We ate a sumptuous buffet breakfast. Kayeng ate hotdogs for the first time. He ate 5 of them. We accompanied Dori to his medical appointment. After the appointment, instead of heading immediately to Bangkok, we drove south from Pattaya
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
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.
A picture is worth a thousand words. A video is worth a thousand emotions. Thachok Village January 2012
The videos below were taken at Thachok Village, a Hmong Village located 45 minutes east of the Xieng Khouang Province capital city of Phonsavan this past January 17, 2012. Give Children A Choice was there to distribute daily multiple vitamins
Vitamin Walk to Fight Chronic Malnutrition February 2012
Ban Phakeo secondary school children walk twelve kilometers back and forth twice each day to school. Some come home for lunch; others bring lunch to school. The children take one hour to walk six kilometers. We took six hours going
If You Want To Be Happy, Take Your Vitamins
Background Note from Dori Barbara traveled on January 15, 2012 to Xieng Khouang to continue Give Children A Choice’s efforts to distribute over nine million daily multiple vitamin tablets to 25,000 preschool children. The vitamins were donated by Santa Barbara,
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
Yer Vue will be walking in 18 months!
February 2011 As we strolled through Thachok Village, we noticed the village paths were tidy; a dozen six-foot tall bombshells rested on a backyard fence; homes were wooden and windowless with thatched roofs. Ragged clothed children were playing, chasing a
Baeng Badly Burned and Saved Remembering Souliya
Being at the Right Place and the Right Time When visiting old friends at Aine Savanh Village, the unit head’s wife was carrying her five year-old son Baeng on her back. One of Baeng’s leg was incredibly blistered. Only a