Adopt A Village In Laos
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…. Art Quickenton, a good friend of Mike and myself, just left a couple of days ago after spending […]
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 to see Laos and join into some of the project activities […]
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. Please come out to share the evening with us. Saturday November 24th 8pm at the Capitol Theatre in Port Hope. […]
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 worth it. Thank you also to Peggy and Tim Hay for all your help and to […]
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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 of projects overseas, determining what projects we should try to manage this year. We did manage to get an update of […]
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 previously stated. Too Late! It is not easy to raise $10,000 and that is the cost per room for this school. […]
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 – President of AAVIL, Rotarian on the International Committee responsible for Asia at Whitby Sunrise Club, recipient of two Port Hope Civic […]
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 sponsors. On behalf of the villagers, we thank you. Towards the end of our last visit, the cost for my last shipment worked […]
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 dedicated to those beautiful faces of Laos. If you look closely at each of the pictures, you can often get […]