Southern Laos

PAKSE (CHAMPASAK PROVINCE)
===SUSTAINABLE LAOS EDUCATION INITIATIVES (SAI NYAI ECO-SCHOOL)[1] ===

Focus: To vitalize disempowered communities by helping youth strengthen local knowledge systems and improve self-esteem through self-directed, non-formal education. To raise awareness about the crucial role of biological, cultural, and linguistic diversity for sustainability and the complex interactions between them. To assist in education aiming to protect the biological, cultural, and linguistic diversity in the region. 'It is our belief that education is not a thing that another can do to us. At our school education is a process that we are all doing together. We are all students and teachers, and therefore co-creators. Education is sustainable as long as our faith that we can discover knowledge remains.'

Skills: Generalist or specific: English teaching, organic agriculture, alternative technology, building construction.

Intake status: Accepts 1-2 volunteers at a time. Minimum: 6 months

Costs: Nil (volunteers are expected to cover travel expenses to the school)

Accommodation: Provided.

Locality: 60km north-east of Pakse on the road to That Lao waterfalls.

Contact: email: ramsey(at)sustainablelaos.org tel: 020 5685 2728

VILLAGE FOCUS INTERNATIONAL
Focus: Protect, Educate, Empower are the three powerful words that define the mission of Village Focus International. Concentrating on Anti-Trafficking & Child Protection , Integrated Village Development (Education, Health & Food Security), and Land & Natural Resource Rights , VFI is committed to working with and serving the poorest, most vulnerable people of Laos and Cambodia. VFI's Lao program focuses on poor, vulnerable and marginalized communities in the southern uplands.

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