The Lao Rehabilitation Foundation has received donations of medical equipment, educational tools, and supplies such as food and clothing, which are distributed to local hospitals, schools, and villages. Medical equipment donations received from DAK Foundation: DAK REPORT 2015 DAK REPORT 2014 Other donations received:
Vientiane Health Department Dental Clinic Since we provided Maknao Health Care Center and Naxaythong District Hospital with new dental equipment, it was only fair to refurbish the old dental clinic of the Health Department in downtown Vientiane, the only one in the city. In fact this clinic provides much of the training for dentists who later work in rural areas and where services are relatively inexpensive. We were happy to provide them with a new Read more…
The Mittaphab Hospital Plastic Surgery Project In Cooperation with Plasticos Foundation, Lao Rehabilitation Foundation organized and coordinated a plastic surgery project at Mittaphab Hospital, Vientiane, in January 2008. A team of 13 health professionals, surgeons, anesthesiologists, pediatricians and specialized nurses from Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay area, Portland Oregon, Singapore and Hong Kong was assembled and met in Vientiane to perform free reconstructive surgeries for children and adults from impoverished regions of Laos. With Read more…
In cooperation with Standard Chartered Bank (Thai IT Division), we installed a computer classroom at the Department of Health in April 2007 to provide computer skills to the medical staff. The 20 computers were loaded with a variety of software including Lao language and were installed in a room at the Department of Health which we remodeled and air conditioned. We then retained the services of a skilled local teacher and began a series of Read more…
Committed to help with education in remote areas, the Lao Rehabilitation Foundation is presently considering to build new schools in cooperation with local communities of Northern Laos in villages where the foundation provides health care. Plans for the elementary schools are designed to house about 300 students and would be outfitted with locally built furniture.
In cooperation with the Lao Ministry of Education, the center opened its doors to children with impairments in 1992. It is the only school in Laos offering special education to children (amputees, movement-impaired, deaf, mute and visually impaired persons). The maximum capacity of the school is presently 75 children with many children on a waiting list. During their 3 years at the school, often victims of land-mines, children learn Braille, orientation and mobility skills. Committed Read more…
Food Relief Mission in Attapeu Province: In cooperation with the Foundation for Assisting Poor People of Lao PDR, in August 2007 we provided over 20 tons of food and supplies to villagers in the poorest and remote villages of Attapeu Province. While the supplies were mostly given by Thai monks, the Lao Rehabilitation Foundation covered the cost of trucking the goods; the FAPPL provided the logistics, a difficult venture during monsoon months as many villages Read more…
In cooperation with the villagers, the foundation provided matching funds to build this steel bridge over the river bordering Simmano, giving farmers an easy access to their rice fields. The bridge was built with scrap metal left over from the Indochinese conflict of the 70’s.
We met Ms Kamphor in Vientiane during our reconstructive surgery mission in January 2008. The poor seventy year old lady was hit by a run-away car six month earlier. Although the bones of her right leg were fractured and dislocated, she did not see a doctor during all this time because she could not afford medical care. We were happy to arrange for her surgery and provided her with a wheel chair as well. We Read more…
In April 2007, while visiting Joey’s family in the province, we noticed that his sweet grandmother was having difficulty getting around as she could not see very well. We arranged a cataract surgery for her in September. Thanks to our assistant Sasithone who took good care of her, Joey’s grandmother has now recovered a perfect vision.