Vietnam - Lau Thi Ngai Village Bridge Project (14 days)

Lau Thi Ngai village is a village of Hmong Ethnic minority people, located near Bac Ha town in northeast Vietnam. The villagers live mainly on agriculture with the planting and growing of rice and vegetables on the mountainside. The people in this village are very poor and they desperately need help with essential infrastructures such as access to clean water, the construction of a safe bridge and a dormitory for the children attending the school.

In 2008 a private group of World Expeditions travellers completed a project in the village of Lau Thi Ngai. The project resulted in the construction of a water system, which now gives the people of the village access to clean water for their homes. To continue the improvements in this village we return this year to construct a concrete bridge that will allow the children to have safe passage to and from school. Currently, three hamlets of the village (Po Cho I, Po Cho II and Po Cho III) reach the head of the village and the schools via a very temporary bridge that is made of wood.

As such the current bridge provides dangerous passage for all that use it, with particular concern for the school children. In fact, many of the younger children do not attend school because they are extremely nervous about crossing the bridge. The new bridge will improve the safe transportation for the 68 households of these three hamlets, where there are 90 children who need access to the school. The bridge will also help the villagers in collecting the rice, corn and other crops to help develop their economy.

Operated by World Expeditions

Departures: May

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