It was 2 am Wednesday morning (February 6th). Still groggy from the general anesthesia, Kayeng arrived at his hospital room. The next few hours were taxing for Kayeng, Papa Vakoung and Thongchanh. They had already been up since 4 am
Kayeng Yang Update – Shrapnel That Blasted Kayeng’s Face Was Huge!
The Shrapnel That Blasted Kayeng’s Face Was Huge!!! The Countdown to Surgery During the five days of intense examinations, Dr. Nattawut along with his colleagues Dr. Nuthida and Dr. Wissen performed a number of tests on Kayeng’s eyes to check
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
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.
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
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
Thank You Facebook Voters for the Dindam Preschool February 2012
We traveled to Dindam Village to formally handover our/their new preschool to the district education department and to the Dindam villagers. We celebrated the handover. We gave vitamins to the Dindam village preschool-aged children. We were warmly embraced (in some
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