On the afternoon of 19 July 2021, the Dak Cheung District Office, CARE International in Lao PDR held a ceremony to hand over medical equipment and vehicle loudspeakers to the Provincial Public Health Department in Sekong Province. All the donations will be sent to the three target community hospitals and 16 health centers in
Ceremony For the Announcement of 14 village as an Open Defecation Free Zone, Luang Namtha district on June 24, 2021 was held by The Partnership for Improved Nutrition Project in Luang Namtha province. This activity aims to enhance awareness the community behaviors in sanitations, particularly in defecation which can bring many diseases to the
Recently, CARE International in Lao PDR and the Department of Health in Phongsaly signed the Memorandums of Understanding for the Strengthen the Quality of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Services (Phase III) project in Phongsaly Province. This project aims to improve Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health and builds on the significant progress of the
CARE International in Lao PDR has continued to install clean water systems at the Songkhone and Chalae Health Centers, Kaleum District, Sekong Province, as well as handing over equipment for COVID-19 prevention to the health centers in order to ensure health workers are equipped and prepared to respond to COVID-19.
On 11 June 2021, CARE International in Lao PDR, in collaboration with the Lao Federation of Trade Unions, held a project closing meeting for Protections and Choice for Marginalized Urban Women Phase II, with the aim of summarizing and reporting on the successes of the three-year project from 2018-2021. The project has focused on
CARE International in Lao PDR, together with the Lao Federation of Trade Unions, has provided consumer goods and sanitation kits for workers at 10 garment factories in Vientiane Capital that have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak in order to ensure that every worker in our garment factory partners is safe from COVID-19.
Diversity and Disability Inclusion Training for AHP consortium partners from 4 provinces has been held on 17-19 March 2021. Humanity Inclusion and local organization of people with disability (OPD) supported the training with diverse methods, and share experience. The AHP team will use this knowledge and understanding to adapt the activities that ensure the
CARE International in Laos, along with the Lao Federation of Trade Unions (LFTU), hosted an event to share good practices from the Enhancing Women's Voice to STOP Sexual Harassment In Garment Factories in Vientiane Capital Project. The purpose of the event was to share results from project implementation with the private sector, development partners,
Recently, CARE International in Lao PDR had the pleasure of welcoming Nicolas Tahch, the attaché of Luxembourg in the Lao PDR, to visit health centers and handover medical equipment that will be used to provide health services to the people of Lamam and Dakchueng Districts. He also visited a Village Saving and Loans Association (VSLA),
CARE International in Lao PDR had the pleasure of welcoming Ina Marciulionyte, the EU Ambassador, to visit our activities on women's savings and loans associations and 1000 Days Home Visits for maternal and child health, which are part of the EU-funded SCALING project. A huge thanks to Ina Marciulionyte for visiting us at our
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