Adopt A Village In Laos
It was time to take the trip to Vientiane for a number of reasons but primarily to inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs what we were planning this year. I booked the flight but had to book executive class to my surprise – I didn’t even know there was a plane here that was big […]
It didn’t take long before we were back in the villages again. While we had intended to do a number of things during this trip, there was always something that prevented us from doing it. Still, we managed to head back to Done Lom with a boat load of water filters and took four tourists […]
With the predelivery of water filters for the village, we are all set to go for distribution to every family of a water filter (plus two for the school), hygiene kits (courtesy of Jao Lao Foundation), a hygiene training course and the official announcement that Jai Lao would be the sponsors for a new school. Hat […]
I made it through the first two weeks and managed to get a lot accomplished already although I am still behind the 8ball so-to-speak. My hope is to get some, preferably all of the new projects completed before the rainy season. Last season was just too difficult for many in terms of transportation and access, […]
I can hardly believe that I will be on the plane in just two weeks. Can you guess where I will be in two weeks and one day? Still on the plane or in some airport!Since April we managed to put our house up for sale, sell it, buy another house back in our old […]
Where does all the time go? It is already August and I have missed two months of posts but it certainly hasn’t been without activity. First, the best news of all. We applied for Charitable Status in January of this year and despite friends telling us that it took them anywhere from 18 months to […]
Since my return to Canada, I have not even had the time to take a break. I came back thinking I would take 2 or 3 weeks off but that wasn’t to be. Yet for some reason I feel re-invigorated. Perhaps it is because of all of the support I received from family and friends […]
My last tour of duty in Laos was to distribute water filters to Huephen Village, located about 1 hour north of Luang Prabang. The villagers has showed me their three water sources and all had completely dried up except for one that was only about 6″ deep and perhaps 1 square meter – this one […]
My Last week in Laos was indeed an interesting one and it was a strong reminder of why I was there in the first place, not that I ever forgot of course. Most of my work is generally drudge work requiring lots of planning, organizing, purchasing, banking, accounting, fact gathering, proposals and many, many other […]
The remote villages of Laos have never recovered from the ‘Secret’ war of the 1960’s. While rich in culture and tradition, their education, healthcare and hygiene conditions are severely lacking. The average lifespan is only 56 years and average age is only 20.8, caused by poor quality water, poor hygiene and general poverty. BUT with […]