Bokeo Social Enterprise intensifies its training activities Training in product value added Ban Tor Lae and Ban Pung Pha (Lahu) Meung, Bokeo From March 10th to 16th, two BsE trainers, Ms Air and Ms Vilayphone, conducted a training programme to enhance the added value of wild tea grown in the proximity of the village. Prior to the programme modest sales were directed towards a Chinese factory based at the entrance of Ban Tor Lae and local traders at 4000 kip/kg. After training 4 kg of fresh leaves were processed into high quality light green tea with the potential sales price in the local market at between 50,000-100,000 kip/kg.

Ancient tea trees of Laos Perhaps not many people have seen or even heard of thousands-year old tea trees in what seems to be the Shangri-La of Bokeo: Meung District, on the top of the Pu Nya Kha (woolly grass mountain) where one can see Burma and Thailand. “Tonight at...

Bokeo Social Enterprise (BSE), situated in Houay Xay, Bokeo, is offering unique and exciting opportunities to undertake rewarding work in the traditional Northern Lao village of Nam Chang Please see below for more information: English Language Instructor (V1) | Commitment: 3 to 6 months minimum The volunteer/s will provide English-language...

Our young volunteers!  This month is focused in bringing additional English language capabilities to the young children in Nam Keung Kao. The children who have attended the various classes have been excited and engaged throughout.  We are hoping that we can continue these efforts in the future and strengthen the abilities of...

Nam Keung Kao village, twenty kilometers north of Houay Xay, the provincial capital of Bokeo appears to the outsider as set in idyllic surroundings. The surrounding rice fields are graceful and green during the rainy season but severely drought affected for six-months of the year. The villagers survive on a...