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…
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 …
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 en…
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 distri…
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 …
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 p…
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 Thi…
There are so many wonderful images presented by Karen Longwell, it is really difficult to choose! Let’s start with the performers who waited so patiently for us to complete the formal part of …
It has been a very busy couple of weeks but am so proud and happy to have been visited by great friends and to involve them directly in our projects. Imagination is one thing – seeing is anoth…
I didn’t realize just how far behind I was with my updates. Once I looked through several file folders of pictures, I understood why I always seemed to be busy. First, here is a picture of the…
I am always behind the 8 ball these days – partly due to the poor internet service I have here, partly because I always seem to be busy (which is a good thing) and partly sheer procrastination&#…
Hi Folks, I have been in Laos for 10 days now and it has been a bit of a struggle to try do as much as I can before our first visitors arrive. This year it looks like 19 people will be visiting us t…
