Recent News - Bun Tai Bulletin 139: Remember remember the floods of September

Dear All, My house in Vientiane is incredibly luxurious, indeed so luxurious that it has a swimming indoors; actually where the kitchen and spare bedroom used to be. Yes, it is flood season again, and the lower part of my house (the old kitchen and large spare bedroom on ground level rather than on the concrete pad [...]


Recent News - Bun Tai Bulletin 138: Lost in the dark

Dear All, Almost every morning when I wake up, I wonder how did I ever end up in a comfortable bed in a plain house in a small poor obscure corner of South East Asia. After pondering that, all the other problems and questions that the day brings seem to be easier than answering that particular [...]


Recent News - Bun Tai Bulletin 137: Four years in Laos

Dear All, Last week marked my 4th year in Laos and with it the happiness of remembering that this time has not been a failure. The work up-country, in Phongsaly Province, was not amazing but it was good and it helped many people. And now, in line with the vision when I left up-country; the work [...]


The Project Edward Allen As of September 2008 I'll be joining a project run by the Swedish NGO Erikshjalpen (www.erikshjalpen.se) in Bun Tai town, Phongsaly Province, Lao-Peoples Democratic Republic as a Food Security Officer on the project working with several nearby tribal villages to improve healthcare, agriculture and education as part of an integrated development project. Phongsaly is the furthest north province in Lao- Peoples Democratic Republic, and is almost completely mountainous, and has significant hill tribe populations including Akha, Hmong and Yang tribes amongst very many others.

Village Development The goal of our village development is to bring together and develop the people in the villages, to equip them and work with them to improve their own commmunity. more...

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Plants and Soils I've worked very extensively with a huge range of tropical sub-tropical and temperate crops. more...

Animals Most of my work has been with pigs, especially small scale low input production, but I've also worked with goats, sheep, poultry, rabbits, and cows. more...

About Laos

Laos is one of the forgotten nations of Asia, wedged between Vietnam to the East and Thailand to the west, and one of the least developed nations in the world. more...