ARTISTS Harry Newman and Teal Barnes are here today to start work on the mural at our Kokpherng Children’s Learning Center. We are super excited to see it unfold. We also gave them a tour of the preschool and kindergarten
Vitamin Distribution in Khoun District, XKH Province
1000’s of Khoun District, Xieng Khouang expecting/lactating mothers and preschool aged children are receiving one year of daily multiple vtamins thanks to the long time Give Children A Choice/Vitamin Angels partnership. The vitamins help malnourished preschoolers to eat more, be
Getting Ready for the New School Year
The Frank W. Manley Children’s :earning Center in Kokpherng Village has three preschool classrooms. We are putting the finishing touches in the three preschool classrooms: curtains, individual shelves for student blankets, backpacks and lunch boxes, shelves for learning toys, tables and
Computer Learning at Kokpherng
The Frank W. Manley Children’s Learning Center summer session computer classes are now in their 5th week. Primary school children who did not know what a computer was four weeks ago are now using a mouse, typing and creating documents
Kokpherng Upgrade
400 square meters of tile was installed at the Frank Manley Children’s Learning Center in Kokpherng Village, Sang Thong District. The building houses 3 preschool classrooms, 1 computer learning classroom with over 15 computers and macbooks, and a 200 sq
Jii Nou Update
A huge thank you to Mr. Winit and Miss Raissa for helping us secure a Thai Education Visa for Jii Nou. We took JiiNou to the Thai Immigration office to sort out all paperwork to get him a Thai student
Kokpherng’s Children’s Learning Center
We traveled to our Children’s Learning Center today to finish delivering furniture, curtains,curtain rods and school supplies to the 3 room preschool there. The tables are banquet tables. Dori cut off the legs so the preschoolers can use them. We
Jii Nou: Getting Into School
The morning we went to the school for the admission process there were several other new applicants there as well. We had no idea how long and organized the process would be. Every child was evaluated in their ability to
Jii Nou: What’s Next
This is our goal for Jii Nou. The Siriwan School for the Disabled. It is a very large school that offers academic, vocational, para-olympic, university-prep (Khon Kaen University), physical and occupational therapy, and lots of new friends. Barbara
Jii Nou: One Year Later
It’s been a long year, but a year of great progress for this once severely malnourished CP boy, we now know as Jii Nou. In the grander scheme, progress is good and we are still optimistic with our perservering through