Adopt A Village In Laos
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 I mentioned in earlier posts that had no water in the village (and a steep trek to get it), […]
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 provide offerings and celebration through a religious ceremony referred to as Baci. It is customary and […]
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 enough material to do 10! I bet she had a really difficult time trying to […]
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 district and to hold various other meetings. They had chairs – but no desks, plus it got so hot in […]
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 weeks to go before my departure it isn’t a lot of time to replace the hospital roof […]
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 pick-ups along the way including supplies, furniture and guests that they beat us. Still, they villagers patiently waited up the […]
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 This Week and it is possible that Northumberland Today will publish at least one of them today. Karen has a golden heart, an […]
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 the ceremony and to get the sound system going. None of this would have been possible without the generous support of Jai […]
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 another. Karen Longwell is a photojournalist and I am just so amazed at her abilities to capture the […]
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 second student we are sponsoring thanks to our generous sponsors. I would like him to thank the sponsors […]