Adopt A Village In Laos
We are so honoured by receipt of a substantial donation by Add Your Light Foundation who provided us 35 solar panel systems, to light up the huts that had no electricity. Katang Xieng is the village I mentioned in earlier posts that had no water in the village (and a steep trek to get it), […]
While the villagers generally do not have anything monetary to offer as their thanks for all of the projects we do in order to make their lives just a little bit better and to give them hope, they do provide offerings and celebration through a religious ceremony referred to as Baci. It is customary and […]
I have mentioned Karen Longwell a number of times in my last few posts. Karen is now back in Port Hope and has submitted two full page articles out of a series of three although I am sure she has enough material to do 10! I bet she had a really difficult time trying to […]
Our most recent trip was to deliver furniture to the Education Compound located about 3 hours from Luang Prabang. This room is used to teach the teachers from all of the small villages in the district and to hold various other meetings. They had chairs – but no desks, plus it got so hot in […]
Luang Prabang District hospital phase 2 has yet to be started due to some unforseen delays. We are hoping to get it started within a week or I will have to postpone until next season. With only 6 weeks to go before my departure it isn’t a lot of time to replace the hospital roof […]
With the official opening of Ban Hat Kham Primary school, there was a huge celebration awaiting us. I was supposed to arrive before the Governors boat but that wasn’t to be. We had so many pick-ups along the way including supplies, furniture and guests that they beat us. Still, they villagers patiently waited up the […]
The sometimes elusive Karen Longwell of Northumberland News is an amazing photo journalist. She has already submitted two articles on her trip here in Laos and they have been published in Whitby This Week and it is possible that Northumberland Today will publish at least one of them today. Karen has a golden heart, an […]