Our Work in Cambodia

​2026 Laos Project

This year 13 members travelled to Pak Mong village NE of Luang Prabang.

The team worked very cohesively to renovate a disused kindergarten room, paint 2 rooms, fit fans, lights, safety switches, replace the mains wiring in 13 classrooms and build a 50m long fence.

Work commenced on the first day after splitting into 4 teams.

Pete and Mark coordinated all the electrical work. Many thanks for their initiative, ability to problem solve, organises and purchase materials.

Janet, Florence, Fran, Shelley and Sarah launched into painting classrooms once the community had emptied the rooms of furniture. Janet added her special touch by decorating the walls with decals.

The local community had constructed the walls and posts for the school fence prior to our arrival. Ron, Rod and Dave took over,  forming and concreting the bonding beam  on top of the wall in preparation for the installation of the picket frames and pickets in week 2.

With the help of the local community Ken and myself installed ceiling fans and prepared the kindergarten room for painting.

A major highlight was the strong involvement of the local communities. We had 18 different communities totalling 400 workers who worked alongside us or completed work prior to our arrival. We also had Greg and Jan, a NZ couple join us for 3 days.

By Friday of the first week the primary classrooms were painted and rewired and classes began.

On Friday afternoon Phaeng took us on a guided tour of his farm where we learnt about land use, the history of the land as well as identifying plants and their uses. We then indulged in a bamboo lunch experience.

Before leaving we checked out the progress of the PVI storeroom and office then Phaeng drove us to the Sook Village Resort where we were well looked after.

Saturday morning, we travelled back to Nong Khiaw and onto Sobkan Village via the Nam Ou River. Here we inspected the new concrete water tank that was funded by PVI and participated in a traditional Baci ceremony and lunch. After lunch we joined the villagers in dancing, singing and playing music before heading back to Nong Khiaw and Toui’s guesthouse.

Next morning the team joined the staff and doctors for a handover ceremony of the accommodation block at the Ngong Khiaw hospital.

Week 2 saw the team and community all working together to complete tasks in preparation for the handover on Friday.

While at the school we noticed that the toilets weren’t working. A water pipe had been burnt over 2 years ago and the community had no funds to replace it. With excess funds we purchased a new water tank for the high school toilets. We also negotiated with village leaders to connect the primary and kindergarten school to a new mains water system that is being rolled out in Pak Mong. We also put new roof sheets on the kindergarten toilet block.

The project was completed under budget, delivering significant outcomes with $15,000 AD and saving $2,500. The success was attributed to team work, problem solving and strong local partnerships, particularly Phaeng’s coordination and community engagement.

The experience helped to identify potential future projects for 2027.

Overall the 2026 Laos project was highly productive, collaborative and rewarding for everyone involved.

2026 Cambodia Project

We travelled again to Battambang in February to construct houses with just a small team of four volunteers.

We committed to building two houses and funding another house and a toilet for each house. We engaged a local contractor to construct the other house and three toilets.

There are many poor families who either don’t have a house or their house is in a dilapidated state. The selection of recipient families is a relevant consideration. We select the recipient families from a longer list provided by Saveth who is the Director of KNGO School in the village of Bospo which is on the outskirts of Battambang. Saveth manages the overall housing program.

This year we committed to three houses each with a toilet. Each of the recipient families did not have a house and relied on living with relatives. One of the families lived in a sister’s kitchen and another lived in a small open area without a roof screened off on each side with plastic sheeting. The third family shared their relative’s house. Each family was of traditional structure – dad, mum and youngish children (2 children in one case and 3 children in the other two cases). In each case the husband worked as a casual labourer in construction earning US$7.50 per day when sporadic work was available. In one case the wife was able to earn US$3.50 per day making and selling cakes. All families were poor and committed to sending their children to school.  

With the small team, we paid two locals to work with us which turned out to be a very good move. The locals were skilled and carried most of the heavy work. We were spared the heavy physical work experienced in previous years.  They adopted more efficient building techniques as well. The biggest difference was constructing the wall frames on the ground and lifting them into position. We were previously unable to consider such a technique as we couldn’t lift the wall frames. However, our locals were able to assemble a team of 12-15 friends and neighbours for the short time when the lift was required.

Overall the project was very enjoyable and a great success despite our concerns about our small team before the event. We completed the two houses comfortably in the two weeks. Working with and sharing beer at the end of each day with our local helpers was a great experience for us and them. And with a small team, the camaraderie between one another was excellent.

