How we work
- We provide direct help to the people
- We work alongside with a local committee in Khong District representing the local population.
- We promote participatory basis in all our projects.
- We build projects to build the people
- We network with donors and other organizations
Our Goals
- To assist in providing quality education for the children through better buildings, good furniture and schoolbooks and teacher’s training.
- To improve health by building accessible basic health care services and facilities in the community.
- To provide access to clean drinking water and improve the sanitation by building toilets for schools and households.
- To promote sustainability by providing income generation opportunities to families in order for them to provide for their own costs of living.
- To support capacity building among the people to enable them to decide and be responsible in improving their own lives.
Our Vision
We hope to see an improved living condition of the children, their families and the communities where they live in.
Our Mission
We partner to enable the local people meet their basic needs and advance towards development.
For inquiries & donations,
Please contact: Adrie de Koning
Postal address: Dravik 1, 2631 DN Nootdorp Email:
Telephone: 003115-2579265
Website:
Stichting Vrienden van het Khongdistrict
(Friends of Khong District Foundation)
Khong DistrictLao PDR
Who we are
We are a Holland-based Foundation composed of different nationalities and expertise working together to assist and encourage the local people in Khong District, Lao PDR
Where we work
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic popularly known as Laos is a small, landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It has 236, 800 sq km land area and is bordered by Chin, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar. Laos has 6.2 million population. Laos is divided into 17 provinces and 142 districts, 72 of which are considered poor.
We work at Khong District, the southern-most district of Champassak province.
It is located at the tip of the Laos’ map in the border of Cambodia. The kilometre-wide
Mekong River covers a big area in the district. Khong District has 72, 013 population.
What are the needs
Families live on subsistence income from a small rice field and some fishery. There are little opportunities to earn extra money. Most earnings are spent on food the is hardly any money left for education, medication, basic needs such as clean water, sanitary fittings or the improvement of the living conditions. This leads to poverty. Children die at an early age and the living expectations are twenty years less than in Holland.
What we do
Income generation – assist in developing sustainable livelihood for the people
Capacity building - We support trainings, some in partnership with other organizations and through hands-on building of projects
Education – We build, repair and finish school buildings
Health - We build clinic, provide medicines and equipments
Water and sanitation – We install water pumps and toilets to schools and households
Fund English Class Dental care in schools
Provide school books