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Our world is defined as one that we can experience.
Sometimes we forget that besides our own existence, there lie billions of lives on Earth. It is nice to remember that besides our own house and nation, there are many people so much different from us, living a way of life we may never get to experience.
Sometimes, it is nice to try and understand these differences. Sometimes, understanding is just not enough. We must emerge from our own world; put a hand across, reach out and touch their lives.
This year, we will try our best to reach out to a small community in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, a village named Muang Kham off the Mekong river.
Ban Muang Kham is about 30minutes boat ride from Luang Prabang town. It has a primary school (above) for children, with a kindergarden section. The school has 4 classrooms and 4 teachers including the principal. It has a current enrolment of 88 students. The school library is poorly furnished with only a stackful of Lao language books. The children are taught Lao language and mathematics. No english is being taught at the school.
The field outside the school is bare and gets very waterlogged and muddy during the rainy season (July-Oct). There is also a steep climb up to the school which might be hazardous to the school children. A proper flight of stairs and a concrete court will ensure the children's safety and increase the school's ground usability.
The villagers of Ban Muang Kham harvests riverweed (something like seaweed) from the Mekong and dries them with seasoning. It makes a tasty snack!
- Zhihan
pictures from the Recce Jan 08
Labels: Laos