The total expenditure on the project was $9,570 which is $3,190 for each house and toilet. Cost of materials was $2,230 per house and $360 per toilet.   

David Williams

March 2026

2025 Cambodia Project

Our small team of 5 PVI members and 5 non-PVI volunteers built 2 houses in and around Bospo Battanbang. PVI also funded the construction of 2 other houses and toilets by local contractors.

The housing program was initiated by KNGO (local NGO)  a number of years ago. The need was identified from awareness of poor families in and around Bospo living in very insecure and poor standard houses, often either sharing a small house owned by a relative or living in makeshift shelters. The families usually have low income from low skilled, poorly paying and infrequent work.

The average cost for each house was A$2,297 for materials, A$415 for materials for each toilet. The cost for local labour to build one house and toilet was A$415. The cost of materials has increased each year as standards have improved. We now consider the present design and timber quality will provide a suitable house and toilet that will last an acceptable time and permit PVI to use the  limited funds available to construct as many houses and toilets as possible.

Ream

The annual maintenance work on water infrastructure to schools in Ream was also completed by our champion David Findlater who on completion of the work in Ream returned to Battanbang to help with the housing construction. In addition to the work completed in Ream PVI provided funds for the construction of a roof to join 2 buildings at AllKids' new learning centre at K'Bal Hong.

Budget

We spent a total of A$14,072 on the housing program against an approved budget of A$17,200. The under spending was a consequence of a small working team being unable to carry our some planned maintenance work, specifically on upgrading timber stairs.

2025 Laos Project 

​A team of 17 volunteers led by Neale Whitstead arrived in Luang Prabang in February to undertake a mammoth project involving 3 different work sites each separated by many kilometres.

Thaepene Village Classroom

Janet, Ron, Brendon, Florence, Sandra, Rod and John travelled about 30km south west of Luang Prabang to Thaepene village, near the KungSi waterfall.

The team completed a new classroom and toilets, where up to 30 local children receive free English lessons each day after they finish at the Government school.

Team members and local builders demolished the old toilets, built block walls, rendered the new block walls, tiled and painted the new classroom and toilets. Ron and Rod installed some doors and windows.  They also assisted with English lessons for the local kids and enjoyed swimming at the local river, beside which they also quenched their thirst and enjoyed the local cuisine.

A special mention to Anne Maree Donohue, who unfortunately could make the trip this year, Anne Maree covered the cost of new tables and chairs for the classroom as well as donating clothing.

Also, Florence for donating the educational posters for the classroom walls and Janet’s SES friend, Meg, for donating some soft toys for the younger kids to play with.

On the weekend they travelled to the local buffalo dairy (owned and operated by an Australian woman) to sample the various flavours of buffalo ice-cream and cheeses. They also visited the local Bear Rescue Centre, Elephant Sanctuary and the Sticky Rice Paddy Restaurant.

Nong Khiaw

Ken, Julie, Ken, Fran, Terry, Bernie, Chris Pete, Kieran, Dan and myself travelled 4 hrs from LP by minivan to Nong Khiaw where we spent the night and then split into 2 teams.

Ken, Julie, Kieran and Dan caught a local boat up river to Moung Ngoy and then travelled by tuk tuk tractor to Ban Nah village.

At the Nong Khiaw site the crew started to build the block walls on the new accommodation building at the Nong Khiaw District Hospital. We were assisted by local builders and hospital staff to mix mud, unload blocks and building material, split and carry blocks to the highly efficient block layers (Terry and Chris) and shovelled dirt gravel and sand.

After spending the weekend meeting up with the Ban Nah crew the two teams arrived back in Nong Khiaw for the second week of work and were able to get the floor area filled with dirt and the concrete floor poured.

Unfortunately, the team ran out of time to get the building to lock-up but there was still some money left in the budget which should be enough for the local builders to finish the walls and fit the doors and windows.

Phaeng will arrange and oversee this work.

Dr Kia will try to source funds to complete the building but if he is not able to source the funds, pending committee approval, Neale will include completing the building in next year’s budget.

Ba Nah village

Assisted by the local villagers, Kieran, Dan, Julie and Ken spent the week demolishing the lid of the old toilet tank, digging out the caved in dirt walls, pouring a concrete footing, laying the blocks for the new tank and connecting up the existing toilet to the new tank. They ran out of time to pour the new lid; the community has since poured the new lid and the toilet is now in use.

