Would you be willing to buy a new desk set for the new Chomphet school in Vientiane? They need everyone’s help to furnish the new school building. We need 60 sets and 4 teacher’s desks, each desk set will accommodate
Progress Pictures of Chomphet Lower Secondary School
Work Begins on Chomphet Lower Secondary School
B.L. Harbert arrived with a Big Cat (Catepillar) bulldozer and backhoes., a civil engineer Mr. Mark and a work team. The narrow street turns to the school were just wide enough to bring the 18-wheeler flatbed truck in with the
Chomphet Lower Secondary School
Chomphet Lower Secondary School was built in 1931 by Catholic nuns. It is located in Sisatthanak District near Chinaimo, 6 to 7 kilometers from the Vientiane Capital center. It has since been handed over to the Lao government. It became
Namyen Preschool Handover
Give Children A Choice finally handed over the Ban Namyen preschool in Mok District in Xieng Khouang Province, northern Laos. Our first three futile attempts were halted due to unpassable roads. Heavy rains caused landslides on the roads with some
Give the Gift of Reading
Books are a precious commodity for children in Laos, especially in the remote areas where Give Children A Choice builds preschools. Books boost a child’s learning potential, they stimulate imagination and play, they provoke curiosity and discussion, they provide inspiration,
Kayeng Feels Bangkok
We took a break between appointments. We took a quick trip around Bangkok. We started with a short Courtyard golf cart ride to the BTS Skytrain at Rachadamri. Three stops away was National Stadium, where we picked up a tuk
Kayeng Accepted Into School
The Christian Foundation for the Blind – Thailand (CFBT) formally accepted Kayeng at their Bangkok Ram Indra campus. Kayeng met with Director Mr. Komon Malaithong at the campus (after waking up from his normal afternoon nap ) and Mr. Komon’s
Kayeng’s July Trip to Bangkok
It was time for Kayeng’s medical checkup at Bumrungrad. Kayeng cannot fly, so Give Children A Choice drove from Vientiane to Bangkok. It was a good trip. On July 30, TC traveled from Luang Prabang to Vientiane. Kayeng and Vakoung
Films to depict Laotian suffering
Note: As part of our Voluntour program Give Children A Choice hosted a group of young aspiring journalists from Harvard-Westlake School during Friendship Tours World Travel’s Laos Investigative Journalism Adventure. The group spent ten adventurous days in Laos immersing themselves