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
Clothing Donations!
We greatly appreciate the donations of children;s and adult’s clothing that are sent to us. We make sure that every piece goes to someone who truly needs a helping hand. Thanks so much to Carmen Wong who sent a large
News on Jii Nou’s Future!
We visited Jii Nou’s special education school in Nong Khai to receive Jii nou’s 16-page letter of recommendation to attend the Khon Kaen’s Siriwan School for the Disabled. His Nong Khai counselor said the recommendation is good, but the decision
Christmas in April!
Christmas came to these poor Vientiane latchkey kids today. Gof, 13, Poum 10, (James 9. not pictured) Denny 8, and Namthip 2, spend all day sitting outside of their little apartment waiting for their mom to come home from work.
Kokpherng Outreach Event!
Staff, teachers and volunteers from the American Center @ That Dam in collaboration with the Give Children A Choice visited students at Kokpherng Village school on March 31, 2017 to donate books and games. They taught the children how to
Kokpherng Update
Great happenings at our Frank W. Manley Children’s Learning Center in Kokpherng Village. We have a new computer teacher and the American Center @ Thatdam will be visiting our school with lots of games and activities for learning English at
Jii Nou Update!
Jii Nou’s Future Education and Rehabilitation – Uncertain But Always Optimistic We last reported that Jii Nou’s Nong Khai Disability School would not recommend Jii Nou to the Khon Kaen Sisawan School for the Disabled. It would have been an
Kokpherng Visit
We visited our Children’s Learning Center in Ban Kokpherng today. We received a small grant for improvements so we are planning on tiling the floors of the classrooms and beginning the computer training classroom. We will hopefully be teaching
Soap Give-A-Way!
Late last month Barbara traveled up north to a huge Hmong Lao village to give out warm children’s and adult clothing to those in need. She also distributed some of our all natural handmade soap. Made with pure natural ingredients that
Jii Nou and Mor Vue travel to Khon Kaen
Dori and Barbara are traveling to Khon Kaen so that Jii Nou and Mor Vue can receive their medical check-ups. A fun night at the arcade for Jii Nou and Mor Vue! A fun day with new donated clothing and