go before completion.  Among other issues, the farmers are in their fields burning their crops in preparation for the new planting season before the rains come.  Smoke fills the air, one nostrils and lungs causing lots of respiratory issues.  In time I hope this will change but with […]

As a follow up to the completion of Had Chanh School last year, we promised to replace the temporary toilet that we had constructed for the school.  And so we did. Pha Yong Village Toilets are well on their way – there are two more being built this year with 8 left to go.   […]

During my last visit to the villages south of Luang Prabang to get updates on the projects there, I was surprised with the progress of Nong Boakham School.  It had been only two weeks since I had been there last and they still had some ground levelling to do before the construction could start! Meung […]

Thanks to the generous support from the Rotary Club of Whitby Sunrise, we have completed about 90% of the project to bring water to the village.  As mentioned one of my previous posts, just trekking to the water source was difficult at best.  We built a dam, ran several km’s of pipe, built a water […]

We finally have pictures of all 17 primary school student, sponsored by some really generous people.  Three days before classes started in August/September last year was the deadline for the students to enrol.  At the same time, school supplies were provided to the school in Hat Kham located about 1 1/2 hours by boat north […]

The last three weeks has been a race against time.  I had been trying to get the projects to the stage where I felt comfortable leaving them.  With the exception of one project, they are all 70% finished or higher AND almost all of the materials have been safely delivered on those projects.  Even better […]