On August 4, 2021, the Agro-Climate Information (ACIS) project for the Adaption of Resilient Farming Practices by Women and Ethnic Minority Farmers in Phongsaly Province provided training and materials for modern beekeeping to farmers in three village groups in Mai District and two in Samphanh District. The ACIS aims to support farmers to simultaneously increase
At the end of July 2021, the Agro-Climate Information for the Adoption of Resilient Farming Practices by Women and Ethnic Minority Farmers Project, together with the Strengthen Quality of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Services Project, both in Phongsaly Province, hosted an annual meeting to discuss work on both projects. During the meeting, participants
On August 9-11, 2021, CARE International in Lao PDR, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Luxembourg, held a ceremony to hand over materials for water system installation in five target communities. The Strengthening the Quality of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Services Project in Phongsaly also provided financial support to the
In July 2021, CARE International in Lao PDR together with its partners conducted a training on psychosocial counseling for provincial and district government officials and program officers in Luang Namtha Province. The training aimed to enhance psychosocial counseling abilities among participants from different units in Luang Namtha Province to equip them with the skills
On July 22, 2021, the Partnership for Improved Nutrition Project in Luang Namtha Province together with government partners held a Semi-Annual Meeting to review lessons learned from all the project activities conducted over the past six months. During the meeting, participants also discussed plans for project activities in the remaining six months of 2021
In July 2021, the Partnership for Improved Nutrition in Luang Namtha Province conducted a refresher training on “Leadership for Village Women” in Luang Namtha, Sing and Long Districts. The goal of the training was to enhance leadership skills among local women that they can apply in their daily lives, economic work, and public engagement,
On 19-23 July 2021, CARE International in Lao PDR, together with its partners, successfully completed a 5-day Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) training workshop for the “Your Life, Your Choice” curriculum in Dak Cheung District, Sekong Province. Your Life, Your Choice aims to reduce early pregnancy and early marriage in rural areas through peer-to-peer
CARE International in Lao PDR and ChildFund Laos are pleased to present Dissemination Workshop on Early Child Marriage Research in Laos and Introduction to CARE Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights. These researches were conducted in the province of Sekong, Xiengkhouang and Houaphan. The objectives of workshop are to exchange lessons learned, highlighting issues, causes
On July 29, 2021, CARE International in Lao PDR held a ceremony to handover medical equipment and COVID-19 prevention materials, worth a total of 74,176,000 kip, to the Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion in Vientiane Capital. The donation will be distributed to health staff and volunteers who are providing their services at mobile
On 27 July 2021, CARE International in Lao PDR provided consumer goods and sanitation kits with a total value of 153,491,200 kip to the Lao Federation of Trade Unions for workers at 10 target garment factories in Vientiane Capital that have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. With this donation, we hope to continue to
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