COVID has certainly had a major impact on so many people and activities across our globe! And sadly this also includes our planned WASH (Water Sanitation and Health) project in Ba Tang in Quang Tri Province in Vietnam. We were planning on starting there almost 2 years ago, but the
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Ba Tang Project Update
MiVAC is presently administered by a Board chaired by Brian Boon, Peter Perry is the Vietnam Project Coordinator whilst Lyn Clark does every thing else that the boys can’t do. Merv Hains handles the treasury. We all have had , coincidently, some military experience with 2 of us having served
Phoukood District Village Development Project Update
WORKS UPDATE (9th January, 2016) Ban Souy Noi All done and dusted! – pleased to report that the standard of the workmanship improves with each new Project, and Mr Syamphay very impressed at yesterday’s final inspection. Quite a celebration by the villagers yesterday. I was privileged to be invited to
Phoukood District Village Development Project Update
WORKS UPDATE (26th December 2015) PROJECT WORKS Would you believe that a site visit yesterday was somewhat spoiled by persistent steady rain. It continued most of the day and into the evening to make for a somewhat soggy but nevertheless, very enjoyable Christmas Day. Ban Souy Noi Weir and headworks
Phoukhood District – Red Letter Day
Folks I thought your good friend Geoff might appreciate the attached photos. His very generous donation paid for 6 kitchen work benches and 18 beds all made by a local “craftsman”, a mattress, blanket, pillow and mosquito net for each bed, drums and dippers for the 2 showers and 2 toilets, floor mats
Phoukood District Village Development Project Update
REPORT ON SITE VISIT TO ANG VILLAGE – 4TH OCTOBER 2015 INTRODUCTION Ang Village is small community of approximately 150 inhabitants located some 15Km west of Phoukood town site. Access is via a narrow, winding and extremely rough road which becomes impassable during the wet season. In mid September of
“The Cyclist & The Singer” – “Tour Demine”
David Murray arrived back to Sydney yesterday Monday 8th September 2014 safe and sound. That was quite an achievement for a 69 year old cyclist who was nearly killed when he was side swiped by a semi trailer at Penong in 2012. The road from Canberra to Sydney was
A Small but Significant Step for “The Phoukood Project”
A Small but Significant Step for “The Phoukood Project” As most avid readers of MiVAC’s newsletter will know, at least the last three volunteer in Lao have spend many many hours drafting and reviewing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for MiVAC’s next project with various District, Provincial and Central government
The Cyclist and The Singer
Mateship This is a story about two Vietnam veterans, David Murray and Clarence Ormsby who met by chance in a caravan park north of Pine Creek a few hundred kilometres south of Darwin in July 2012. It is a story about two men an Australian and New Zealander who became
Changeover of Volunteers at MiVAC House, Lao
Changeover of Volunteers at MiVAC House, Lao June 25 saw the arrival of Lee and I at MiVAC House in Phonsavan in Xieng Khouang Province, Lao. Following a much appreciated airport pick up by Malcolm and Vicky Cowan (the outgoing Volunteers) we enjoyed an orientation tour of the town of