On 18 July 2024, CARE International in Lao PDR together with government partners held a ceremony to celebrate the 69th Anniversary of the Lao Women’s Union Day in Long District, Luang Namtha Province. The purpose is to provide knowledge about the history of Lao Women's Day, gender equality, gender-based violence against women and girls,
In June 2024, CARE International in Lao PDR held the Provincial Coordination Meeting for the Green Action through Media, Mass Organization, and Civil Society in Laos (GAMCIL) in Luang Prabang, Champasack, and Vientiane Capital. The meeting aims to meet with each provincial coordinator to share the lessons learned about the project’s activities implementation in
On 12 July 2024, CARE International in Lao PDR together with government and CSO partners organized the Lao National Day for Wildlife and Aquatic Animal Conservation in Long District, Luang Namtha Province. This year, the CARE has supported 3,500 fish and dropped them to the Vang Pha Hit River. This is to raise awareness among
On 24-28 June 2024, CARE International in Lao PDR organized the Communications and Monitoring, Impact, Learning, Knowledge Management and Accountability (MILKA) Workshop for CARE’s staff. The purpose is to build capacity and understand the importance of using communications including evaluation in the project, especially photography, interview methods, the process of writing case stories, and
In June 2024, CARE International in Lao PDR together with the Lao Journalists Association implemented the baseline survey of the Green Action through Media, Mass Organization and Civil Society in Laos (GAMCIL) in Luang Prabang, Champasack, and Vientiane Capital. These data are obtained from the participation of various parties, especially provincial government partners, citizen
CARE International in Lao PDR was selected to present two research papers on the 14th International Conference on Public Health among Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Countries 2023” from 27-29 June 2024, in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR. The conference is hosted by 20 universities from nine countries across the region, including Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Lao PDR,
In June 2024, CARE International in Lao PDR organized training on Social Norm Analysis by using gender tools for CARE staff. The purpose is to help them better understand overall gender equality, to be able to use the Community Dialogue Tool (CDT), Gender Equality in Relationships (GER), and Social Analysis for Action (SAA) to analyze
In June 2024, CARE International in Lao PDR organized the Social and Behavior Change Communication Training (SBCC) for government partners, Community Development and Environment Association (CDEA) and Gender Development Association (GDA). The purpose is to help them understand more about good communication, analyze each situation that occurs in the project target area by using
CARE is honored to be invited to participate in the 6th Switch Asia Annual Conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan. we participated in sector-specific discussions on plastics, construction, and fashion and exchanged learnings with other EU Switch Asia grant recipients in the Food Systems sector. In addition, we have a specific discussion on plastic waste governance,
Between 15 – 29 May 2024, CARE International in Lao PDR in collaboration with government partners and SAEDA established medicine units, provided equipment, and veterinary medicine for the Empowering Communities through Participatory Climate Actions (WeAct). The objective is to strengthen the village veterinary medicine system in 15 target villages and to monitor communities' preparation for
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