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Village Visit to Ban Na Auw Laos |
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During my 2011 visit to Laos I met Gikong (right), whose mission is to put books in the hands of poor children in outlying villages He led Ivar (left) and me on a village visit to present a few bundles of books to 3 schools in 3 villages I connected with Gikong again this year He and I visited the village of Ban Na Auw, driving there in a tuk tuk (taxi) |
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Immediately after being dropped off, we were greeted by these Hmong kids The Hmong people are an ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand |
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Soon more gathered around |
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We were supposed to visit this school, to distribute books but discovered it was closed that day |
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So Gikong suggested we distribute the books to this group of kids |
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one of whom thanked me |
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then proceeded to walk through the village |
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a poor but lively village |
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meeting people |
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and my personal favorite, these tiny persons |
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It turned out that this village is a popular stop for tourists... |
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...with locals selling their lovely crafts |
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and even our original greeters met us at the end of our walk their role of salespeople explained their being fully decked out in traditional dress |
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