World Education - Laos

World Education Laos (also known as World Education/Consortium) is a field office of World Education, Inc., a non profit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts.

The goal of the World Education Laos office is to empower vulnerable populations in Laos to become as productive as possible through multi-sectoral programming in partnership with the local government and Lao non-profit agencies.

World Education Laos works with rural communities in nine provinces of Laos in the fields of:

• Curriculum development
• Unexploded ordnance/Landmine education and community awareness
• Community awareness
• Livelihoods training
• Agriculture and livestock extension
• Unexploded ordnance (UXO)/landmine survivor assistance
• Financing of emergency medical care for UXO accident survivors
• Emergency medical care upgrading
• Support for people with disabilities
• Microfinance
• Income generation

For more information about World Education's programs around the world please visit www.worlded.org.

With McKnight Foundation funding, World Education arranged for Bounchoi's medical care after a piece of unexploded ordnance (UXO) exploded under a fire he built, causing injuries to his throat and chest.

World Education works with the Laos Ministry of Education to train teachers to educate their students about the dangers of UXO and landmines.

World Education thanks the McKnight Foundation for its generous support for developing this website.

All photographs by Paul Wager.