In early February, our Eye Care for the People of the Mekong Riverside Project launched its first mission of the year, delivering essential eye care to some of the most remote communities along the Mekong River. Our team once again traveled by speedboat to the village of Khoka, nestled deep Read more…
The Lao Rehabilitation Foundation embarked on a significant October mission dedicated to improving eye care and other medical services in remote areas of Laos. Upon arriving in Vientiane, the mission began with the delivery of essential medical equipment to Dr. Ong, honorary professor at the National University of Laos. Following Read more…
The June eye care mission for the Mekong Riverside Project, the third of the year, saw our team traveling to Pagbeng, Oudomxay Province to deliver medical equipment for Pakbeng District Hospital and Kokkkah Health Center. After handing over the equipment, we intended to visit villages along the Mekong River to Read more…
This was the second mission of the Eye Care for People of the Mekong Riverside Project. The project is aiming at improving the eye health of people living along the bank of the Mekong River in Pakbeng District, Oudomxay province. In association with the Oudomxay Provincial Public Health office and Read more…
FEBRUARY 2023 – DELIVERY OF MOBILE EYE CARE EQUIPMENT IN OUDOMXAY PROVINCE Our first mission of 2023, was to deliver a new SL-17 Portable Slit Lamp that we plan to use for the upcoming outreach cataract surgery mission in Oudomxay and Phongsaly provinces in May of this year, along with Read more…
Our second mobile cataract surgery mission of 2022 brought us to Phongslay, the least visited and most extreme northern province of Laos, bordering China to the North and west and Vietnam to the east. Nurses from the three district hospitals of the province, Bounneu, Phongsaly and Yord Ou screened the Read more…
After not being allowed to enter Laos for two and a half years because of COVID travel restrictions, LRF was finally granted an official visa by mid-April 2022 to allow the delivery of long-awaited ophthalmic surgical equipment and supplies in early May. Our mission started at Luang Prabang Provincial Hospital Read more…
LRF celebrates World Sight Day with the Staff of Oudomxay Provincial Hospital and other Eye Care Organizations on October 14, 2021.
Opened in January 2020 with the support of LRF that included equipment and training, Houn Eye Care Clinic serves the needs of a population of over 80,000 people. Houn, the second largest district of Oudomxay province includes 94 villages. The ethnic population is 70% Khamou, 20% Lao Loum and 10% Read more…