While the two teams were together in Ba Nah Village they travelled onto Houy Boi village where PVI financed the local villagers to build a new water tank. The new tank holds approximately 5000L and provides potable water to 45 houses in Houy Boi. The old water tank supplied water to 6 houses. The team was welcomed by the villagers butchering a pig that was cooked and enjoyed by everyone and was washed down with copious amounts of Lao Lao. After inspecting the new tank, we were treated to a hand over party with many Cop Chi Ly Ly’s from the villagers.

The team then headed back to Moung Ngoy and wined and dined at the Gecko Bar, hosted by our friend Kai and his wife and then onto Nong Khiaw.

On the way back to LP at the end of the project the two teams stopped at Thalea Nue school to revisit the library that PVI built last year and to look at the new roof on the kindergarten that we funded the material for this year. The school community had removed the old sheets and replaced them with new sheets which will now make the classrooms waterproof in the wet season and the kids will be able to stay in class for their lessons.

We were greeted with a guard of honour by the students, they presented us with flowers and clapped us down to the kinder where we were treated to a small handover celebration and presented with a small gift in appreciation of PVI funding of the new roof sheets.

Again, after many cop chi ly' ly’s we continued on to the town of Pak Mong where we inspected a potential project for 2026.

The 2026 project would involve refurbishing an existing building at a school in Pak Mong  that is currently unusable by the staff and students. As a team we discussed what would be possible for a team to achieve in 2 weeks and lots of ideas were put forward.

The school administrators are putting together a list of things they would like done and estimated costs to complete them. We would be working with the school community on this project if it is approved by the committee.

I will table a full proposal when I receive the estimates back from the school administrators.

If we go ahead with this potential project, it will mean the whole Laos team would be based in one place working on one project, which fits with where I would like to be with the team next year.

Accommodation for the full team is available across the road from the kindergarten and there are good shops for buying any materials need. There are also plenty of dining options within a short walk from the hotel.

Ken Green has offered to be building coordinator if this project goes ahead next year.

After looking at the potential project, we headed back to Luang Prabang to join the Thaepene team and enjoy our final team dinner at Viva Pasta, we exchanged stories of our projects and tried to outdo the other team with the highlights.

In all another successful year in Laos for PVI and thanks to our local champions, without them we would not be able to achieve what we do.

Thanks to all the team members that contributed in so many ways to achieve so much and to make my job easier.  COP CHI LY LY

Neale

2025 Vietnam Project

Highland minority Village of Co Ron.

Rural Kinder gardens in Vietnam like many other places in the world facilitate a huge monitory injection into the local communities, as it facilitates the children’s mothers to return into the workforce.

As you can imagine the kinder gardens, especially in the Rural Minority Villages are of a basic construction, with equally basic facilities.

Project Vietnam financed a remote project of upgrading a kindergarten, including facilitating a new well needed new kitchen to provide the daily meals for the children in attendance.

The Government funded teacher lives on the premises during the week and returns home on the weekends.

The parents pay a token amount for the children’s meals (about 50 cents per day)

Prior to the new kitchen all meals were prepared on an open fire, in an all weather open  situation.

Granted monies of $4300.00 of which included enlarging the perimeter walls of the Kindergarten, certainly great value for the granted monies spent.

2024 Laos Project

From 19th Feb until 2 March 11 dedicated PVI team members completed 3 hands on projects and PVI financed another 2 projects in Luang Probang Province in Northern Laos.

The team gathered in Luang Probang city and on the 19th travelled by minivan 4 hours up the Nam Ou River to the town of Nong Khiaw.

That night we enjoyed a sunset boat trip and a Laos banquet on a pontoon over the river. We were hosted by one of our local champions, Mr Toui and his wife Joy.

The following day we split into 3 teams.

Julie, Sally, Ken and Kieran travelled up stream by boat to the picturesque riverside village of Muang Ngoy. They were met by Toui and taken by truck to the small village of Na Kang. Their job, with the help of the local community was to install a ceiling and lattice work on the village Community Centre. While the team was completing the ceiling, local tradesmen rendered the block walls inside and out. PVI paid for paint and the community have since painted the walls inside and outside.

Janet and Fran stayed in Nong Khiaw and painted the Maternity Ward at the Nong Khiaw District Hospital. They were assisted by hospital staff including doctors, nurses and admin staff. They were taken by the hospital ambulance to purchase supplies they needed at the local hardware store, no siren I’m told!!!

