John Tick is MiVAC’s representative in Western Australia. However he is much more, a Vietnam Veteran, a Tunnel Rat, a Civil Engineer and has a life-long friend in John Salter. John Salter is a Vietnam Veteran having won the Military Cross at the battle Coral/Balmoral, he has considerable expertise in
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The Cattle Shed at Ban Xai and MiVAC’s Sign
Any visitors to Phonsovan will see the MiVAC sign in the main street opposite the Nice Hotel. The sign invites people to make inquiries within where they will be met by a relation of Yang’s (our Lao Manager) who runs a tourist company for Yang. Visitors will be told about
School at Pong Hor gets a Concrete Floor
The Eastern end of Ban Xai is a small village known as Pong Hor. This one room school is for the first year of children going to school so they are about 6 to 7 to 8 years old. After they complete this year they can then go to the
The Garden that Steve planted at Ban Xai
Before Steve and Dorene Carroll moved on to their well-deserved holiday in July 2012 they planted a garden at the MiVAC block at Ban Xai. MiVAC eventually wants to have the garden operating as a profit centre for the village. It will be well watered (irrigated in the dry season)
Building a Bio Sand Filter (BSF) to purify water
Anthony Higgs has been a lifelong friend of Andrew MacGregor, Sandy’s son, and when Anthony described his work to Sandy in SE Asia about building Bio Sand Filters (BSF) to purify water Sandy immediately introduced Anthony to Steve Carroll. Arrangements were made to have Anthony come to Ban Xai, source
Ban Xai update – 27 July 2012
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Ban Xai update – 4 July 2012
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Ban Xai update – 23 March 2012
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Ban Xai update – 23 February 2012
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Ban Xai update – 23 January 2012
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