Give Children A Choice’s Barbara and Dori Shimoda drove to Khao Yai, Thailand to visit Kayeng. Kayeng has been living at the Makutkiriwan School for the Blind for over five months now. He speaks only Thai now. Kayeng is under
Kayeng Yang Update: Kayeng Starts School – January 26, 2014
Kayeng is now attending school at the new Makutkiriwan School for the Blind, located in Chao Yai, Korat, Thailand. It is located about 3 hours north of Bangkok. The school is sponsored by the Luangpu Bunyarit, a monk who will
Kayeng Yang Update: Vientiane to Bumrungrad Hospital, Bangkok
Kayeng and his family come to Vientiane to visit GCAC Kayeng and his family come to Vientiane so that Give Children A Choice can take them to Bangkok, Thailand for further treatment and checkups from his surgeries at Bumrungrad Hospital.
Kayeng Feels Bangkok
We took a break between appointments. We took a quick trip around Bangkok. We started with a short Courtyard golf cart ride to the BTS Skytrain at Rachadamri. Three stops away was National Stadium, where we picked up a tuk
Invited Guest Kayeng to the Bangkok Marriott Courtyard
The Bangkok Marriott Courtyard learned about Kayeng’s situation from Give Children A Choice. They offered an open invitation for Kayeng to stay at the Courtyard, as a humanitarian gesture of goodwill … anytime. Upon arrival, the Courtyard’s Operations Director Mark
Kayeng Accepted Into School
The Christian Foundation for the Blind – Thailand (CFBT) formally accepted Kayeng at their Bangkok Ram Indra campus. Kayeng met with Director Mr. Komon Malaithong at the campus (after waking up from his normal afternoon nap ) and Mr. Komon’s
Kayeng’s July Trip to Bangkok
It was time for Kayeng’s medical checkup at Bumrungrad. Kayeng cannot fly, so Give Children A Choice drove from Vientiane to Bangkok. It was a good trip. On July 30, TC traveled from Luang Prabang to Vientiane. Kayeng and Vakoung
Films to depict Laotian suffering
Note: As part of our Voluntour program Give Children A Choice hosted a group of young aspiring journalists from Harvard-Westlake School during Friendship Tours World Travel’s Laos Investigative Journalism Adventure. The group spent ten adventurous days in Laos immersing themselves
‘He gave me the most heartfelt smile’
Note: As part of our Voluntour program Give Children A Choice hosted a group of young aspiring journalists from Harvard-Westlake School during Friendship Tours World Travel’s Laos Investigative Journalism Adventure. The group spent ten adventurous days in Laos immersing themselves
Kayeng Yang Update: Kayeng’s Uncles Need Help Too
Many of you are following Kayeng’s road from his village in Xieng Khouang, Laos to Bumrungrad in Bangkok and back home. While our job is not complete with Kayeng, it’s important that his two teenage uncles, Seu and Vaneng are