The team is now traveling in Thailand. Mor Vue, the 15 year old girl who stopped growing about 10 years ago, accompanied by her elder brother, will be seen by doctors at Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok in a few days.
The Road to Yodt Phair
Despite difficult road conditions and having to walk to reach the village we had a great day giving out clothes, hats and scarves to the children of Yodt Phair Village. Yosh and Shuja interviewed and filmed Mr. Yelee who lost
UXO Victim Mr. Ladone
Checking in on Mr. Ladone (Khamphet) at his home before nightfall. He was blinded by a bombie several years ago. Sadly things have not changed much for him since the accident, he stays at home unable to do much of
Sharing the Warmth in Thong Village
What’s the Good News? Went to Ban Thong to meet with UXO survivor Kayeng Yang’s family. His Grandparents will travel with us to Thailand to see him in a few days. We also gave out warm clothes, hats from our
UXO Removal Teams, Dangerous Work Everyday
The Give Children A Choice team accompanied UXO Laos out to the field and an active UXO removal site to watch the dangerous work UXO Laos does everyday.
Visiting UXO Laos
What’s the good news? We spent time earlier this week to thank Mr. Kingphet and to get to know his UXO removal team members (mostly women) for their help. Most recently, they helped us by clearing school grounds for our
Visiting Kayeng and traveling to Bangkok
In late June we traveled to Khao Yai, Thailand to visit the Makut Kiriwan School for the Blind to pick up Kayeng and take him to Bangkok for a check-up at Bumrungrad Hospital. With us was Cassie Chandonnet, who was
Chapman University Visits Xieng Khouang Province
A small group from California’s Chapman University came to learn more about the long lasting impact of UXO in Laos, The group visited several of our preschools, UXO survivor Mr. Yae Lee, visited Kayeng’s family in Ban Thong, had a
Scenes from our travels to Nonghed District, Xieng Khouang Province
Mr. Yelee is in Business! Thank you Yosh!
If you remember Mr. Yelee, his legs were blown off by a hidden UXO as he was clearing new land for his growing family in August 2008. His life readjusting to normalcy has been tough to say the least. He’s