Work to Erase War’s Traces. Thanks to the “The Senior” for their permission to use the following article. by SIMON GARNER Much of Rob Woolley’s service during the Vietnam war involved finding and destroying land mines, unexploded ordnance and booby traps. “I’ve seen what minefields can do: Australian
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Ban Xai News 2nd April
Ban Xai News 2nd April Luang Prabang is a gentle city along the banks of the Mekong River ,wonderful Buddhist temples , saffron draped monks ,young tourists, all in a slightly old French atmosphere. The tourist centre around the hill of Phu Si with a gilded stupa called That Chompsi
Ban Xai News 28th March
BAN XAI NEWS 28th March We need to renew our visa today so we are in Phonsovan . Luckily we can extend for another month here without leaving the country, so we thought we would take the opportunity and travel to Luang Prabang for the weekend. It is Easter in
Ban Xai News 25th March
Ban Xai News 25th March The policeman will be spending his first night in his new house. His day was spent moving furniture and bits and pieces .It all looks pretty good. We are the talk of the town with the you beaut sprinkling system in place. Several of the
Trades, Occupations,Professions and Labour for MiVAC Volunteers in Ban Xai
At last we can really focus on developing the Model Farm at Ban Xai. What has made the difference? Adequate water – sufficient to irrigate in the dry season. Our aim is 2 crops per year and together with the treated cow and pig dung to help build up the
John Salter Reports on visit by Howard Sullivan.
Howards Adventures. Howard Sullivan , water man of note, Crow’s Nest Rotarian, and bloody nice bloke, arrived with us on Tuesday. He went straight to Hinmou Peung to scope the land and have a chat with the Naiban, returning to Phonsavan late evening for a few beers and meal at
Ban Xai News 24th March.
The Ban Xai MiVAC community is flourishing , the watermelon seed have sprouted as have the snow peas and the bananas look fantastic and the pumpkins have many flowers —– we have reticulated water so no more carrying of watering cans …… David is putting together a sprinkling system which
Rotary Man Leads Water Supply Work
Here is a story about the Rotary Water Task at Ban Xai which was led by Hugh Hamlyn-Harris when he was the Site Supervisor. The story was printed in the North Shore times which you can read here. The featured photo (click on it) is the MiVAC sign which now
My Dream For the Primary Children of Phoukood District, Lao PDR
In all my travels in Lao PDR and more particularly Phoukood District, which is the District that MiVAC has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with and an Operating Permit, I have not seen anything in the school play grounds. I was looking at how lucky my grandchildren are. They can
Ban Xai Holiday News March 18th.
Ban Xai Holiday News March 18th. A WEEKEND IN PHONSOVAN After a fortnight at Ban Xai we headed into Phonsovan for some supplies and a look around. Phonsovan is the regional centre , and it is a busy bustling town nestled in a valley. It was pretty much destroyed during