Nalae district is located in Luang Namtha province, in the North of Laos. I particularly like this area since it is surrounded by mountains, rain forest and is home to a range of different ethnic groups.<\/p>\n
The Austrian Red Cross works in Luang Namtha since 2011, especially in the remote villages, supporting the Lao Red Cross (LRC) in projects on water, sanitation and health promotion.<\/p>\n
Today I am on the way to Nalae with some of the local Lao Red Cross staff: the project coordinator, the Watsan coordinator, a health officer and the driver. Our task is to select 4 new villages out of 6 for the implementation of our project concerning water, sanitation and hygiene promotion (WASH).<\/p>\n
The road to Nalae is not finished. This means, that after 2 hours of driving on a muddy, bumpy road, we have to stop and wait until the part of the street ahead of us is finished so we can pass. That\u2019s when I discover that I am really hungry. Not a good time!<\/p>\n
Fortunately we are not far from a village. I remember that, when we passed it, there was a little hut, where you could buy some drinks and snacks. So I walk back. Ok, I am really hungry and those small packages of chips won\u2019t do it! Finally I find a package of Chinese noodle soup and try to explain to the shop owner in my broken Lao, that I would like to buy the soup, but I also would need hot water and a bowl to eat it. I believed I explained it well, but he seems to be confused.\u00a0 Probably no one before asked him to do that.<\/p>\n
So we wait ten minutes. Since I am still there after 10 minutes he seems to understand that I am serious. He asks me again in Lao if he should make the soup for me and I agree and feel really relieved, because I think I mentioned already that I was really hungry!\u00a0 All of a sudden he is really happy and seems proud to host me. While I am eating, some children and an old lady come from the village to watch me. We do some small talk, but then I have to head back to the car in order not to miss the departure.<\/p>\n
After one hour the big machines had dug a road for us and a little convoy of cars is able to pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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