Drop in to Peuan Mit!
One Thursday back in May, Peuan Mit hosted a party for young people from marginalized communities for the first time… but not the last! The mobile school team, who have worked in these communities...
Tagged: Laos
Training, Love & Noodles – all together, building futures!
Young people from very poor communities in Vientiane Capital and Vientiane Province in Laos have very little opportunities to complete their primary education, and most of them do not progress to secondary school. Vocational...
K’s story – from garbage dump scavenger to trained cook.
Ms K lived in a rural area of Vientiane Province with her grandmother and young brother until she was 15. Her parents, very poor farmers, left their children and traveled to Vientiane to earn...
Out and about with Team Leader Thongkham
‘My name is Thongkham (I’m known as Kiao) and I started working in Peuan Mit in 2005 as a social worker in the prevention team, driving and doing activities with the mobile school. People...
D’s Story – from the streets of Vientiane to hope for a future…
One day Peuan Mit received an email about a young boy spending his days and nights in front of a local guesthouse. A volunteer staying there had talked to the boy who seemed...
The House Mother – Eing
My name is Eing. I am the night house mother at Peuan Mit transitional home (TH). I started with Peuan Mit as a volunteer with the mobile school team during 2007-2008 when I was...
Dreaming Camera in Laos
Thanks to the support of the Korean organization Dreaming Camera, children from Nongdouangthong and Nongbeuk had an afternoon of fun learning traditional photography. Dreaming Camera is an association of Korean volunteers who aim at...
Study trip for the mechanics students
During August, 14 young men in training at the Peuan Mit mechanics garage in Vientiane, Lao PDR, went on a study trip to a large Kolao workshop. Kolao is a Korean brand of motorcycle...
Job Placement Follow Up With Peuan Mit, Laos
A story from Laos by Clémence, technical advisor with Peuan Mit. Mr J is a former student at the Peuan Mit mechanics garage. In early 2011, after a year of training, Mr.J graduated at the...
Km 36 Landfill – Outreach with Peuan Mit, Laos
A story from Laos by Clémence, technical advisor with Peuan Mit. The city landfill is an immense site of over 10 hectares located at Km36, off Road 13 South. Over 50 families work and...
Countdown in Laos
Our last week in Laos was extremely busy as we still had to complete the other half of the dishes. Thanks to the support of our amazing team, we finished all of the dishes...
Back to Laos on Monday
Ghislain and have been back in Cambodia for three weeks which seem to have flown by, leaving us with less time than we’d have liked to work on the cookbook. There has so much...
A spicy Hmong feast
24 July 2010 Day 17 – Village at Km 52 Today we visited Cheng’s and Yearh’s village about 50 km outside of Vientiane capital, where they were going to cook traditional Hmong dishes for...
Last day of traveling. For now.
22 July 2010 Day 15 – Khammuan province to Vientiane We started our day at 5:30 am. It was still raining, but that didn’t take anything away from the beauty and peace of the...
A sensory workout
21 July 2010 Day 14 – Savannakhet to Khammuan province Today is a big day for us. This we’ll be meeting a lady the makes a very famous fish Kao Peak. Then we’ll go...
