Variety Night 8_5x14 This event is our final event of the fundraising year. I leave the following day for Laos to get started on this years projects. We have 380 tickets to sell. P…
The Used Book Sale was amazing. I was amazed at the number of volunteers that came out to help us. Kathy Dennis, you are amazing!!!! It was a lot of work but we raised $4,354 so it was well wort…
Wow, where has all the time gone? June was my last entry! To be frank, almost all of my efforts were towards fundraising, putting together a dynamic Board of Directors, overseeing the last couple …
Finally! Nong Boakham Secondary School is complete – at least Phase 1 is complete. We were 3/4 of the way through construction and then were told that there were 3 teachers, not 2 as previou…
Since our return from Laos this year, I have been working diligently in strengthening our Board and those abroad. As such I am pleased to present our Directors of the Board. Steve Rutledge – Presi…
To date, we have provided hygiene training to schools, hospitals and entire villages, resulting in the distribution of 440 of them..and the list continues to grow with the support of our amazing spons…
Throughout our work and our travels, we come across many unique and beautiful faces of the children, adults and of course the elders. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This posting is de…
While our Lao friends are celebrating the second day of Lao New Year, I realize the importance of being able to enjoy life a little. I am spending my last couple of weeks in Costa Rica before headin…
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. Smo…
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 o…
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 bee…
