Adopt A Village In Laos
Where has all the time gone? I can’t believe I have just a few days left before returning to Canada. What is worse, is that it is freezing up there. Here in Laos, winter has left and it is HOT! Nevertheless, our projects continue and will continue until they are done. While nothing ever seems […]
On one of our trips to the rural villages, we stopped by a family home in Nong Ein, where we had left building materials last year for the construction of a toilet. It was a large family and the two elderly parents were trying to support a family of 14 including two orphans with whom […]
No sooner had our wonderful visitors from the Rotary Club of Toronto Twilight left, our wonderful friends form our hometown arrived. Renee and Peter McLachlin, owners of Paperworks in Port Hope and Ready Print in Cobourg, were our next guests of honour. They wanted to get involved in the projects so that is exactly what […]
During our many village trips throughout January and early February, we were pleased to run across the child in Hat Kham who I had taken to the hospital. As mentioned two postings back, the poor little kid had a sizeable infection under his ear and it was getting worse. He is doing well and back […]
It has been a whirlwind of activity since my last post. It seems there is never enough time to update this blog. We have had a lot of wonderful visitors and sponsors throughout the month and into February. We have been through almost freezing weather (2 degrees) and back into the traditionally warm temperatures we […]
My first 6 weeks here and I can’t believe how fast the time has gone! Between our holidays at home and the holidays celebrated here, it is almost impossible to get things done. The Khmu/Lao New Years celebrations go on for a month – each village celebrates their own, on a different day so of […]
It is hard to believe I have been here 3 weeks already. While I had virtually no down-time at home, I actually am surprised at just how much I really have in these last few days. Perfect – it gives me a great opportunity to report back to you of all the happenings. First, these are […]
Fundraising is no easy feat, that is for sure. From the moment I stepped off the plane last March to the moment I stepped on a couple of weeks ago, my mind has been consumed with raising enough funds to do this year projects. A couple of weeks before the end of the fundraising season, […]
It has been a whirlwind of activity since returning from Laos this year. We have done more than 20 presentations to various Rotary and Interact Clubs along with Special Interest Groups. On top of that we have been volunteering at various events including 3 ribfests, a soup kitchen, and various other events so far. At […]
It has been a whirlwind of activity during the last weeks. We had a number of visitors arrive, and in combination with trying to finsh the projects we started and get the last two underway, it made for a very interesting experience. I had been searching for a village that had 3g so I could […]