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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 […]
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 […]