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
Today, CARE International in Lao PDR met with government partners for the signing of two Memorandums of Understanding for the Improved Food Diversity Project Phase III and the Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH) Project, which CARE will be implementing in 45 villages in DakCheung, Kaleum and Lamam Districts, Sekong Province, with
In order to celebrate the 16th International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, at the end of November, the Enhancing Women’s Voice to STOP Sexual Harassment Project organized activities to disseminate information on and raise awareness of this important day for factory workers, so that we can work together to prevent all forms
At the end of November, the provincial and district steering committees of the three target districts of the SCALING project in Luang Namtha Province participated in a workshop to learn and exchange experiences on the implementation of the SCALING project. They then visited project activities in two villages and two secondary schools in Luang
Last week, CARE International in Lao PDR, in collaboration with the District Agriculture Office, implemented a crop planting and maintenance techniques training for farmers in six villages in Phongsaly Province in order to help them bring these new techniques back to their villages and share the lessons they learned with other farmers.
Last December, the Enhancing Women’s Voice to Stop Sexual Harassment project (STOP) trained staff and garment factory workers at target factories through its Sexual Harassment Prevention Package in order to create an understanding of gender and gender-based violence and to introduce policies to stop sexual harassment in the workplace for garment factory workers.
We put women and girls in the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities.
