For Aide et Action, our 40 years of working with marginalized children around the world have taught us that good health and quality education go hand in hand: without access to education, health cannot be achieved and without good health, education cannot be attained. Despite progress in recent years, Laos still has the highest under-five […]
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Laos – A well-equipped learning environment makes all the difference
We were delighted to welcome Luciano PICCOLO and Wilhelmus Age LEIJENAAR – one a former computer scientist and the other a doctor – to two primary schools of the district of Vangvieng, in the province of Vientiane, where we are working in Laos. The pair enjoyed a half day visit to an Elementary School where […]
Laos – Happy, healthy, nourished children do better at school
Laos, located in Southeast Asia, has one of the highest rates of child malnutrition in the Western Pacific Region with 44% of children under the age of five, suffering from stunted growth and development. To help address this and to help keep students in school, we are working with local communities to improve their knowledge […]