A Sunshine Coast-based charity is continuing to make a difference in Southeast Asia, with plans underway to upgrade facilities at a busy kindergarten and primary school in northern Laos.
Project Vietnam Inc, which provides humanitarian aid across Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, has identified a derelict building in the village of Pak Mong – about 400km north of the Laos capital Vientiane – as its next priority.
Publicity officer Claire Simpson says the building was the original kindergarten for the area but was left abandoned after a new school complex was completed in 2024.
“The new complex includes a high school, primary school and kindergarten,” she says. “But with more than 100 students now enrolled in the kindergarten, the three-room facility is overcrowded.”
The group plans to renovate the old kindergarten building next year and add fencing along the rear and side of the site.
Incorporated 35 years ago, the organisation is seeking new members and volunteers.
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