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 heading back to Canada to begin the next fundraising season.  CR is a great resting stop and has […]

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 […]

After some stressful situations, I am thrilled that 7 projects are well underway.  In fact more materials will be ordered today and delivered tomorrow to the projects.  I had hoped to go myself but so many things happening and I need to stay focused here in Luang Prabang. Firstly, I am surprised at the speed in […]

Lights….Camera…..oh wait!  Ok, Lights……Camera…wait a second.  OK, Lights…Camera…Action!  After several false starts, we finally managed to get all of the 7 projects started. I have to admit I had to do some manipulating. In fact I had to announce that I would be cancelling some of the projects if contracts weren’t signed within the next […]

As we close out another year I look back at our accomplishments and also things that didn’t go quite as planned…perhaps review the things that could have been done just a little better.  I thought I would start with some of the highlights of the accomplishments through pictures – just a few, to remind me […]