
Build a Community Centre in our village in Laos
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We hope you have a few minutes time to read this. Thanks a lot for that!
Our names are Tanoi and Sander (Tanoi is born in Laos and Sander in the Netherlands, we're married since 2016 and met in 2013). We're living in a small village named Ban Thamakheb on an island with the name Don Som. The island is located in the Mekong river in the far south of Laos (Cambodia is visible from the island). The area is known as the 4000 Islands in English (Si Phan Don in Lao). Tanoi was teacher in a secondary school for about 12 years and since October 2016 we're also running a small family run guesthouse in our village. We want to help our community (and the school Tanoi was teaching at) and over the years we've helped with toilets, fans, a teacher/ student house, a bridge, books, a water pump, emergency help etc. We want to do more but need the help of others to realize it and would greatly appreciate your help!!
Our newest (and big) plan is to start to build a community center in our village. In fact it is a plan for several years already but now we want to take the step. We are currently in the Netherlands because of illness of our father(in-law) but will be back in Laos later in the year. We have the land but not the money to build our new project. In the community center the local children (and kids from other villages) can come to read, play, discover and learn. A lot of children in our village stop going to school when they are still young. These children have ambitions, skills and talents but it is hard for them to do something with it and discover what they are capable of. A community center that is close to them will help them and our community we think. We believe it could greatly benefit in the fight against poverty and the many negative consequences it has on the life of people.
You could help us realizing it with a donation! Everything is welcome and highly appreciated! We're also very happy to provide you with more information and we will keep track of all the costs and expenses if we can start with this project. We think that with 7.500 euros we can already build something nice as a start.
Thanks a lot for reading this and your help!!!
Organizer
Sander Putmans
Organizer