While it has been quite some time since my last post, it isn’t because we haven’t been busy. Our fundraising season begins on the day I return from Laos (last April) and ends when I step…
A few days following the visit of our 16 guests, we had the pleasure of receiving several more guests, Kevin (Saskatchewan, Canada), Cinzia (Switzerland), and a very, very special lady and good friend…
It was so sad to see everyone leave a couple at a time but I suppose the highlight was when Dawn (my sister) and Beau managed to visit after o many years of hearing me talk about it. While I was busil…
Who would have thought….in January, which is the dry season? We had planned the itinerary for our many guests down to a tee and checked the forecast daily. Experiencing no rain and beautiful…
Happy New Years to Everyone…I trust everyone has had their best holiday season ever? There has been a lot of activity since arriving back to Laos in late November. I have tried to keep up but …
While our Fundraising Season is pretty much complete, we haven’t quite hit our targets yet, but let’s get back to that in a moment. First, we held two Used Books Sales in the Municipality …
It has been a bit of a challenge this year with so many volunteer functions happening this year. But I did manage to take a fun filled week in Vancouver, with 10 presentations in 5 days and a quick …
As part of the last distribution of water filters for the year, a lot of planning went into the visitation and participations by a large Malay contingent. 29 visitors in fact! Siphan was a little …
In July, we were excited to distribute another 250 water filters! This brought the total number of family water filters distributed in one year to 764! That’s about 3,820 people with clean w…
It has been a hectic time over the summer as we are challenged with new fundraising season. First however, let us bring you up to date on the last of the projects from last season. The last stage …
Many of our Lao projects are geared towards sizeable water projects ($40,000 CAD and more) to bring a permanent supply of water to these rural villages that currently have to trek for it, just get eno…
Each year, a number of fundraisers are planned and executed by our loyal supporters. Past fundraisers have included backyard musical events, theatre events, bridge fundraisers, restaurant events, us…
