Pioneering preschool education in remote rural villages
Provide teachers with needed teaching and learning tools
Distributing daily multivitamins to the vulnerable
Hand washing with natural soap helps save lives
Handmade hats and scarves by Global Heartfelt Hatters
Helping UXO survivors, the disabled and families in crisis
Dori and Barbara Shimoda, along with Thongchanh Vilayvong and our good friend Chuck drove an hour to revisit Jii Nou at his home. When we arrived he was home alone; hot, thirsty, hungry and lying in a mess. No one
Jii Nou (VP) is an emaciated seven years old (but the size of a 1-2 year old) with contorted legs, feet, arms and hands. He was born a healthy, normal child. He contracted cerebral palsy from a prolonged untreated high
Give Children A Choice brought pictures of its trip with Grandma and Grandpa to reunite them with Kayeng at his school in Khao Yai earlier this year. They also accompanied Kayeng to Bangkok’s Bumrungrad for his semi-annual eye checkup during
Give Children A Choice was invited to UXO Laos New Year (Pimai) celebration and traveled to Xieng Khouang Province to join them and visit our newest preschool under construction in Na Oh Village. Our partnership with UXO Laos began when
Our newest preschool in Na Oh Village (Xieng Khouang Province) is quickly approaching the halfway point in the construction and everyone is excited! Currently in the village only 35 of the 140 preschoolers are permitted to attend preschool because of
The team visited the Kokpherng Children’s Learning Center this morning. The roof trusses and doors are in place and the next steps are installing windows and the roof coverings. Once the building is complete it will house 4 classrooms
Today we delivered our handmade, all natural soap and nutrition bars donated by SEAM to all the children at the Luang Prabang Orphanage (approximately 525 children). This is our 10th month of a year long commitment to provide soap to
HAPPY SCHOOLIVERSARY!! Our preschool in Yodt Phair Village, XKH Province, is one year old! As with all of our school projects there is a one-year warranty, a small percentage of the total construction costs are held back during the warranty
Na Oh Village is located roughly 5 km southwest from Phonsavan, the Provincial Capital of Xieng Khouang Province. We are in the process of building a four-room preschool for the children in the village. We had the land cleared of
Check out the latest progress photos of our Kokpherng Children’s Learning Center! Check out previous photos of the project here.