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Kayeng Yang Update – Kayeng Needs Your Help
Please take a few minutes to view this video that was made by Dr. Nattawut Wanumkarng of Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Nattawut has been instrumental in the planning of the medical treatment for little Kayeng Yang, a two year old who
Kayeng Yang Update – Braving the Path to Normalcy
Drs. Nattawut and Phetsamone examined two-year old bombie victim Kayeng Yang. They and other passionate ophthalmic doctors are giving Kayeng and his family priceless holiday gifts of answered prayers to remedy his many functional and physical issues, to give him
Meet Kayeng Yang – Blinded and Disfigured by a US Bombie – 35 Years Later
January 2012 Blinded and Disfigured by a Bombie One day in January 2012, two-year old Kayeng Yang followed his two teenage uncles (Mr. Vaneng Yang- 16 and Mr. Sue Yang – 15) to where they were cutting sugar cane.
Yer Vue Update…. Is It A Miracle?
Do you remember Yer Vue? We met her for the first time in February 2011. At the time, she could only crawl. She was considered bad luck by the villagers, thus other children considered her bad luck and avoided her.
UK Wilderness Service Project – Nongbia Preschool
Back in May 2012 Sean Day of UK Wilderness Expertise contacted Give Children A Choice about bringing a group of students from the UK to Laos and doing a community service project during their visit. This was only the
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
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
Yodt Phair Children Will Be Warm February 2012
Clothes for the Kids! We received knitted hats and sweaters donations from Lori Gilbert, who is on her fourth trip to Laos with Give Children A Choice. We purchased clothes from Tenneessee’s Many Eng’s donation. She earmarked her donation for
Give Children A Choice Signs MOU for a Model Preschool in Namyen Village February 2012
On February 14, 2012, Give Children A Choice’s Barbara Shimoda signed an MOU with Xieng Khouang’s Provincial Education Head Mr. Boualee to build a model preschool in Namyen Village. Namyen Village is located deep in Mok District in south east