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Arriving at the Yodt Phair Primary School grounds. Our preschools are built on land adjacent to the primary school in nearly every village we built in.

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Location of the preschool above. The primary school and village meeting hall (and temporary preschool) are below.

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Village leader, Provincial and District Education and Sports Department staff, school principal, builder and Give Children A Choice discuss every detail of the construction.

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Agreements are documented and signed by all present.

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GCAC’s Thongchanh takes an early morning picture. It’s cold in Yodt Phair.

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Builder Mr. Keomanyvanh carefully marks and measures the school footprint.

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The entire preschool footprint is marked. The morning mist burns off quickly.

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Yodt Phair villagers join in to dig the holes for the school foundation and pillars …

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… under Mr. Keomanyvanh’s guidance.

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Thongchanh pitches in.

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The Yodt Phair villagers donated about 10% of the school construction costs (in kind and the provisioning of aggregate, sand, etc.), as all of Give Children A Choice’s schools.

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They never forget the sweat equity they contributed and causes them to take care of their preschool.

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Young Mr. Yang joins the village workers and digs one of the pillars foundation.

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Supplies are delivered to the jobsite. Rebar wire strengthens the cement for the foundation, floors, pillars and ceiling joists.

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Check back soon for the next update on the construction progress.

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