Sharpening pencils for the children with a knife from the noodle lady. The children began picking up the pencil shavings and keeping them because of their many colors. I tried to explain that the pencil was more valuable then the shavings.

Fruit and vegetable market in the village

Lao village life; what may the future bring?

Lao man, making fishing lines out of Styrofoam, as his son smiles on.

Lao woman making paa daek (fish sauce)

Trying to get a photo; they have never had one.

Mute boy asking for another pencil.

Laughing, he already got one.

Distribution of school supplies.

Distribution of school supplies.

The chief of the village and I exchanging materials and agreements

Old water-damaged books no longer legible from seasonal flooding

This girl is carrying her infant brother. He has skin ulcers all over his body which need to be treated.

This boy doesn't speak. But he was the most enthusiastic child I have ever met.

Children from the village.

This woman helped write the contract below in Lao.

This is the contract that both the chief and I signed. It states goals for the village and his desire to support me in reaching them.