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
It wasn’t easy, but we found Jii Nou’s blood uncle in Yodtkha Village off the beaten path about 22 km from the Vietnam border. We met him for the first time. It is he who was kind enough to
Thank you Aya, Ayu and Ami Usui for sending us these precious pieces of clothing! We will send them up country and perhaps deliver them to the Yang family that has 4 girls who need warm and nice clothes to
On December 7th we received a formal invitation from China’s Yunnan provincial government to participate in their annual Xishuangbanna Foto Festival. We chose to select from our 1000’s of photographs to tell our perspective of the US Secret War’s impact
We had to come in very early to see the Lao Consulate Dept today to get JiiNou his passport this morning. This was a culmination of approximately six months of hard work to get here today. With fingers crossed and
Mr. Yelee, a man whose legs were blown off by a detonated bombie in August 2008, and a success story. We met him 10 days after his accident. He was so poor, he could only afford to alternate his six
A #DisruptAging Story from Japanese American, Dori Shimoda, Founder of Give Children A Choice “When I was 32 years old, I was kidnapped and held at gunpoint for 18 hours. Initially I thought, ‘This can’t be real. It can’t be
A #DisruptAging Story from Barbara Lee Shimoda, Country Director of Give Children A Choice. “If anything, the best thing I ever did for these children in Laos is that I made them look worthy in the eyes of their family.
Hello everyone! Thank you all for caring about me. I’ve come a long way thanks to all you help and support. I’m learning how to sit, crawl and walk. I’m not afraid to move anymore! Ua Tsuag, khop chai der!
Give Children A Choice ventured out to the remote areas in Xieng Khouang Province where many Hmong children live. It is Hmong New Years but many people are cold and hungry like many other evenings during the winter. All year
Jii Nou is now a legal Lao citizen! As you might remember, Jii Nou was undocumented, no birth certificate (Step 1 – which we got), no family book (Step 2 – which we now have ). Jii Nou is now