John Salter is now MiVAC’s volunteer Operations Manager – he has recently taken up residence in Phonsavan – here is an email from John. Hi All , Finally settled into our home in lovely downtown Phonsavan , and am sending a few pics of MiVAC House. and Nui’s garden. Please note the
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The Clifton Ban Xai Holiday News Report.
The Clifton Bans Xai Holiday News 4 -10th March We have been here at Bans Xai a week now and feel really settled thanks to the informative hand over from Bill and Corale. They introduced us to the Mivac workings as well as the school at HP which is
The Biodigester and it’s Challenges.
The digester is delivering water to the overflow reservoir and this afternoon ran from the overflow pipe we will continue to add product and there is no apparent gas emanating from it – yet. We are rethinking the amount and there is about the same volume out as there is in.
More Extracts from Hugh’s Report- Ban Xai
Yang and I took Noe (our new builder) and pig “expert” , Vieng Xay Lee, from the German School to look at a pig farm about an hour’s drive east of Phonsavan. The farm is run by Lao military and it has many of the facilities that are being planned
Water Testing Equipment for Ban Xai
WATER TESTING EQUIPMENT FOR BAN XAI In October 2012, our Volunteer Coordinator, John Pritchard, contacted the Australian Defence Force Health, with a view to determining the type of Field Water Testing Equipment used by Army. A return call leads John to IDEXX Laboratories. On making contact John was asked to
Carol Perks from Save the Children
Carol Perks from Save the Children was introduced to MiVAC by DAK, Dave and Kerry (Private Philanthropists who have been very supportive of MiVAC) – they focus on assistance to developing countries in the medical area. DAK provided Ultrasounds, Foetal Dopplers and Foetal Heart Monitors for Carol – these were
December 2012 Newsletter
Read the MiVac Trust December Newsletter HERE
Extracts of Hugh’s Ban Xai Report
28th and 29th November Peter Maroney, who has been the driving force behind the design of the biodigester, departed site yesterday (28th) and stayed the night in Phonsovan. Thanks for all your work and input Peter. The weather yesterday was terrible, raining heavily all day, so no work was possible.
Lao Culture- A Divorce Celebration.
Lao Culture- A Divorce Celebration. We, the volunteers at Ban Xai were invited to Yang’s sisters divorce celebration not knowing what to expect. The men and women are separated as the women prepare the meal and the men gather as the celebrant waves a handful of cotton threads over the
Hmong New Year at Ban Xai
The weekend of 15/16th December is the Hmong New year. No work is done in the Hmong Community from Thursday evening to Monday morning. They celebrate! Hugh, our site Supervisor, says “it was great to witness the Hmong community celebrating, with the girls of all ages wearing their colourful and