Keeping safe in Laos... kiddy style

A new name, a new life

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December 3rd 2010
“Nam Peung!” My first day here and I already knew two words. First was Sabaidee. Hello! But the Lao women sitting across the table from me at Pencil of Promise’s school opening ceremony took one look at little round-faced me, and declared me a Nam Peung. Sweet honey. Since arriving here, that is the only name my Lao friends know me by – and I love it that way. After a marathon of flig ... read more

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more