Beginning to stock up the shelves of our Give Children A Choice Visitor’s Center in Luang Prabang’s Mano Village. Visitors donate to purchase books, hats and scarves. Purchased items are put aside and distributed to children in poor remote villages.
Special Little Girl
There is a very special little girl who’s heart is so big, it will fill a new preschool with books. Anne Guerrant is 10 years old. She attends VIS (Vientiane International School) here in Laos. When she heard about the
Happy New Year!
Give Children A Choice programs and projects has started the New Year with a Bang! We are currently building a new preschool in Ban Yodt Phair, opening up a new GCAC visitors’ center in Luang Prabang, brought the Yang family
The Purpose Prize
The Purpose Prize®, now in its seventh year, is the nation’s only large-scale investment in people over 60 who are combining their passion and experience for social good. The Prize awards $100,000 each to five people in encore careers
Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs Recognizes Give Children A Choice as a Registered Lao International NGO
April 2012 Give Children A Choice staff has been traveling to Laos, since December 2000. During this time it has built 30 preschools in Luang Prabang and Xieng Khouang Provinces. It has distributed daily mutliple vitamins to 24,000 preschool children
1,000 Peace Cranes Fly from the USA to Lao PDR
In Japanese folklore, the folding and presenting of 1,000 origami cranes signifies long life and happiness. An additional meaning to the 1,000 origami cranes comes from the story of Sadako Sasaki, a courageous child afflicted with leukemia as a result
Every Lao Village Has A Temple April 2012
Coming to Laos for over ten years, I’ve learned that every Lao village (village is “ban” in Lao) has a temple. (Ethnic villages have different customs and practices.) No matter what the economic circumstances of the village are, the villagers
Boating Kong Lor Cave for 4.5 Miles February 2012
Laos is a globally recognized tourist destination. Tourism is a key revenue generating sector for the country. UNESCO World Heritage site Luang Prabang has been named the top tourist destination site in the world for three years in a row
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