SEDA aims to improve health, nutrition, safety of the rural poor in Laos and protect the environment. We assist villagers to implement systems to improve access to clean water and sanitation. We hold workshops to educate villagers about nutrition, hygiene, maternal and child health. We equip villagers with the knowledge to prevent HIV/Aids, malaria, diarrhea, bird flu/pneumonia and human trafficking.

We encourage villagers to develop disaster plans in preparation for flood, mudslides, hurricanes or other disasters. When disaster does strike, where possible we will provide basic needs such as food and water to flood and other disaster victims.

The Rehabilitation Treatment Centre (RTC) in Laos provides free health checks to patients, and provides low cost alternative treatments to in-patients and out-patients suffering with disease and sickness.

RTC has been with SEDA since 2005. In 2010, the RTC has updated the patients’ residence buildings, brought in the electricity, created the clean water system, supplied with wheel chairs, medical supplies, new ceiling fans, and new tank for the sauna steamer. Every day around 10 inpatients and more than 400 outpatients have benefited from donations. It has made traditional medicine available to low income patients. The RTC and SEDA are very grateful to all donors, fans and supporters.

The next goal is to make the treatment more effective and available for more patients, which would be possible with the larger water tank. As there is a need for big amount of clean water for treatment with medical herbs, that tank is necessary for further development. Now RTC has good electricity system that makes it possible to install bigger tank. New tank with installation costs around 700 dollars and could contain up to 400 liters of water. We hope to raise enough funds by the end of 2010.

Please help provide clean water and new equipment to a rural health center:

Clean water and Equipment for Health Center

Help for typhoon victims

Southern Laos – October 2009: Typhoon Ketsana has hit four of Laos’ Southern Provinces, leaving 16 people dead and 135 people missing.

Since then, SEDA has been raising awareness to international aids, partners and donor to supports Attappeu and other provinces. Laos has never been hit by typhoon in the history.  SEDA has been donated tons of rice, thousand of fingerlings (baby fish), hundred kilos of sea salt to prevent diarrhea, malnutrition, dehydration. SEDA has implemented the training program for over 70 victims who have had gatherings and discussions of their experience with Ketsana typhoon, discussions in lack of food security, damages in agriculture, discussions of renewable energy that will be needed in the area, new water storage and irrigation. Most of the villages will need new school buildings and village center where they can hold meetings and events.

In 2010 still over 60 villages that need supports in Attappeu. Direct Relief International (DRI-USA) has been partner with SEDA since 2009 to present.  SEDA has accepted the medical aids from DRI to supports three provinces by working together with Ministry of Health to make sure all the aids is donated to the hospitals where the victims need it the most. Currently, these aids will be donated to three provinces: Attappeu, Sekong and Salavanh.

More aid is needed for children’s clothes, households’ goods, irrigation system and much more…

To donate to SEDA’s typhoon victims support project in Saravan, Attappeu, Sekong Provinces, click on the global giving link below.