Rotting vegetables were lying across the kitchen floor at the Home of Light for visually impaired children in Laos last year. The sight hit home for Wang Chiew Hui as she realised there was a surplus of material donations such as food and clothing, but hardly any activities to boost the children’s holistic development. The … Read more
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Laos PDR Country Report 2014
COUNTRY REPORT OF LAO ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND 2014 Lao Association of the Blind is called briefly LAB has just celebrated the 7th anniversary of the organization on the 17th day of September 2014. With the winds beneath its wings from 2 European associations of the blind: Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially … Read more
Champassak Branch Opened in Laos
The Laos Association of the Blind is a new organization. It was recognized as a registered organization only in September 2007. Since then, they have been trying hard to reach the blind people in the country, not only in the Vientiane-Capital but also in the provinces. One of their main activities was, of course, to … Read more
O&M Training for Laos Association of the Blind HQ and Branches
During the year 2012, the capacity building project is introducing training of Orientation And Mobility (O&M) and Daily Living Skill (DLS) trainers in the two target organizations. LAB has started the program in the first quarter, and in the second quarter, the trainers, who received training on O&M programs in the first quarter, further received … Read more
O&M Training in Laos Provinces
During the first year of the capacity building project, the Laos Association of the Blind conducted baseline studies on the conditions and the needs of blind and partially sighted people in target provinces. The initial aim was to have a rough oversight of blind people in rural areas and the basis for expansion of membership. … Read more
Activities of the Laos Association of the Blind
The Laos Association of the Blind (LAB) is a very new organization but their committees are getting more and more active. Their Advocacy Committee is new but seems very, very enthusiastic about their efforts to change the status of blind people. Their Women’s Committee has organized several women’s forums in the past, the latest being … Read more
A Step Forward In Advocacy by the Laos Association of the Blind
One of the main initiatives at any disabled peoples’ organizations is advocacy. The ongoing DANIDA project also focuses on advocacy. However, you can also imagine that political and social structures of individual countries may make advocacy work more difficult than elsewhere. Advocacy was a challenge for LAB, but during the third quarter of 2012, LAB … Read more