Lok habite le village d’Aling, l’un des plus pauvres du district de Thateng. Continue reading
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Pindong: test on highland rice intercrop with cowpea (2015)
in 20015, our Attapeu team has run a trial in order to see whether cowpea and/or lablab bean could be potential beneficial plants in an intercrop system with upland rice. The results in an increase of 32% of rice yield with the cowpea intercrop. This promising result encourage to perform further tests.
The report is here: 2015 10 19 report upland rice test in Pindong
Ban Kapeu, essai de culture du riz 2015
Des essais ont été mené en 2015 dans le cadre du Projet de Développement Rural Intégré (PDRI) dans le but de faire connaitre et tester une variante adaptée de la méthode SRI (Système de riziculture intensive) en conditions réelles locales (en terme de la main d’oeuvre, de moyens financiers et de ressources naturelles disponibles) ainsi que démontrer l’augmentation du rendement de la culture de riz SRI par rapport au rendement moyen de la région.
Le rapport de cet essai est disponible ici: SFE – Essai de riz SRI 2015
News November 2015
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Attapeu |
The community project is expanding with the integration of new arameters : breeding and animal vaccination. |
Sékong |
SFE activities are expanding and also include 4 healthcare centers |
Tatheng |
The Community Agricultural Development Project is continuing. |
Une journée de visite type au centre d’essais de Ban Kapeu
8h30 : La quinzaine de villageois arrivent, entassés dans le pick-up du SFE. Parité oblige, les femmes sont présentes au même nombre que les hommes. Elles ont revêtu leurs plus beaux « sin » l et je fais donc de même, en espérant qu’en brisant la barrière vestimentaire, j’effacerai aussi un petit peu le fossé monumental qui existe entre eux et nous, les « falangs ». Continue reading
June 17 2015 : midterm evaluation of CHDP in Attapeu
Slightly after halftime of the community health development program in Attapeu province our team invited authorities of the health department together with representatives of other political authorities to a midterm evaluation ceremony. About 25 people followed this invitation, among them the governor of Attapeu province. Without exception the delegates passed on a very positive feedback to our team for the work done over the past 1.5 years. At the same time they spurred each other to follow SFE’s great example and continue the second half of this project in a common enthusiastic spirit to the benefit of the 13 project villages in need. Big thanks were granted to our local SFE team as well as our expats Esther Rauen and David Mallow; Esther will leave Laos at the end of this year after serving people in Southern Laos for six years – a truly remarkable service that will leave its traces! 
May 26, 2015, Attapeu: water for the village of Nongfa
News March 2015
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Attapeu |
The current community health program shows encouraging results in the villages of the province we visit. |
Sékong |
Training for executives nurses continue |
Tatheng |
A new agronomist will replace the current project leader whose return is expected in late May after six years of involvement on site. A new component in the education sector is being set up . The current project manager returns to the country late May after six years of involvement on site. See his mid-project review (in French). |
Sekong Hospital project starts
The new hosptial project in Sekong has just started on October 1st. It is lead by Ruth Marcasi. Time span : October 2014 through September 2017.
Opening ceremony. Septembre 9, 2014
The MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) has been signed during an opening ceremony held on September 9 at the Provincial Health Department, in the presence of the Director of the Provincial Health Department and SFE representatives. This project is entitled « Strengthening the Health Care Services in Sekong Province, Phase I ». Its aim is to improve health care services in Sekong Provincial Hospital and the 3 District Hospitals in the whole province.