Education is a basic right

Unfortunately, this is not the case for many children in Laos.

Training & Activities center

Quick Facts:

• Timeline: project started in 2018
• Class/activity rooms : 3
• Office: 1
• First stage finished August 2018
• Students currently enrolled: 150
  
• Annual operation costs: €11.000
  

We want this center to be a place where teenagers and children can hang out at a reliable place. We hope that we can establish all activities desired by our students so they can grow personally but also as a group.

We also want to open up for adults where they can gather when our students are following official education. This training center can become a complete Community Center for everybody.

Pictures from our activities
Currently we provide free after school English classes and some small activities for our students. We are looking for volunteers to help us with these activities and classes.

English classes

While there are significant efforts to improve the quality of education in Laos, serious problems persist, including an insufficient number of  qualified teachers, deficient school infrastructure and low student enrollment. These problems are visible in Vang Vieng, a small community where the growing tourist market is demanding skills such as English speaking ability. The failure to communicate with foreign travelers is the most significant obstacle for locals in search of decent jobs in the tourism sector.
 
The education project connects resource-poor schools in Vang Vieng with volunteers so that the students can obtain valuable English language skills. Additionally, volunteers bring new ideas and perspectives that promote cross-cultural understanding.

School construction

It is the responsibility of local communities in Laos to build and maintain their school where official education is organized. Budgets for school infrastructure are inadequate for many communities. The result is that many children do not have a school, their school is still unsuitable or too difficult to reach. Let Laos Learn helps these communities with the development of their school.

All education in these schools is organized by the Department of Education. These projects are all developed in cooperation with the local authorities.

NEW BUILDING FOR THE PRIMARY SCHOOL IN TA HUA

The primary school in Ta Hua became to small and extra classrooms had to be build to house all children.
Quick Facts:

• Timeline: project finished 2018
• Classrooms: 3
• Project cost: 160 million Kip (20,000 USD / 16,800 EURO)
  

EXTRA CLASSROOMS FOR THE PRIMARY SCHOOL IN KEO KUANG

Our project in Primary School project in Keo Kuang is successful (construction finished 2013). Early school leave dropped dramatically.  Therefore the primary school was not big enough anymore and we decided to build 2 extra classrooms.

Quick Facts:

• Timeline: project finished 2017
• Classrooms : 2
• Project cost: 60 million Kip (7,500 USD / 6,700 EURO)

LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR HUAY NGAM YEN

In the past there was no suitable infrastructure in Huay Ngam Yen to organize quality and healthy education for the smallest children. After request by  the Department of Education and the villagers of Huay Ngam Yen, we have sponsored the construction of 3 classrooms to organize Primary Education for grade 1-3

Quick Facts:

• Timeline: project finished 2016
• Classrooms: 3
• Toilets: 2
• Project cost: 138 million Kip (16,847 USD / 15,857 EURO)
  

SECONDARY SCHOOL  & TOILETS FOR ALL SCHOOLS IN KEO KUANG  

In the past, Secondary education was not available for all youth in the Keo Kuang area. If they wanted to follow Secondary education, they would have had to travel 12km on dusty roads through mountainous terrain. Due to a lack of sufficient transportation and without relatives living close to the existing high school, the children did not have access to education. Girls were particularly disadvantaged and only a few boys from financially capable families were able to attend school.
Toilets for students where not available resulting in an unsanitary situation

Quick Facts:

• Timeline: project finished 2015
• Classrooms secondary: 8
• Toilets: 6 (2 x3)
• Water distance: 1 km
• Project cost: 350 million Kip (35,000 USD / 30,000 EURO)

PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR KEO KUANG

Volunteer coördinators Ket and Ward came in contact with the current village Keo Kuang in 2011, by organizing Participatory Strategic Planning meetings to learn about the local education and community situation. In total, 70 villagers attended the meetings, of which 60% were women.
The Participatory Strategic Planning meetings determined that replacing the Primary school was the most essential need for the extended Keo Kuang community.

Quick Facts:

• Timeline: Project finished 2013
• Classrooms: 6
• Total project cost: 250 million Kip (31,250 USD / 25,000 EURO)

PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR PHOUDINDAENG

The smallest children in Phoudindaeng all had to go to school in a further village. Children of different ethnic groups did not go to school. This meant that many children did not get to know the Lao language, with consequences for the future. Thanks to the construction of this school, the children who were previously kept at home can now walk to their own village school.

Quick Facts:

• Timeline: project finished 2010
• Classrooms: 3
• Toilets: 3
• Project cost: 180 million Kip (21,268 USD / 18,000 EURO)

PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR PHONPENG

At the request of the residents of Phonpeng, three new classrooms were built in the local primary school. The old rooms had a dirth floor, almost no windows and a leaking roof. This means that many children suffer from health problems.

Quick Facts:

• Timeline: project finished 2008
• Classrooms: 3
• Project cost: 145 million Kip (16,542 USD / 14,000 EURO)

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