Laos
Peacebuilding from the grassroots

Geneva Peace Week: LWF shares work with communities in Ethiopia
World Humanitarian Day: LWF calls for protection of humanitarian space
17 August 2018
“Humanitarian workers have become soft targets for warring parties”
Working in a high-risk area
17 August 2018
Interview with Jacob Aleer, LWF Security Focal Point in Jonglei, South Sudan (LWI) - For the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), South Sudan has proven the most challenging country in terms of safety and security in the past year. As the civil war continues, ...
Growing vegetables, raising livestock in Laos
16 May 2018
LWF horticulture classes and small loans improve lives (LWI) - Beans, cabbage, and aubergines. Joy tends all her plants with care. The 19-year-old looks after every bean plant, however small. Because, if it does not thrive, there will be nothing to eat. This ...
LWF supports warning system our emergency preparedness
17 July 2017
  Viengphoukha district, Laungnamtha province ''It is great to have installed warning system for our community, this is not just to help us in emergency preparedness but this is also equipment for us to obtain information and knowledge that really useful ...
First Khmu Ethnic Woman Leader in the Village
13 July 2017
  Viengphoukha district, Luangnamtha province, Laos Buapha, 28 years old khmu ethnic woman lives with her husband and 3 daughters in rural community of Viengphoukha district, Luangnamtha province.
Disable Boy Continuously Enjoy His Learning at School
13 July 2017
  Viengphoukha district, Luangnamtha province, Laos Vongkam, 11 years old boy with disability, he’s got seeing disability. He is child among 7 children of Mr Kam Aiy Ser, 50 years old and Ms Oun Boun, 40 years old, they are one of the poorest families ...
Campaigns to Improve Hygience Practices
15 March 2017
  NamO village is one of poor villages in Vieng Phoukha district, Luang Namtha province. It locates 8 km away from district municipality with 178 families, 814 people, 417 female. Majority of them is Khmu. They mainly earn their living naturally from upland ...
Empowerment of Women
15 March 2017
  Sikeo, a 22 years old woman from Akha ethnic village in Long district Luang Namtha province, she is a last child among 2 older brothers, and their major occupations are upland farming. She has been completed her 2 year of secondary, this only helps her ...
Vacination to Sustainable Livestock
15 March 2017
 
Promtoes Sustainable Agriculture Cultivation
14 March 2017
 
Campaigns on Women Empowerment in the communities
14 March 2017
  Gender equity and domestic violence is still a critical challenge remaining in Laos particularly in the remote ethnic communities in Viengphoukha district, Luangnamtha province where LWF Laos operates.
Empowers disability and elderly couple improved livelihood
14 March 2017
Mr Mai and Ms Chan live in Lue ethnic village in remote area of Luang Namtha province Laos, they have been married for more than 10 years. Mr Mai has difficulty movement while his wife has hearing impairment for very long, they have one 12 years old daughter ...
Scholarship for the Poors and Girls
17 November 2016
LWF supplies children in Laos with school equipment (LWF) – "This is my first time seeing this,” Ms Silong exclaims. Her seven-year-old daughter Mone has just received a bag of school supplies. “My daughter is very happy about these things and I told ...
New farming techniques improve income for remote Laotian communities
24 March 2016
LWF project enables people to take control of their future (LWI) – Harvest is a time of happiness for Perng Si, a farmer in Kampone village, Vieng Phoukha district, Laos. In addition to having enough to feed his family, Perng Si earned more than 20,000 ...
Laos: School support to students with disabilities
10 July 2015
LWF school supplies to help deaf students Vone and Viengkeo learn Vientiane, Laos/ GENEVA, 9 July 2015 (LWI) - Vone and Viengkeo, 6 years old, are young girls like everyone else. They are neighbors in Vieng Phouka, a poor district of Laos, who enjoy learning ...
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