John and Jan, (El Presidentee and the First Lady) David Rees, John Gibb and I headed about an hour back toward Luang Probang to the village of Thalea Nue. In 2023, PVI financed the construction of block walls and a concrete floor for a library building at the local Primary School. We were assisted by school staff and parents to start to put a roof on the building and paint the inside, outside and trim.

After knock off on the first Friday, the Presidential team headed back to Nong Khiaw to join Janet and Fran and on Sat morning we all headed up the river to Muang Ngoy where Toui met us and took us out to Na Kang. We were greeted by the PVI team and the local community and checked out the almost completed CC building.

We were then treated to an unforgettable hand over party and given certificates of appreciation, acknowledging PVI’s and the team’s support. We ate, danced and drank way too much Lao Lao. It was very evident that the awesome foursome had built strong relationships with the local community, saying goodbye was a very drawn-out process.

We all spent the night in beautiful Muang Ngoy and caught the boat back to Nong Khiaw on Sunday morning.

On Monday, Sally joined Janet and Fran to assist with painting more rooms in the General Ward and oversee the painting of the exterior of the hospital.

Ken, Julie and Kieran joined the Thalea Nue team to finish painting the interior of the library, the roof, door and windows.

Tuesday night we headed back into Nong Khiaw to celebrate Sally’s birthday.

Wednesday the girls enjoyed a hand over ceremony and party at the hospital and presented with more certificates!!!!

The rush was on to try to complete the library by Thursday afternoon. Janet and Sally joined us to do the ABC mural on the outside wall of the library. By Thursday knock off we were almost there.

Friday morning was the handover ceremony and party at the school, we were treated to dance performances by the Kinder kids and 2 groups of primary school kids that were beautifully dressed in traditional costumes. There were speeches, thank you’ s and much translation by Phaeng.

We were presented with more certificates acknowledging team members and PVI’s contribution to the library project.

After many goodbyes, hugs, handshakes and namastes we headed back to Nong Khiaw for a well-earned rest and last supper. Awards for the tour were presented and a lot of Cop Chai Li Li’s to a great team.

Unfortunately, we didn’t have time or team members to make a start on the PVI office and storeroom at Phaeng’s farm. Phaeng will use the allocated budget to purchase the materials needed and his family at the farm will complete the building before the wet season.

On my return to Luang Probang, I met with Gerry, my contact from the Hmong village of Nam Nga, a small community off the road from Nong Khiaw to Luang Probang. We priced the materials needed for the village to purchase 2.5km of water pipe and the cement, sand and gravel needed to build tanks at the top and bottom of the water pipe. The pipeline will run from a mountain stream to the village and provide a reliable source of potable water to the villagers. The materials have been purchased and work is underway to build the tanks and install the pipe. Gerry is keeping me updated on progress.

David Rees has prepared a statement of expenditure for the Laos project, broadly speaking we came in under budget. This is because we did not go ahead with another pipeline due to changed circumstances in the past year and our local champions negotiating the best possible prices for materials and labour for the projects we did complete. The teams were also very efficient in the use of the materials we purchased.

The teams do have a couple of additional requests to fund small projects which will complement and complete the projects we finished. We will submit an application for these small projects to be completed by local labour in the coming months.

Part of our expenditure was on purchasing necessary tools and equipment needed to safely work on the projects, the builders have already compiled a wish list for additions to the tool kit for next year.

We looked at 3 potential projects at different locations for next year, I will draft a proposal to go to the committee and call for EOI for a Laos team for 2025, hopefully I can get this done by June to allow prospective team members to make travel and accommodation arrangements.

I would like to acknowledge the assistance of our local champions in Laos.

If I had not met Phaeng in Australia and without his assistance last year and this year PVI would not have had a presence in Laos. I think his phone would be much quieter now that I am not in Laos and constantly asking for his help for one thing or another.

To Toui for his availability when needed, his tireless work and mostly his hospitality.

To Gerry for championing the purchase and installation of the new pipeline to his family village.

To the team, you made my job easier in so many ways, you defiantly earned your awards.

It was PVI’s first project in Laos and from all I’ve heard over the years we were part of another first, Ken and Julie announced to the team on the last day that they are planning to get married this year, more Laos Laos and another certificate for them to hang on the wall of the pub.

Neale Whitsed

2024 Cambodia Project

Probably our best project ever! We seem to say that every year, but this year’s project was well up there as a very enjoyable and successful project.

