After two month of intense and very practical training at Vientiane Autism Center three new teachers received their certificates and will return to Pakse to start work at Pakse Autism Center (PAC). This will allow the recently opened facility to increase the number of children with autism receiving education from currently four to ten. During […]
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AfA got support in Australia
On the occasion of the World Autism Awareness Day AfA Board member Ms Viengsam Indavong was very very active in Australia. She wrote from Adelaide: The main focus of the Autism in Laos Awareness and fund raising event is to sell the t-shirt to people mainly people in Adelaide through friends and friends of friends. […]
Great success of Autism Awareness Campaign 2016
Every year on April 2nd activists all over the world celebrate the World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD). In Laos we do so since 2011. In many countries marking just one day for autism awareness is not enough as many different activities to disseminate information about the Autism Spectrum Disorder are organised. Association for Autism, the […]
Preparing for the 3rd congress of ASEAN Autism Network
In 2010 the ASEAN Autism Network was founded and held its first congress in Bangkok, Thailand. The network is uniting associations of parents of children with autism throughout the South-east Asian region. In 2013 AAN met for its second congress in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. In both congresses members from 9 ASEAN countries had […]
Urgent call for support
Dear friends, AfA has been invited to participate at the 3rd AAN Congress in January in Laguna, Philippines. We would like to send 4 of our kids to participate at the sports and arts events planned during that congress and ensure proper guidance by parents and teachers/trainer during that time. But our budget is limited. […]
Gelungener April
Am 2. April begingen wir gemeinsam mit Freunden in aller Welt den 2008 von der UNO festgelegten Weltautismus-Tag. In diesem Jahr versammelten sich etwa 240 Freunde und Mitglieder von AfA am Patousay, dem Wahrzeichen von Vientiane. Nach einer zünftigen Aerobic-Runde erstrahlte das Areal im Zeichen der Autismus-Kampagne “Light it up blue” in blauem Licht. Zur […]
Upgrades Ahead for the Vientiane Autism Centre
The Vientiane Autism Centre will undergo renovations thanks to a new Australian grant. Vientiane, Lao PDR (Monday, 16 March 2015) – Last week, the Association for Autism (AfA) received a new grant from the Australian Embassy in Vientiane for the renovation and improvement of facilities at the Vientiane Autism Centre (VAC) so that the AfA […]
AfA gets mobile
On Friday, 26.12.2014, the Association for Autism (AfA) officially received a Toyota Hiace van. The vehicle was donated by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Lao Toyota Service Co., Ltd. (LTS) During the handing over, witnessed by Mr. Bernie Chaves, Country Representative of CRS, and Mr. Thongsamouth Luanglath, Director of LTS Sales Division, Ms. Viengsam Indavong, […]
Lotusblüten e.V. hilft
Noch ist der als gemeinnützig anerkannte Lotusblüten e.V. jung. Das hindert die Initiatoren nicht, außerordentlich aktiv zu sein. Zuerst ein großes Dankeschön an Erika Berg, ohne deren rastlosen Einsatz es den Verein nicht geben könnte. Erika fährt derzeit durch Deutschland und vertreibt die Produkte einer laotischen Kunsthandwerksinitiative, die vor allem Landbewohnern hilft. Immer mit dabei […]
Wir brauchen dringend Hilfe
Schreiben der Präsidentin der Association for Autism Im Namen der Association for Autism schreibe ich Ihnen, um Ihnen für die kommende Weihnachtszeit alles Gute zu wünschen. Zunächst noch einmal herzlichen Dank allen bisherigen Spendern. Ihre Spenden trugen wesentlich dazu bei, das Leben von vielen Kindern und ihrer Familien zu verändern. Heute möchte ich Ihnen gern […]