Luang Prabang

Aine Savanh

'As home of our first Give Children A Choice preschool in Laos, Aine Savanh Village will always be very special to us.  We first visited Aine Savanh in 2000 and returned many times before building our first preschool there.  We assisted the village by building a cistern and laying a water line.  We installed electricity in a small group of homes and the village primary school.  We empowered the village leaders to secure the necessary government approvals to build a preschoo

Gang Village

Gang Village is located in eastern Luang Prabang Province towards the Vietnam border. In June 2008, we drove for five hours from Luang Prabang Village on paved roads, followed by a three hour drive on a treacherous, unpaved dirt road that could only be negotiated and overcome with a heavy-duty, big-wheeled SUV. The road was slippery and very muddy during the rainy season.

Gokwanh Village

Gokwanh Village, located 30 kilometers north of Luang Prabang, was established five centuries ago. The original villagers came from Xiengsen and Xieng Hai, Thailand.

Kokmanh Village

Kokmanh Village is located 22 miles or 40 minutes southwest of Luang Prabang. We traveled by tuk tuk on the main road before turning onto a roughly paved dirt road. The power lines to the village were balanced on leaning bamboo poles.