Our team of 13 volunteers included 6 newbies and 7 returning from last year. We achieved our aims of doing good work to improve the lives for many poor Cambodian children and families by building new houses and toilets, installing a solar water supply system for a new school, and undertaking repairs and maintenance to previously built houses and installed water supply systems. We enjoyed catching up with old Cambodian friends and making new acquaintances with the recipients and their friends and family who assisted with the house constructions. Our very harmonious team had a great time socialising with one another.

Whilst members made their own way to Battambang, the majority gathered in Phnom Penh initially. Most travelled from Phnom Penh to Battambang in the north west of the country with David Findlater and Sam Bugeja initially travelling south west to Ream to install a solar water supply system at All Kids’ new Learning Centre in a remote area near Ream. They also carried out regular annual maintenance on the other water supply systems we’ve previously installed. David and Sam joined the rest of the team on Thursday of the first week.

The main group divided into work teams to carry out 5 tasks including full construction of a house (team led by Ron Toohey with Brendan McKenna, Penny Rivlin and Terry Lyons), construction of a toilet (Jan and John Miller), fitting flooring to 2 houses that were partly constructed by local contractors (John Kellas and Jackie McKay) and constructing new steps for some houses built in previous years (David Williams, David Rees and Graham Erickson). Another work team was formed when David and Sam joined the rest of us to fully construct another house (team led by David Findlater with Sam Bugeja and Graham Erickson’s son, Matthew

On the housing program we fully constructed:

• 2 new houses

• a new toilet

• fitted flooring to 2 houses partly constructed by local contractors

• built steps for 3 previously constructed houses

• paid for 3 toilets built by local contractors.

At Ream we:

• installed a new water supply system at AllKids’ Learning Centre which included paying for a bore drilled prior to our arrival

• fitted a solar pump in the bore

• connected the bore to the water storage

• contributed financially to expanding the water storage capacity with an additional tank.

2021 & 2022 due to covid, no projects occurred

2020 March, Phong Nha, Vietnam

Well the early stages of our 2020 March trip planning is underway. Our 2020 Project is situated about 30kms west of the coastal town/city of Dong Hoi in the vicinity of a pretty rural village called Phong Nha. Dong Hoi is situated about 400 klms south of Hanoi. This Project trip will comprise of three main tasks.

1. Roof Restoration of a rural School Block plus installation of new ceilings along with painting as required.

2. Phong Nha Medical Centre, Installation of an all-weather 10m X 10m roofed shelter with a concrete floor. Restoration of two of their consultation rooms.

3. The upgrade of a water reticulation system at a rural Kindergarten, new pipes and taps plus arrange the construction of a new well to improve their water supply throughout their summer period.

2020 February, Battembang, Cambodia

I'm circulating info about our project next year to all of you who have been members of project teams to Cambodia over last few years. Some of you haven't been so involved since your last trip but info on next year's trip might just re-spark your in interest. It's a great project - building houses for very poor families living in dreadful conditions in small villages on the outskirts of Battambang. Also, some work at KNGO school and possible medical team working at a hospital in Phnom Penh. 

Things are changing rapidly in Cambodia but it's still a mixed bag. The economy has been growing strongly for a few years now and there continues to be large investment from overseas particularly from China. Some Cambodians in Phnom Penh are doing well and becoming very rich, but little has changed for most in poor people in rural communities. Health and education opportunities have not improved significantly. The need for help is still considerable. We've got a great project next - building houses for very poor families in rural villages close to Battambang.

I've attached details of the project and some background on KNGO's housing program including very challenging circumstances of some of the poor families we'll be helping with new houses. It would be great if you could read the info - I'm sure you'll be touched by the stories of the vulnerable families.  We've worked with AllKids at Ream for the last 6 years and we've enjoyed assisting them in their great work.  But our program at Ream is completed for the time being (see the article that will appear in the newsletter shortly). It's time to move elsewhere to help other needy communities.

• Pete Angell is stepping back after 7 years as project leader.

•  Next year David Findlater and I will lead the project.

• We'll be working with KNGO out of Battambang.

• Planned project dates are to start work on Monday 9th February until Friday 21st February.

