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For International Women’s Day, we focus on two of our amazing female staff from the Peuan Mit program in Lao PDR. Let’s meet Davanh Keoninanluck, the school follow-up and case manager (part of the Peuan Mit Reintegration Team) and Parsialy (Sia) Boualong, a non-formal education teacher and case manager, part of the Drop In Center/Outreach [...]

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In this edition of ‘A Day In The Life’ we are introduced to Khampam, outreach team leader at Peuan Mit. My name is Khampam and I have been working for Peaun Mit since the project began in 2004. I am the Outreach Team Leader, providing support to our outreach staff. I drive my motorbike to [...]

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In this edition of ‘A Day In The Life’ we are introduced to Nina, cooking teacher at Mith Samlanh. My name is Nina and I have been teaching the level 1 cooking vocational training class for the past seven years. I usually arrive at Mith Samlanh at 7.30am and begin my day by checking that [...]

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‘My name is Thongkham (I’m known as Kiao) and I started working in Peuan Mit in 2005 as a social worker in the prevention team, driving and doing activities with the mobile school. People always thought I was a doctor, I was very good at first aid for them!  Now I’m team leader of the [...]

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My name is Eing. I am the night house mother at Peuan Mit transitional home (TH). I started with Peuan Mit as a volunteer with the mobile school team during 2007-2008 when I was a student. When I graduated I applied for the house mother position in 2011. My busy week runs Mondays – Fridays [...]

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In this edition of ‘A Day In The Life’ we are introduced to Kunthea, dance teacher at Mith Samlanh. As a dancing teacher, Kunthea works incredibly hard! She is employed by the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts as an instructor in the provinces, so sometimes her mornings are spent working with them. At 1.30pm [...]

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In this edition of ‘A Day In The Life’ we are introduced to Kamnhan, grade 1 teacher at Mith Samlanh. Kamnhan teaches the Grade 1 class in Mith Samlanh’s Education Center. She arrives early at 7.15am so that she can have a few minutes of quiet before the chaos begins! She starts her day as [...]

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Friends-International CYTI Alliance technical advisors travel the globe offering support and advice to our partner organizations in the Alliance. As he comes to the end of his time working for FI, former CYTI coordinator Pierre tells us of a day in his working life, the last one of 3,287 spent with FI, full of (amongst [...]

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Being a superhero means it’s really hard to find the time to learn about the important things in life that keep us healthy, thriving and happy – lifeskills! Fortunately the Peuan Mit program in Lao PDR has a mobile school (the Peuan Mitmobile!) staffed by their own brand of superheroes that can go out to [...]

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In this edition of ‘A Day In The Life’ we are introduced to Phalla, outreach project manager at Mith Samlanh. My name is Phalla and I am the Outreach Project Manager at Mith Samlanh. I arrive at work shortly before 8am each morning and spend a few minutes catching up with my colleagues. My first [...]

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