The videos below were taken at Thachok Village, a Hmong Village located 45 minutes east of the Xieng Khouang Province capital city of Phonsavan this past January 17, 2012. Give Children A Choice was there to distribute daily multiple vitamins
Thank You Facebook Voters for the Dindam Preschool February 2012
We traveled to Dindam Village to formally handover our/their new preschool to the district education department and to the Dindam villagers. We celebrated the handover. We gave vitamins to the Dindam village preschool-aged children. We were warmly embraced (in some
Vitamin Walk to Fight Chronic Malnutrition February 2012
Ban Phakeo secondary school children walk twelve kilometers back and forth twice each day to school. Some come home for lunch; others bring lunch to school. The children take one hour to walk six kilometers. We took six hours going
A UXO stole Mr. Thit Thongchanh’s Hand February 2012
A 25-year old man is just trying to provide for his family. He hits a UXO (unexploded ordnance). He loses his hand. The UXO were dropped by the USA during the Secret War in the 1960s and 70s, where indiscriminate
If You Want To Be Happy, Take Your Vitamins
Background Note from Dori Barbara traveled on January 15, 2012 to Xieng Khouang to continue Give Children A Choice’s efforts to distribute over nine million daily multiple vitamin tablets to 25,000 preschool children. The vitamins were donated by Santa Barbara,
Baeng An Update
Last December 2011, we visited old friends at Aine Savanh Village. We found Baeng being carried by his Mom. Baeng’s leg was badly burned. Click here to read his story. Two months later, we visited Baeng again. His legs
Yer Vue will be walking in 18 months!
February 2011 As we strolled through Thachok Village, we noticed the village paths were tidy; a dozen six-foot tall bombshells rested on a backyard fence; homes were wooden and windowless with thatched roofs. Ragged clothed children were playing, chasing a
Help Mr. Yae Lee and His Wife Overcome Fearing Death Daily
I have a wonderful friend. Mr. Mike Boddington. He is the Founder and Chairman of COPE, a local Vientiane non-profit, whose mission is the help UXO (primarily bombie) victims regain their self-respect and self-confidence by providing them with prosthetic, rehabilitation
Baeng Badly Burned and Saved Remembering Souliya
Being at the Right Place and the Right Time When visiting old friends at Aine Savanh Village, the unit head’s wife was carrying her five year-old son Baeng on her back. One of Baeng’s leg was incredibly blistered. Only a
Chomphet Lower Secondary School Needs Help!
We live in Sissathanark District of Vientiane Capital city of Laos. This district is home for many foreign embassies (e.g., Australia, Singapore, etc.), ex-patriates and high-level government families. It is also home of hard working local Lao families with limited