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
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
Many of you are following Kayeng’s road from his village in Xieng Khouang, Laos to Bumrungrad in Bangkok and back home. While our job is not complete with Kayeng, it’s important that his two teenage uncles, Seu and Vaneng are
Give Children A Choice’s UXO victim advocacy paid off. After a few email exchanges with MAG USA and MAG Lao, a visit to MAG Laos office in Vientiane late last year, MAG Lao agreed to help. MAG Lao sent their
Neither Vakoung nor Kayeng have ever been away from home for so long. As part of preparing the rice fields, tending and harvesting it, Vakoung may be gone for 3 to 4 days at most. His rice field is located
Angels Have Names Bumrungrad International Hospital is a high-quality, international-standard modern medical facility that has served over a million patients from 190 countries around the world. The hospital has a lobby that looks like a five-star hotel. Most important is
Thongchanh was translating Vakoung’s conversation with his wife and parents. He calls his wife and parents everyday. Kayeng had a big smile on his face, hearing Mommy’s voice. He asks for Mommy, when he talks in his sleep. After
It was 2 am Wednesday morning (February 6th). Still groggy from the general anesthesia, Kayeng arrived at his hospital room. The next few hours were taxing for Kayeng, Papa Vakoung and Thongchanh. They had already been up since 4 am
The Shrapnel That Blasted Kayeng’s Face Was Huge!!! The Countdown to Surgery During the five days of intense examinations, Dr. Nattawut along with his colleagues Dr. Nuthida and Dr. Wissen performed a number of tests on Kayeng’s eyes to check
When we first observed Kayeng during our visit to his home in Xieng Khouang Province in northern Laos, we watched him play and talk up a storm. Like clockwork, every five minutes, he stopped whatever he was doing, winced, and
Today, January 25, marks the start of a new beginning for Kayeng. Though from Kayeng’s perspective, it was far from pleasant. Today is the first day of five intense days of examinations. There were a team of surgeons and pediatricians