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	<title>Lao Rehabilitation Foundation</title>
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	<description>a non-profit organization</description>
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		<title>Nam Yang Water Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Clean Water Project for Remote Akha Village in Luang Namtha Province Background Information Luang Namtha province in Lao PDR is surrounded by Myanmar, China, Oudomxay and Bokeo provinces. With 85% of the land in mountainous regions, the area is often referred to as the Golden Triangle. Most of the population of 145,310 people is poor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lao-foundation.org/nam-yang-water-project/</link>
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		<title>February 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A team of 25 health care professionals provided mobile health care services in 3 districts hospitals (Nga, Beng and Houn) during 8 days, providing 5 main services: ENT, dental, eye, expectant mother and pediatric services. ENT specialist from Mittaphab Hospital joined Oudomxay provincial team to examine patients by manual and automated equipment. Treatment and procedures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lao-foundation.org/february-2012/</link>
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		<title>February 2012 ENT/Plastic Surgery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The primary focus of this mission was to collaborate with the Lao physicians and surgeons to provide experience with complex operations so that they can continue the work after the team has left. Over seven days we operated on 30 patients. We trained Lao surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses. All operations were successful and there were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lao-foundation.org/february-2012-entplastic-surgery/</link>
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		<title>Hatsayfong well project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Lao Foundation helped the Hatsyfong villagers dig their own well to attain a potable water source:]]></description>
		<link>http://lao-foundation.org/hatsayfong-well-project/</link>
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		<title>Mokchak water project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mokchak village accessible only by four wheel drive is located 24 Km outside of Houn, in Houn District in Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. The village is home to 507 Khamou ethnic people (F 236). It houses 102 families in 82 houses. There are a few septic systems in place, usually shared by 3 or 4 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lao-foundation.org/mokchak-water-project/</link>
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		<title>October 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The October 2011 Mission consisted of two separate projects: A Mobile Health Care unit, operating during nine days (October 2-10, 2011) in the three districts of Tonpheung, Huixay (BanDan) and Pha-Udom in Bokeo province. The team consisted of 52 medical workers and in total saw 4,190 patients. Click here to download the report on our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lao-foundation.org/october-2011/</link>
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		<title>June 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The mission started first in the northern province of Bokeo (including 3 districts) for 8 days from June 8-15, 2011, the expectant mother service was done in Bokeo province, only eye service continued after that; in LuangNamtha province (including 2 districts) for 5 days from June 17-21, in Phongsaly province (including 3 districts) for 8 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lao-foundation.org/june-2011/</link>
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		<title>Noukone &amp; Sayyaseth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sayyaseth (19) and Noukone (20) were both riding the family motorbike late at night in 2010 when they were hit by a car that quickly left the scene of the accident. They both suffered multiple fractures. Having only little resources, the family contacted LRF for help. We were happy to take care of their surgeries [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lao-foundation.org/noukone-sayyaseth/</link>
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		<title>Monsay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By serendipity, we met Monsay in a small Kamhou village near Vieng Phoukha in Luang Namtha province in September 2009 while en route to Houei Xay where we planned to hold our next plastic surgery mission. A year and a half before meeting him, Monsay then 20 years old was injured in an accident that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lao-foundation.org/monsay/</link>
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		<title>February 2011 – ENT surgery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This 7 day mission took place from 2-8 February, 2011. ENT service is an important and necessary health care component of the provincial hospital, however, it has limited functioning due to lack of specialist’s skills and surgical equipment. The LRF provided medical care to local patients and training to local staff. This mission examined all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lao-foundation.org/february-2011-ent-surgery/</link>
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