Category Archives: Kiwis in the field

Karen in Laos- Day Three

By Karen, Published: November 11, 2011
This morning it’s a bright and early start for us, but what a start to the day it is with Don Khong Island reminding us why Laos is such a magical country. We eat breakfast as the first sun of the new day hits the Mekong – monks in their bright orange robes scurrying beside [...]
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Karen in Laos- Day Two

By Karen, Published: November 10, 2011
Today after a long and bumpy drive from the town of Paksan to Pakse we meet Dr K. Samphan (Immunization Officer) and Oudorn Phanekham (Senior Supply Assistant) from UNICEF Laos who will be accompanying us on the rest of the trip. We set off to meet with officials from the Provincial Health Department who are [...]
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Karen in Laos- Day One

By Karen, Published: November 9, 2011
After a day or so of acclimatising to the stifling heat and sampling the amazing food of Vientiane (Laos’ chilled out capital city), it was time to get started with the reason I came here – to get  into the field with UNICEF and see what we really do to help save and improve children’s [...]
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Dennis Update Part 4

By Richard, Published: October 14, 2011
Dennis has sent through another update as they’ve made it to a new town near the Somali border: I have arrived in Wajri, a Kenyan town near the Somali border. Overnight torrential rain fell in what could only be described as a waterfall and flooded the streets. The rain also fell in Dadaab, home to [...]
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Dennis Update Part 3

By Richard, Published: October 13, 2011
This morning we received another update from Dennis: Today was a lot of driving over appalling roads that kept our speed to around 40km. As a result of time on the road we only visited one village – Riva. UNICEF has installed a large water system which includes; a generator to drive a pump, 100 [...]
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