Tag Archives: Clay Project
Busy Building Bungalows with Volunteers!!
BUSY BUILDING BUNGALOWS!! We’ve had a busy and eventful few months with group after group coming to contribute to the Eco-Bungalow project. The project is located in the village of Long Lao Mai in the Luang Prabang District of Laos. Everyone brought with them their creativity, imagination, and an eagerness as only seen in the [...]
Volunteers Building Mud Walls! Building A Future!
Fair Trek CBT Project in Action! Tiger Trail Fair Trek and World Volunteer have teamed up with a multitude of volunteers to build a 2-room mud bungalow structure in Luang Prabang, Laos. This is a unique tourism project for community involvement and poverty alleviation. A loft, an outdoor shower, wide bi-folding front doors, and several [...]
Awesome Volunteers Contribute to Project!
Let’s Build an Eco-Bungalow! The Fair Trek Team & World Volunteer Founders welcomed our first group of volunteers last week! The group of 19 young adults and 3 expedition leaders came from the International School of Kuala Lumpur. They discovered our project through World Challenge. The enthusiastic team of hard workers contributed their blood, sweat, and [...]
New Desks… New Library, Lao school project community support
Community Project in Laos, New material for the Clay School Project Last week, the Lao Fair Trek team made a trip to visit the clay school; it had been three months since the opening ceremony! We were curious to see how the school was holding up and if there were any changes. The bottom 500mm [...]
Clay School Grand Opening!! Lao School Project
Laos Clay School Community Project WE DID IT!!! * Nearly 6000 bricks were made by villagers and volunteers * Over 100 volunteers – with groups or individually, lent a helping hand * Cost of the school came out to around $15,000 USD (about 35% less than a 3-room standard cement school) * 7 new families [...]
”The Travel Word” published an article about Tiger Trail & Fair Trek Clay School Project
written by THE TRAVEL WORLD: Original content and article under: “Lao Clay School Project” by VICTORIA OKOYE, The Travel World Laos, Luang Prabang, The “Clay School Project”: Fair Trek Builds Opportunities, One School at a Time Although landlocked and small in population, Laos is an enchanting country of immense beauty, with lush green countryside, [...]
