Current Projects

Lawang (“Beware”): Expanding the Scope of Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE)

Funded by the United States Department of State, the Lawang (“Beware”): Expanding the Scope of Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) in Laos project will help ensure that children, youth, and people living in high-risk communities in Laos have the knowledge

Capacity Building for Early Grade Reading

Young boy reading paper testing sheet, woman points to something on the sheet.

World Education provides technical advising and project management expertise to build the capacity of a local organization so it is able to lead and effectively monitor the literacy component of the World Food Programme (WFP) Food for Education project in

USAID Okard

Man holds paper, boy in wheelchair writes on it

USAID Okard is a five-year project that promotes the independence and functional ability of persons with disabilities through equal access to health and social services in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Leahy

War Victims Medical Fund

NRA and WEI staff with UXO survivor families

Between 1964 and 1973, more than 240 million cluster bomb sub-munitions were dropped in Laos. 80 million of these bombs failed to explode and continue to pose a hazard to civilians. Since 1964, approximately 20,000 people have been killed or