Off to BKK

Kids at Baan Ilan in Khammouane. The village gets one growing season, and most years a part or all of that crop is flooded out. The flooding is usually up to about 4 feet or so. Triangle will provide a pump and MAG will clear the old irrigation ditch and dikes so that a 2nd, dry season growing season.

The village chief was carrying the skin of a 7 foot python when he met us, having caught it (and likely held a feast) in his fishing net a few days before.

These kids followed us around as we looked at the project site.


Baan Ilan got lucky this year. No flooding. And so some villagers start to harvest the rice on the road out of town.

Back in Phin District, a mine-risk education program has been introduced into the curriculum of schools in heavily contaminated areas. Here, the students have broken into groups and are putting together sentences about mine risk. This one says 'When cleaning up the village, watch out for UXO'.

Heading to BKK for the weekend. Will be back Monday night.