Can I encourage you to read the attached description of the project and the description of KNGO's housing program - the circumstances of some of the families we'll be assisting with housing are very moving. Can you let me know if you might be interested in joining next year's team?
Regards
David Williams 

Project Aid Work 2017-2020

Vietnam Project
New Kindergarten – Thanh Binh village, near Phong Nha – Quang Bin Province, Central Vietnam

​Our ambitious two year project involves the construction of a new elevated two level kindergarten in Thanh Binh village and renovation of schools in the area. The people in the small rural village are mostly poor farm workers. The existing kindergarten provides for 80 children. It is an old building in a poor state of repair. The ground level classrooms are regularly flooded during wet seasons from the adjacent Son River. The new building will provide larger improved facilities and with elevated classrooms, internal toilets and storage areas.

Stage 1 completed in 2017

We completed stage 1 which involved engaging local contractors to construct the shell of the new building. The building design was developed with local community.  PVI volunteers met their own travel and accommodation costs as well as making a contribution to direct costs for materials & local contractors.
In addition the PVI team of undertook major restoration works of neighbouring school buildings

Our Record of Aid since 1990

The total value of our aid work (as at 2017) is $4.0 million which is comprised of direct costs on building materials, local labour hired on site, medical programs and volunteer’s costs. The breakdown of total costs is shown in the figure below.

Since 1998 there have been 45 teams composed of 691 volunteers who have provided 50,000 person hours of aid work. In addition we have provided 3,000 wheelchairs, donated medical equipment with a total value of $63,000, provided scholarships to the total value of $13,000 and distributed some thousands of pairs of recycled eye glasses. 

 
Our Aid Work in 2017 included:

•       Building projects in Vietnam and Cambodia

•       Distributing re-cycled eye glasses

•       Awarding John Robertson and Tony van Boxmeer scholarships

•       Donating wheelchairs in Cambodia

​Total value of Vietnam & Cambodia Projects

The total value of PVI on-ground projects in Vietnam & Cambodia includes direct costs (materials & supplies, and payment to local skilled contractors when they are engaged), travel costs of PVI volunteers and in-kind value of PVI labour. PVI volunteers meet their own travel costs and contribute approximately 20% of the direct costs. The balance of the direct costs is met by generous benefactors & other fund raising activities. The direct cost for our 2017 projects was $41,000 for the materials and supplies, and payments to local contractors. Our teams provided 2,800 hours of labour and met their own costs of $80,000. The total value of our work was $225,000.

Distributing recycled eye glasses in Vietnam & Cambodia

We distributed recycled eye glasses to needy people again in 2017 as part of our ongoing annual program. The glasses are collected in Australia by Redcliffe Lions Club as part of Lions International worldwide ‘Recycle 4 Sight’ program. The glasses are provided through our in-country local networks to appropriate parties who then ensure they are properly prescribed and allocated through.

John Robertson & Tony van Boxmeer Scholarships

The scholarships were established to honour the memory of 2 esteemed past PVI members. The scholarships to the value of US$1,100 each per year for 2 years were awarded in 2017 to outstanding young students who have completed schooling at Khmer New Generation Organisation’s Centre in Battambang, Northern Cambodia. The students will undertake Dental Assistant training with Cambodia World Family in Phnom Pen. There are good opportunities for fulfilling and sustainable employment on completion of the training.
Good jobs provide obvious benefits to the young scholarship holders and their families as well as providing positive role models for other young people in the community.

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Wheelchairs to Cambodia

Being aware of the work by Sihanouk Hospital Centre for Hope for many poor families in Phnom Penh, we wanted to assist in an appropriate way. With advice from hospital staff we purchased 15 wheelchairs locally at the low cost of US$62 per chair and donated most of these to the hospital. The donation was greatly appreciated and the chairs are now being well used by patients as needed while they are at the hospital.The total value of our aid work (as at 2017) is $4.0 million which is comprised of direct costs on building materials, local labour hired on site, medical programs and volunteer’s costs. The breakdown of total costs is shown in the figure below.

Since 1998 there have been 45 teams composed of 691 volunteers who have provided 50,000 person hours of aid work. In addition we have provided 3,000 wheelchairs, donated medical equipment with a total value of $63,000, provided scholarships to the total value of $13,000 and distributed some thousands of pairs of recycled eye glasses. 
Our Aid Work in 2017 included :

•       Building projects in Vietnam and Cambodia

•       Distributing re-cycled eye glasses

•       Awarding John Robertson and Tony van Boxmeer scholarships

•       Donating wheelchairs in Cambodia

Completed Aid Work Projects

Click HERE to download a PDF Printable Projects Aid Work list completed by our members since 1998